The 3 Things Flying A Plane & Preaching Have In Common

I just sent this to my list of subscribers, but I thought I should share it here too...

"How Preaching Is Like Flying A Plane"

If you are a pilot there are only 3 things you have to do to succeed:

1. Take off correctly.

2. Get the people to the planned destination.

3. Land the plane.

And if you don't do one of these things?

• If you can't take off, you're not going to reach your destination.
• If you don't get them to the destination (or the correct one), then you failed.
• If you don't land the plane the people never get where you (or they) wanted them to be.

A pastor also has 3 things you have to do to succeed with your sermon:

1. You have to start your talk and "take off" correctly.

2. You have to carry the students to the place you want them to be at the end.

3. You have to "land" and finish out the talk correctly.

And if you don't do one of these things?

• If you don't begin correctly, then no one will go where you're trying to take them.
• If you don't know how to get them to follow you, then you won't get them to the "destination."
• If you don't know how to "land it," then you won't see the same kind of response and action that you hoped for.

The Importance Of How You Put Together Your Talk

"Structure" is one of the overlooked, but important things, I've learned in my 2 decades of speaking.  (Man, that makes me sound old. I was only 19 when I started, but I guess that still makes me old!)

"Taking Your Talks To The Next Level In 2012"

Like I said, in my last email...

1. If God doesn't give you the words to speak and anoint what you say, then what you say won't be effective and life changing.

2. BUT if God gives you a truth to share there are DEFINITELY ways you share it that are more

or less effective.  (We've all heard boring sermons that prove this.)

You can learn ways to:

• Help you to grab your students attention
• Pull them through your talk 
• And finally call them to ACT on what you've shared.

I've learned some unconventional and little talked about ways after speaking for over 20 years.

WANT AN EXAMPLE OF HOW I DO THIS?

VIDEO of my talk on Faith: "There's More Than Meets The Eye"

http://tinyurl.com/meetseye

Watch just the introduction to see how I take a common topic "faith" and present it in a way that captures peoples' attention and gets them to see it in a new way.

If you watch beyond that you'll see other things I did that helped that talk to really get people to see that living by faith is the only option in life.

My Upcoming "Talk Boosters" Course:

In 2 weeks, I'm going to be offering live, online training of my "Talk Boosters" course again.

What is "Talk Boosters" about? 

I'll offer a paid, 4 class e-course that focused on 3 important areas:

• Content
• Structure
• Presentation

When?

I'm thinking of doing it Thurs. & Fri. Oct. 20 & 21st from 9am-11am PST

and Mon. & Tues. Oct, 24th & 25th 9am-11am PST.

*If you can't make it one of the days, there will be recordings you can listen to (and my word-for-word notes in ebook form).

Are You Interested?

I'll send you more details next week, but if you're interested, then shoot me an email.  *If different days would be better than let me know.

Take care,

Scott Aughtmon

P.S.  Did you see this? 

**"Do You Have The Guts And Faith To Pray This Prayer For Your Life

& Youth Group?" http://tinyurl.com/3g9cota