Servant
Leadership School
October 12, 2003
Homework review
Share insights from the assignment on John 5 – share your lesson, support,
illustration
These notes are going to be stored in the church’s online study
library. Go to the church website (www.calvarychapel.com/fullerton),
then click on the “Bible Study Library”, scroll down on the left bar and find “Servant
School”, then click on “Bible Study
Preparation”. Look for lesson “06”.
Editing your message
What do you include / what do you exclude?
Learn to judge how long your message will be by the length of your
notes. Or else practice the message.
The value of learning to end on time – it’s an important skill. Don’t fall into the trap of saying “Well, the
Spirit was leading me so strongly, I just couldn’t end the message”. The real issue is that you are not prepared.
It’s important to look at it as if one of the resources you have to deal
with is people’s time. How are you going
to use their time? Can they trust you
with their time? If you have only so
many minutes of their time, then you need to make decisions of how you’re going
to fill it.
The Computer: Microsoft Word
Drawbacks
You may need to learn to type. Try
using a typing “tutor”.
It will take time mastering the program.
It’s worth learning some of the features of your word processor. If you prepare studies regularly, the time
you save will be great.
The value of the word processor
Readability of your notes / legibility / size of letters
Making changes and still being able to read your notes
It’s easy to move things around in your notes –
Common Keyboard shortcuts
Ctrl + Direction Key = Moving the cursor around one word at a time
Ctrl + Shift + Direction Key = Highlighting text
Alt + Shift + Direction Key = Moving paragraphs around
Ctrl C, X, V – Copy, Cut, Paste
Ctrl + Spacebar = remove formatting
Ctrl + B = Bold
Ctrl + I = Italic
Ctrl + U = Underline
Ctrl + Z = Undo
Alt + Tab = Switch to next open program
Copying in Bible Verses / other text.
If you don’t have everyone look up a verse, you can just read it from
your notes.
Being able to search your notes with a search program
Having a filing system
Renaming “My Documents” to “0_data” or “0 My Documents”. Warn the other users before you do this!
Using Subdirectories, including “Bstudy”, my system of book order – (01Gen,
02Exo, 03Num, Topical, etc.)
Macros / Normal.dot
If you want to use my macros,
Use your computer’s search function to find the file “normal.dot”. Rename it to something like normal1.dot (in
case you want to get rid of my file and go back to your own). Copy my version of “normal.dot” into the same
directory.
Then download my “normal.dot” file by clicking here. Save the file in the folder where your old
“normal.dot” file was.
How macros are recorded. Tools /
Macros / Record / Keyboard / Come up with a keystroke combination that isn’t
being used.
Then perform the function you want the macro to reproduce, then click on
“stop recording”.
Some of the Macros –
“Lesson” – “Alt + L”
Types the word “Lesson”, formats the text
“Illustration” – “Alt + I”
Types the word “Illustration”, formats it.
“Bible Verse” – “Alt + V”
Pastes a verse that has already been copied to the clipboard, formats it.
“Basic Paragraph Format” – “Alt + S”
Pastes text from the clipboard, formats it to be a “Heading 3” paragraph
“Paste Definition” = “Alt + D”
Pastes a “definition” from Online Bible (which has been copied into
clipboard using “Copy Window” command) and formats it.
Templates
Setting up a “Bible Study” template folder
Find (or change) the folder where the templates are stored: Choose “Tools”, “Options”, then click on the
“File Locations” tab. The folder is
listed under “User Templates”. I keep my
templates in c:\0_data\templates.
Make a new folder inside the Template folder called “Bible Study”.
You can get a copy of my “Wednesday Evening.dot” study template by clicking
here. After the file downloads and loads, save it
to your template folder by choosing “File”, then “Save as”, then choose the
template folder.
Making your own templates / editing. Save them as “document templates”.
Starting a new file with a template
File / New / Click on Bible Study tab and then select template.
Changing the “Properties” – Title, Date, etc. – important for headers
Learning how to use paragraph styles / editing the styles
Outline method
Using the “Web Layout View” (“View” “Web Layout”).
Promoting/demoting paragraphs, moving them around (Shift-Alt + direction
keys)
If you have trouble with promoting/demoting, be sure to check to see if the
paragraph style is correct (It should be “Heading 1” through “Heading 9”)
Importing text
Importing a file
Insert / File – then find the file.
Importing from clipboard, formatting the text.
Edit / Paste (or, Ctrl – V).
Format by either applying the “paragraph style” or macro (Alt-S)
Importing Bible verses
Opening up multiple programs at a time.
Copy and paste from clipboard.
Importing illustration files.
Other Computer Resources
Internet - Websites
Pastor Chuck
Word for Today
Online Bible
Blue Letter Bible
Google (search sight)
E-mail Illustration sources
Sermon Fodder
Mikey’s Funnies
Master Christian Library
500 books for $60.
Search programs / Search 32
Search 32 – about $40, great search engine
From Parson’s
QuickVerse / Bible Atlas / Bible Illustrator
Non-computer resources
Background books
Halley’s & Unger’s Handbooks, Books on background, Bible Dictionaries,
Josephus, Bible Encyclopedias, Commentaries (esp. Barclay), Study Bibles,
Alfred Edersheim (Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah), Bible Atlas.
Language helps
Word Meanings: Different
translations, Strong’s, Vines, Robertson, Vincent, Wuest, Exegetical commentaries,
Computer helps
Commentaries: Recognizing the
different types – Exegetical, Expositional, Devotional;
Bible Knowledge Commentary, Matthew Henry, Barclay (with reservations),
Keil & Delitsch, Pulpit Commentary; Tapes (especially Chuck Smith)
Topical Helps: Nave’s, Systematic
Theologies, Concordances, Computer helps
Illustration sources: Illustration
books, Newspapers, Magazines, Filing system, Internet, Computer Illustrators