6 NEWS AND UPDATES
What you say
70 YEARS YOUNGER
Greetings , I would like to express my appreciation for the excellent work that you are doing in producing Preach . My only regret is that it was not about when I started to preach nigh on seventy years ago . I love the way in which you include contributions from such a wide range , each having a desire to exalt Christ Jesus and encourage us to make his Gospel known . Carry on the good work ! May you be blessed in all that you are doing . Roland Hamon , by email
Thank you for your encouragement Roland . The whole team at LWPT appreciate your appreciation of the magazine ! Blessings on your preaching and all those reading this who keep answering God ’ s call on them , decade after decade , to preach his Word .
Louisa , editor
SERMON OF THE YEAR 2022 : WINNER
You can catch up with the Sermon of the Year grand final and watch the three finalists preach , plus see if you agree with the comments from the three judges ! The finalists are Katharine Crew , a Methodist local preacher in the West Hertfordshire and Borders Circuit ; Ian Lister , a Methodist local preacher from Devon ; and Charmaine Yip , an Anglican from Bromley , Kent . The esteemed judges are Tobi Olujinmi , producer and founder of W TALK network ; Rev Dotha Blackwood , chaplain and tutor at Spurgeon ’ s College ; and Rev Dr Chris Wright , ambassador at Langham Partnership . We are grateful to the sponsors of this year ’ s event for their interest and support : The Methodist Church , All We Can , and Langham Partnership .
AND THE WINNER IS …
You ’ ll know by now , but we add our voice to say ‘ Congratulations ’ to Charmaine Yip , winner of Sermon of the Year 2022 ! Charmaine ’ s lively presentation and detailed content wowed the judges with a sermon based on the way that Jesus himself welcomed the sinful , tax collector Zacchaeus . To find out more about Charmaine ’ s faith , her family heritage of Bible teachers , her experiences of being a ‘ stranger ’; do watch the Sermon of the Year final and then listen in to an interview with Louisa Lockwood . Both on the Preach magazine
YouTube channel ( go to YouTube and search for Preach magazine ). If you subscribe to the channel , you ’ ll be notified first when new interviews and webinars are posted there .
WELCOME THE STRANGER
New digital magazine
If you have given us your email , as a member you will have received the July Preach eNews including a free ebook from Sacristy Press and a free digital magazine all about Welcome the Stranger with the top ten sermons from this year ’ s event . To join the members ’ enews mailing list , please confirm your email at
membership @ lwpt . org . uk
To receive the link to the digital magazine for Welcome the Stranger , which you are welcome to share around any student groups or small groups thinking about this area of God ’ s ministry , then please email
editor @ lwpt . org . uk