A Guest Who Needs No Introduction
Harry Fletcher doesn't teach Sunday school before he preaches. He prefers to spend that time preparing himself in quiet meditation before stepping into the pulpit. But still he finds his way into each class. "Whenever we have a guest speaker—six or eight times a year—I teach one of the Sunday school classes," says Fletcher, pastor of York Gospel Center in York, Pennsylvania. "That allows me some personal, direct contact with all age groups." Fletcher contacts the teacher of the class he'd like to visit several weeks ahead to OK his coming and to ask what the teacher thinks he should talk about. Recently he discussed God's will with junior highers and spoke to the primary department on "What a Pastor Does." "When I'm with primaries or younger children, I'm only there for the opening exercises," says Fletcher. "In older groups, I'll have the whole hour." A few weeks ago, Fletcher spent the hour with the class for the mentally handicapped. "A baptismal service was coming up, and the teacher wanted me to explain baptism to the students," he says. "So we took them to the baptistry and talked simply about what baptism is and how it's done. The time with that class was one of the highlights of my ministry."
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