A Presentation in December

I was invited to speak at one of the Thursday night dinners in December on my journey into ministry.  At first I did not think that such a narrative could generate any outline or pictures to go along with it.   Last night, after seeing the presenter's Power Point presentation,  I was inspired to enliven my verbal narrative with a Power Point summary, with "bullets" of information and photographs.

I actually ended up working on that for much of the day.  And I had forgotten just how much I always enjoyed that particular task.  At my last church, I prepared power point presentations to accompany my sermons, something I have not done in a long time.   It involves colors and design;  it needs layout and pictures;  it requires thought and creativity.  Just so much fun!

Although it is largely a personal story, I was able to embellish it with major life events and a few photographs.  Now, I am actually much more comfortable with my presentation, having the summary version projected to guide me.    Part of the presentation is sharing some vignettes from my ministry, and those will have to be read.   Hopefully, I will be able to ad lib my "journey" narrative.

It is a fun assignment and opportunity.  I am looking forward to it, though it will be so close to Christmas, I can't imagine that anyone will come.  My stories from ministry are all from actual Christmas experiences.  Reading them today was certainly a trip down memory lane!