All credentialed leaders are invited for a day of conversation, connection, and learning on the theme What’s your sermon doing? In this interactive seminar, sessions will address the purposes of preaching, sermon preparation, focus and form, and the preacher’s body, story, and vulnerability.
The day will include guided table conversation and teaching sessions with Allan Rudy-Froese, Associate Professor of Preaching and Voice at AMBS.
Registration will close October 23.
Friday, October 30, 2026
9:00 am – 3:30 pm
Westview Community Room
at Landis Communities
1001 E. Oregon Rd, Lititz
Schedule (tentative)
8:30a Registration/Coffee
9:00a Session I: Why do we do this? The Purpose(s) of Preaching
10:15a Morning Break
10:30a Session II: How do we do this? Sermon Preparation Practices / Focus and Form in Preaching
12:00p Lunch
1:15p Questions from the morning session
1:30p Session III: The Preacher’s Body, Story, and Vulnerability; active Bible study
3:15p Closing Reflections and Blessing
Speaker:
Allan Rudy-Froese blends a heart for the church, preparation in communicating the Good News of the gospel, and infectious humor with the ministry of teaching students how to communicate with diverse audiences in the church and in current culture. His research brings homiletics, theology, biblical studies and performance theory to bear on preaching. Research interests for Allan include Jonah as a source for narrative, poetic and missional preaching; preaching practice and theology among North American Anabaptist-Mennonites; and the changing landscape of prophetic and pastoral preaching. His latest interest is in stage fright for preachers and leaders of worship. Allan leads preaching workshops for preachers, Scripture readers and worship leaders.
Read more about Allan at https://ambs.edu/employees/allan-rudy-froese/