I’m Yvon Prehn, a Christian writer and teacher.
I love the Bible; I love to study the Bible and write about the Bible. I believe it is God’s true, trustworthy, and reliable message to people. I believe its core message is that salvation is found in Jesus only and that God used history and poetry, story and prophecy, to tell us about Him.
But I don’t study just for myself–I am also a teacher. When I was in third grade I started teaching the kindergarteners in Sunday School, when I was in 6th grade I got my class of 4th graders in a little church in Marina, CA; when I was 16 the high school sponsors at the church I was at (now in Colorado Springs, CO) left and I said, “I think I could do that.” From there I led and taught youth groups for many years. I started teaching adult Bible classes, when it was somewhat controversial for a woman to do that.
I got degrees in English and Education; a master’s degree in church history, did graduate work in communications, and almost finished a seminary degree (family tragedy ended that), and taught on the high school and university levels. I worked at and with various Christian organizations in communications, but whatever I learned I wanted to teach.
Through a series of only-God-could-have-planned-this events I became a national trainer/speaker for Padgett-Thompson, the nations largest one day seminar company and learned about adult education and how to travel and conduct full-day seminars. I decided to take that learning and for the next 20+ years traveled and taught seminars on church communications all over North America. In addition to teaching as my job, I also taught adult Sunday School classes and helped my husband ( a bi-vocational pastor) lead first a Single Adult Ministry and then other adult ministries, conferences, and Bible classes, which I continue to enjoy doing when I can.
In addition to the in-person teaching, I’m also exploring how to teach online. This blog is a part of that.
This blog is a collection of things:
- Lessons I’ve taught in the past at church or various Bible studies–because of that, various local notices will be scattered through the site. As I get time, I will be going through them and removing confusing scheduling announcements, but I won’t remove the references to various groups or classes I’ve taught, because they were all a joy to be part of for the time the Lord allowed me to minister in those places.
- Notes from my devotional time—though I have a time of Bible study every day, I won’t necessarily write about it every day.
- Comments on books I’m reading. I love to read current and past Christian authors. I think of it as a conversation and periodically I’ll recommend or comment on books.
- Answers to questions—members of my previous Sunday School classes or Christian groups my husband and I have worked with stay in touch through various social media and sometimes they ask questions which I love to answer and post. Email me at yvonprehn@gmail.com if you have a question.
- Cultural or current events commentary—not from a political perspective, but occasionally how Biblical truth relates to events, media, or culture.
My day job is training church communicators. Because of that some of the lessons or series may be addressed to church communicators, but most of the entries will apply to anyone, because in many ways, professional or not, we are all communicators for the church of Jesus our Lord. My website for that ministry is: www.effectivechurchcom.com.
For a much more detailed history of my professional life and teaching background, I wrote this post: https://untilfulllight.wordpress.com/2013/10/09/1173/
until full light 