WORSHIP THROUGH PUBLIC SPEAKING

A presentation prepared for: South Western Mindanao District Council of Mindanao

OBJECTIVE:1.To develop high level of self-awareness in delivering messages by mastering Content, Objective and Delivery2. To know the latest trend in public speaking3. To know and practice speech evaluation among peers4. To give importance to the power through prayer in preaching and worship

Preach = proclamation, declaration; authoritative declaration of truth of the message of God.

Preacher = God’s chosen man to declare authoritatively the truth of the message of God either well received or not.

CHURCH LIFE PASTOR

SITUATIONS IN THE CHURCH

RELATIONAL

ATMOSPHERE

“The greatest of a man’s poweris the measure of his surrender.”

- William Booth 1829-1912

“But the King replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on paying for it. I will not sacrifice to the Lord my God burnt offerings that will not cost me nothing.” -2 Samuel 24:24

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The Church is the Pillar and the ground of TRUTH. She is not a social organization or institution, not a political society, not a cultural society but pillar and the ground of the truth.

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“To me the work of preaching is the highest and the greatest and the most glorious calling to which anyone ever be called.”

– In the epistle, Apostle Paul reminder to Timothy.

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“The one indispensible condition of our usefulness and success in the work of the ministry is that we should be good men – men of pure and holy life – men of God. We may not be good minister without being a good man… The effect of our words on the Sabbath will really depend on our lives during the week, for it is the man behind the speech that wields the power” – JD Jones

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The Christian who is truly intimate with Jesus will never draw attention to himself but will only show the evidence of a life where Jesus is completely in control. This is the outcome of your life if you allow Jesus to satisfy every area of your life to its depth.

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Kinds of Hearers in the Church:

1.Pillars of the church

2.The Skeptical

3.The Habitual

4.The Sincere Seeker of truth

-Philip Brooks

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Gender

Rank

Age

Attitude

Culture

Experience

Education

Personality

KOLB’S CYCLE OF LEARNING8

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ETHOS – Speaker Credibility; Sense of competence and character you convey (Arouse emotion)LOGOS – Logical Appeal; Systematic way you structure the argument and the way you are use reasoning to build it and support your claims with audience. (Foster Inclusion)PATHOS – Emotional appeals, refers to attempts to evoke certain feelings in listeners. (Increase Clarity)

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Practical Approaches Personal StoriesApplications TestimoniesFormula Concrete ExamplesProcedures

Facts Vague Perspective Statistics Various SourceSystematic Presentation AidsAnalysis

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1. Length of time2. Number of Participants3. Results Expected4. Available Logistics5. Senses you want to

stimulate

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CREDIBILITY:

INITIAL CREDIBILITY

DERIVED CREDIBILITY

TERMINAL CREDIBILITY

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STRATEGIES THAT CONVEY CREDIBILITY

Content

Objective

Delivery

15 CONTENTAttention Getter Used

Forms of Support

Power Ender Used

Credibility

Creativity

Originality

Usability

Organized

Structure

Transitional Statement

Used a Visual

Make the first 20 or 30 seconds

count by using:

1. Question2. Quotation

3. Startling Statement4. Paint-a-Picture5. Crack a Jokewww.bible.org

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ATTENTION GETTER

If there were a way to …

(subject matter)…would you like

to know how?

The process of speaking exactly 150 words per minute does not happen overnight. It is something that we as speakers must work on constantly. Because we normally speak slowly and deliberately, or speak too fast and inaudibly. The problem is that we often cope with nervousness in public speaking by speaking slow to avoid mistakes but put people to sleep. Or speak very fast to keep listeners from detecting our mistakes. We often do this also to finish our speaking part as quickly as possible. Clearly most people make a habit of hiding their fear by altering their rate of speech. It would be so much better for everyone to speak at 150 words per minute or at a rate that ensures understandability and vitality. After all, what we really want is the ability to communicate not so that but so that we are not misunderstood.

