Saturday, September 9, 2017
Competent Communication
I guess the one person I can think of who gives a form of competent communication would be the priest in my church during his sermons. It works for me because he stands down by the people in the pews and looks you in the eye as he gives his message. He is animated as he moves around, passionate with the message he is giving. He has a lesson to give and he gives it without sugar coating so I grasp the importance of what he is teaching me. I am caught up in his message every time when he speaks like this. I heard that a parishioner complained because he did not speak from the pulpit which is a type of lectern that stands above the pews and to the left of our seating. Father read from the sermon he had prepared and the message was not as strong (for me) and I could tell from his ridged body language he was not comfortable speaking this way.
I have a passion to advocate for the immigrant families and their children within my home city (maybe, one day the country) I wish to speak with the passion my priest has, to have a strong message which may not be comfortable to hear but needs to be said in a way that works for me. I do not want someone telling me I have to speak in some certain way from some certain spot dousing the fire I feel in my heart. This is what I hope to gain from this course and with practice.
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Hi Jennifer,
ReplyDeleteThat kind of communication always gets my attention, I like when people are animated when they talk it makes what their talking about interesting. That is great that your being a advocate for immigrant families, they definitely need people in their corner making them feel like they belong.
Hey Jennifer,
ReplyDeleteA priest is an important person to learn from as you stated learning from the communicator is so important. When a good communicator can teach others they are able to educate and pass along messages to others. With practice you could to speak as he does let our passion grow and feed it you will learn to communicate as he does.
Jennifer,
ReplyDeleteI can relate to your post, I grew up going to church and listening to our Pastor (my grandpa) who also came off the pulpit and was very passionate as well as animated. I think that is why he was such a great Evangelist and Pastor. I have gone to different churches where the Pastor stays on the pulpit and reads their sermon kind of as though they are reading a book and it doesn't keep my attention. Continue to learn from him and you too will be a passionate advocator in your communityy.
Nice post Jennifer!
ReplyDeleteI too selected one of my church members, actually the Pastors' wife, she too (like your Priest) is an awesome public speaker. Funny, I had not given my Pastor a second thought. I was focused on the person whom I currently emulate. 😆