Beholding and Proclaiming

What if preaching could do more than inform the mind? What if it could also be an instrument to transform the soul...of both the preacher and the listener? The Beholding and Proclaiming Preaching Workshop offers a full-day experience designed to empower us to hone our preaching skills and deepen our connection with God in the process.

This two-day workshop will lead participants through interconnected stages of sermon preparation and delivery, ending with a live preaching experience from participants.

This workshop is open to both men and women, including lead pastors, staff pastors, ministry leaders, and congregants. Together, we will focus on developing a robust theologically informed process for sermon preparation and delivery.

During this training we will focus on:

- The devotional life of the preacher

- Principles of exegesis

- Discovering Christ in the text

- Connecting to the bigger story of Scripture

- Proclaiming the Gospel in every sermon

- Understanding your audience

- Developing a storied outline

- Defining your practical and divine expectations

The structure and content of this training is done in such a way that seasoned and beginning preachers can all learn simultaneously how to connect with Christ in the preparation process, preach effective sermons, and train others to do so as well.

Each participant will:

- A hard copy of the book Beholding and Proclaiming: Reimagining the Art of Preaching, Reclaiming the Training of Preachers

-- An individual training manual for hands-on practical exercises

Co-Facilitator: Dr. Michael Carrion, VP of Movement Leadership at City to City NYC.
Serving as the VP of Movement Leadership Michael oversees the NYC team prayerfully and discerningly recruiting, training and resourcing church planters called to plant healthy missional churches in the five boroughs of NYC. Michael has successfully planted several churches and charter schools across the South Bronx. He is social justice activist, community organizer who has been nationally recognized for his work among the poor across the city. Prior to working with CTC Michael held appointment with the city of New York HRA/CAS and the Fedcap Group as the Senior Director of Workforce Development. As well as a prior role as the Deputy Director of Vocational Rehabilitation Services (VRS). Michael is a native of the South Bronx and brings 30 years of urban pastoral ministry experience to the team.

Co-Facilitator: Kristian Hernandez, Lead Pastor of Hope Astoria Church in Queens, NY. Founder of The Kerygma Group and author of Beholding and Proclaiming: Reimagining the Art of Preaching, Reclaiming the Training of Preachers and Senior Director of City to City NYC.

Please email [email protected] for further details.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Promise Land Covenant Church, 1010 East 174th Street, The Bronx, United States