INDEX — Communion Prep Packet for May 3, 2026

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What's here

File	What it is	When to use
`podium.md`	The thing you take to the podium. Verbatim Bible texts as set blocks, your own sentences in `[brackets]`, stage directions in CAPS, the Carlisle option inline. Edit this directly.	Today. The primary tool.
`prep.html`	Interactive workspace. Open in browser. Tabs in order: Podium (mirrors podium.md) · Prompts · Anthology (filterable, voilib play buttons, notes save in browser) · Morning walkthrough · Five shapes · What I cut · Self-aware moves.	Use on phone or iPad while reading anthology, scanning self-aware shapes, etc.
`prompts.md`	The deeper reflection tool — open prompts you answer in your own voice. Less prescriptive than podium.md.	If you want to think through prompts before filling the podium guide.
`morning.md`	Sequenced 60–90 min walkthrough (with 30-min and 10-min versions).	If you have a chunk of unbroken time and want to be guided.
`anthology.md` / `anthology.json`	All 68 source entries scored 1–5, organized by beat.	The Anthology tab in `prep.html` is more useful (filters, play buttons, notes).
`self-aware-moves.md`	Seven shapes of self-aware preacher moves with corpus examples.	If you want to refresh on the self-awareness toolkit before standing.
`beat-3-research.md`	Deep theological grounding for John 12:24 — what BP/Bridgetown actually say. Replaces AI-tell scaffolding in podium Beat 3.	Read before writing your Beat 3 sentences.
`beat-4-research.md`	Deep theological grounding for 2 Cor 5:18-19 — what BP/Bridgetown actually say. Replaces AI-tell scaffolding in podium Beat 4.	Read before writing your Beat 4 sentences.
`bp-jonah-qr.csv`, `bp-what-forgiveness-is-and-isnt.csv`, `bp-what-preaching-was-that.csv` (in `output/`)	Source transcripts.	Reference; mostly the prep packet now stands on its own.
`backups/<timestamp>/`	Prior versions.	Roll back if needed.

Recommended order today

Open podium.md (or the Podium tab on prep.html). This is your guide.
Fill in the [bracketed] placeholders in your own voice. Write the sentences you would actually say.
Decide the Carlisle option (in or out) before service.
Read aloud once to test timing (~5:30 without Carlisle, ~7:00 with).
Take it to the podium.

The framing rule (carry it through everything)

Christ is the subject of every load-bearing verb. Your weakness is named, not performed. Your reaching is real, not completed.

What I (Claude) couldn't do — and you can

I cannot write praise. Piper is right about that. Every "candidate phrase" in this packet is structural scaffolding, not soul-words. The praise belongs in your mouth — where the Spirit puts it, when he puts it, in the words you would actually use. The placeholders intentionally leave room for it. Don't try to write it in advance.

What changed in the closing pass

podium.md is now the primary entry point (was prompts.md).
The Podium tab in prep.html is rendered directly from podium.md — edits to one flow to the other on rebuild.
Anthology grew to 68 entries (added: BP redemption theme, BP forgiveness episode, Lamech/Jonah inversions, settle-the-score, self-aware shapes).
The Carlisle option lives inline in podium.md — your call to use it or skip it.
"Optional final line" in the prayer slot is yours to take, rewrite, or cut.
All decisions about timing, share/don't-share, source attribution remain open — defaulted to recommendations, not requirements.

Walk into today honest. The work is good. The Spirit will meet you.