Stimulating the audience

DO: Talk about subject of interest Be aware and listen to their

viewpoint Be enthusiastic, sincere, humorous

Stimulating the audience

AVOID:Getting too detailed

Include irrelevant materialUse repetitious expressions

Allow whisperers or hecklers to interrupt you

Confidence Builders

1. Subject 20%2. Practice 20%3. Audience 20%4. Resources 20%

Total 80 Unknown = 20%

HOW TO MAKE AN INTRODUCTION

Topic

Value

Qualification

Ideally is 1 minute…

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The church is a ship that attempts to cross a body of water, destined for some port. Just as a ship encounters numerous navigational hazards along the way so as a church encounters its own navigational hazards. Lots of our leaders in our churches are navigating their terrain with outdated maps. (those drawn in 1940’s and 1950’s) Advanced Strategic Planning

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1. Approachability2. Eye Contact (2-3

secs.)3. Facial Expressions4. Gestures (2 /

sentence)5. Stance6. Voice Projection7. Modulation (pleasant)8. Word Pace (150 w/m)9. Accents (non

regional)10. Tonality (varied)11. Pattern (length)13. Aspirative Pauses14. Language15. Grammar

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1. Approachability2. Eye Contact (2-3 secs.)

3. Facial Expressions4. Gestures (2 / sentence)

5. Stance6. Voice Projection

7. Modulation (pleasant)8. Word Pace (150 w/m)9. Accents (non regional)

10. Tonality (varied)11. Pattern (length)

13. Aspirative Pauses14. Language15. Grammar

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Verbal: Words we say= 7%Vocal: How you sound when you say them=38% Visual: How you look when you say them= 55%

PUT YOUR BEST VOICE FORWARDPROFESSIONAL OPTIMUM PITCH

DO RE MI FA SO LA TI DO

You would find your optimal pitch at about one quarter of the way above your lowest note. You can comfortably use 3 to 4 notes below your best pitch.

The upper half of the range is for singing.

“This is my optimal pitch. Here I am comfortable and clear

voiced.”

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“Humans can only retain only a maximum of 7 or more likely five items that are conveyed orally.”

Magic Number 8, plus or minus 2

for short term memory

– Psychologist George Miller

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It takes only 15% of your brain to attend to what is said to you and to make semi-automatic responses. That leaves 85% of your thinking capacity for formulating answer.

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“Therefore this is what the Lord God Almighty says: Because the people have spoken these words, I will make my words in your mouth a fire and these people the wood it consumes.” -Jeremiah 5:14

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“His word is in my heart like a fire; a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed I can not.” - Jeremiah 20:9b

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“In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead and the view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: Preach the Word” 2 Timothy 4:1

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Proxemics = As a pastor-teacher, learn to use the 3 dimensional space of the pulpit. Use space in the way most conducive to effective delivery.

Holiness means absolute purity of your wall before God. The words coming out of your mouth, and every thought in your mind placing every detail of your life under the scrutiny of God himself.

-Oswald Chambers

My Utmost for His Highest

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Goal in true preaching is in the direction of God’s call. To persuade, motivate, inspire. The Goal of Preaching is to prepare us to make a good account of ourselves in front of the judgment for believers we all appear in the judgment seat of Christ. Grounding in the truth not easy

to be deceived or influenced by

wrong teaching.

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Accuracy = meaning using words that precisely convey your meaning. The most important requirement for a public speaker is to be intelligible – clear enough to be understood.

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THE LAW OF CONTROL

“You feel good about yourself to the degree to which you feel that you’re in control of your life.

EXTERNAL LOCUS OF CONTROL

-high stress; low performance personalities

INTERNAL LOCUS OF CONTROL

-low stress; high performance personalities

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“By their fruits you will know them”

-Matthew 7:16

“As you turn others into characters you risk

becoming the character yourself.”

-Harvard Business School

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“They found no corruption in him, because he was

trustworthy and neither corrupt or negligent.”

- Daniel 6:4b

  P - I thank you for the time you gave me to speak on this topic…R - because…O - option 1 is …B - other option is…E - explain… If I were to give my suggestion (focus on best option)

PROBE – GIVING OPTIONS (PRAISE - REASON - OPTION - BEST OPTION - EXPLAIN)

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My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to listen to your words, but they do not put them into practice. With their mouths they express devotion, but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain. Indeed, to them you are nothing more than one who sings love song with a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well, for they hear your words but do not put them into practice. – Ezekiel 33:31

POWERFUL MESSAGE NEEDS GOOD HEARERS:

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Never trust anything in yourself or in

anyone else except in the grace of God.

Oswald Chambers My Utmost for His Highest

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May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish the work of our hands for us –

Yes establish the work of our hands.Psalm 90:17

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Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and encourage – with great patience and instruction.” 2 Timothy 4:2

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“I stand in pause where I shall begin.”

– William Shakespeare

Try staging the strategic delay the next time you deliver a speech or answer a query to put you during a conversation. Before you speak, try to lock your eyes on each of your soon to be listeners.

