Gareth Bezett

I preached at all three morning services at St Mary's yesterday. The vicar has been kind enough to allow me to preach during school holidays so I can focus on children's ministry during term time. I will post my notes soon.

I still do not enjoy preaching. I was exhausted afterwards and couldn't stop for my usual post-preaching nap as we had to have lunch with the sister-in-law. When we finally got home, I got on the couch and didn't move till bed time (so, yes just like any other day). People are always nice after I preach, some of the compliments even sounded sincere, but I don't think I'm ever going to be a great preacher. That said, I don't think I'm completely terrible either, so should i ever have a parish of my own, I'll be able to do a passable job.

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Notes from yesterday's sermon are now published. The opening paragraph is included below. You can download the entire sermon from here. This was week 5 of the Old Testment Challenge 2.

Our prayer life is a fundamental part of our ongoing walk with God. It is impossible to grow to spiritual maturity without a healthy prayer life. So what does a healthy prayer life look like? What lessons can we learn from Samuel’s birth and ministry?

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I inflicted myself on the poor unsuspecting congregation at St Philip's this morning. They were all very nice and some even thanked me. The 7pm congregation get me tonight, but they asked for it, so I have no pity for them.

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