*Influenced by a speaker*

When thinking about an influential speaker, pastor at my church came to mind. His name is Pastor Mike, he really knows how to relay out a message and create the message so we can use it within our own lives. He's not a boring, old fashion pastor speaker; he communicates the message to us as an adult audience. He also uses props and video clips, for visual learners and I'm one of them. Each 5-8 weeks he has a different series he speaks on and his main purpose is to communicate it to us, so we understand and hear the good in the message. He really is a motivator, encourager and a personable speaker. He makes you feel like you're the only one in the audience and has the kind of approach that makes you want to come back. On the other hand, pastors need vacations too; so therefore they have guest speakers. I've seen guest speakers there before but this one time, the church didn't select the best pastor to guest speak. Or it also may be, different styles of communicating or where they are from. This man had a Texas accent (nothinng wrong with Texans) He was just hard to understand with some words. He also was an older man, so his style of communicating to the church was a more old fashion western kind of way. It may have been unfamiliar environment and that he didn't know the audience. He wasn't as personable and wanted to just talk for the sake of talking. He didn't make clear points and rambled on a lot off topic. I also noticed he kept repeating "you people", when normally a speaker would say "you" and make you feel like the only one in the audience. Who knows, maybe "you people" is a Texan thing. Overall, I was happy when Pastor Mike came back, his style and way of communicating a message is a better approach.