1. POWER PAUSE

The Prime time of any talk or presentation you give is during your opening words. Begin with a bang! If you have a dramatic news to impart or startling fact to reveal, try opening with it.

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“Clothes, which as it seems makes thee.”

- William Shakespeare.

Clothes make a statement. The selection of garment should not be casual or by chance. Adopt as style that suits you – and people will identify with you. Understatement is the secret of Power Dressing.

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Q. E. D. (Quod Erat Demonstrada) –Plan your speech like a symphony. It may have three movements but must have one dominant melody. Once you pinpoint your objective, everything you say will be directed toward that result.

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Long Speeches can seem like reading a book without a punctuation. Short is sharper. Brief is memorable.

In fact, brevity is brilliant.

A speech that is brief, if good, is good twice over - Cervantes

Frame it. Stage it. Speech is theatre. Quotation and frame is props. Never refer to any author with whom you are unfamiliar or uncomfortable quoting.

Quotemanship – a quotation in the middle of the talk is like a baseball pitcher’s change of pace. Produce, Present, Produce your Quote.

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“A statistic should tell a story.” - Margarette Thatcher

The 3 R’s in Statistics:

1. Reduce

2. Round

3. Relate to a story.

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Visual aids should be used to reinforce, not replace a speech. Keep slides simple. Be a Speaker, not just an introducer of the slide. Slides is an appetizer not the meal.

Characteristics of Good Visuals

1. Easy to read.2. Easy to understand.3. Easy to remember

4. Easy to find.5. Easy to explain.

Guidelines for Power Point

1. Use the most readable font: Tahoma 2. Use different colors for the different

parts of your slide elements.3. Eliminate or minimize effects, sounds,

builds, transitions and animations.

Guidelines for Power Point

1. Disable the following: Standby, Password and Screen Savers.

2. Use the lowest possible color depth such as 16 bit in your monitor settings.

3. Create hyperlinks to allow faster jumps to other slides or files.

4. When possible use the 7 x 7 principle for PowerPoint slides.

Guidelines for Power Point

1. Press the space bar to move slide show forward.

2. Press “B” to black out the screen and conceal your slide.

3. Press “W” to white out the screen and conceal your slide.

4. Explain your slide, don’t read it.

LESSIG METHOD

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3 R’s in Humor: 1.Realistic2.Relevant3. don’t Read it. The secret in presenting humor in speech is to weave it in as a part of your experience.

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Turn concepts into concrete if you want them to be remembered. Look back on your experiences. When you share a bit of yourself with of others, you win their trust and affection, and they will more readily buy into what you are promoting.

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Silent signals can register even louder than speech. Silent signals can register even louder than speech.

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First rule of effective speaking: never, never, never let words come out your eyes are looking down.

SEE-STOP-SAY Technique

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For any talk, little or long, take your typed speech and space it out bite size phrases.

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Power Line- There is a secret

in coining a power line

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Donors must see that you really care about the project before they will care.

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Pregnant pauses can turn even familiar words or phrases into compelling communication. If you are an executive, limit yourself to one “impact” word per talk or statement.

The passive voice is for the “follower” type. But the active voice is the take-charge leaders. The active voice provides force to your speech, whereas the passive voice sounds spineless and deadens your delivery.

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See-Stop-Say TechniqueLook down and take in a line.

Look up and pause.Deliver the line.

Look down and take in another line.

Look up and pause.Deliver another line.

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Donors must see that you reallycare about the project before they will care.

The Power Button phrase is your

highlighter pen, illuminating the

power line sentence that follows..

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A strong ending, said Churchill, you have to appeal to the emotions – the pride, hope, love and occasionally fear. Every time you open your mouth, your capability as a leader is judged.

The difference between polite and hearty applause depends most on how you finish your talk.

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Surprise your audience.

“Arm me with audacity.” – William Shakespeare

MISSIONS PROCESS GEARS

Mission CommissionTherefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19

LeadersOne Spirit, One Purpose

Followers“Every member a minister.”-Advanced Strategic Planning Edition 2 P.112

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“For the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge, and from his mouth men should seek instruction- because he is the messenger of God.”

- Malachi 2:7

“From longer his time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. “You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the twelve. – John 6:67

Never think of giving up preaching! The angels around the throne envy you your great work.. GO on and grow in the grace and power as a gospel preacher – Alexander Whyte

Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.”

Matthew 9:37