As Religious Liberties director in my church (Morris Park, Bx., NYC) I'm delivering a Power Point presentation of the sermon, but I'm adding an extra dimension. I'm encouraging the congregation to text me during my presentation with questions that I will respond to in an afternoon session.

My thinking is that many members are caught up in this modern texting, SMS, Tweeting culture that we're part of. This way people will hopefully engage themselves more intently due to the visual graphics and the novelty of being allowed to quietly ask questions during the sermon about the sermon.

Secondly, I'm working on a "co-op" sermon as the new Stewardship Director with the former director. I'm going to focus on Environmentalism as a form of stewardship (think of God's 1st command to take care of the Garden) and the former director will deal with the traditional tithes and offering approach. We will present this sermon as a conversation where the congregation can listen in.

What are your opinions about these plans? Any suggestions, criticisms and reflections would be much appreciated.

We need to reach our members and get them more engaged in spiritual things!

Alex (praying about this daily)

Which age group are you hoping to reach, abelisle? I realize that religious liberties will ultimately affect each and every one of us, what is your target audience for this sermon? In our congregation of approximately 200 persons, very few of the 30 and over crowd use texting as a means of communicating.