Emphasis Preaching Journal

Let's imagine you are pastor of a church with an average worship attendance of 150. Most members are senior adults, and there are only three young families. On a typical Sunday morning, six children -- ranging in age from infancy to five -- are in the nursery.

Mrs. Dolan, who is seventy, has been the nursery attendant for more than thirty years. Since she has a bad cold this morning, she has asked Angela, a high school junior who sometimes helps her, to fill in.