A few weeks ago at The Journey, we had a week-long planning retreat with all of our teaching pastors and our worship pastors from our various campuses.
At the end of the planning session, we walked away with a preaching calendar.
Out of that planning, literally and somewhat surprisingly, we had all the titles for all our series next year and most of the individual titles.
I want to share them with you (more on that below) – but most importantly I want to help you do the same thing.
Here are three big reminders why you should be planning your preaching in advance:
1) Planning reduces your stress. Most pastors plan week to week, which can easily pin you in a corner if something unexpected comes up. I don’t like the stress of wondering on Thursday, what I’m going to preach on Sunday.
2) It’s very hard to be creative at the last minute. When you give yourself time to plan, you give yourself time to pick up great ideas along the way – and time to implement those ideas at their maximum potential. My worship leader tells me that all the time. He’s like, “I can be very creative in the services, I just can’t do it on Saturday night.” I’ve got to give him time to prepare.
3) A preaching calendar maximizes your impact, especially on Big Days. We all know the pain of regret after a Sunday is over and you look back and you think, “Boy, I could have done this. I should have been able to do that.” Planning allows you to make sure that every Sunday is exactly what it needs to be.
There’s a better way to live, there’s a better way to prepare, there’s a better way to plan.
That’s why you’re invited to join me for my BRAND NEW 90-minute Planning Your 2017 Preaching Calendar webinar.
Get over $1,290.00 in Bonuses when you register by Monday, Nov. 7th!
Click here to reserve your spot now!
In this webinar, I will walk you through 2017 Sunday by Sunday and look for the pitfalls and possibilities to help you plan what you’re going to preach next year.
You can choose from six convenient times, November 8, 9 or 10. These are the same webinars, just repeated on different days and times.
The preaching calendar doesn’t solve everything, but it opens up opportunities for you to increase your impact, to get a greater return on your investment, to maximize your Big Day, and to significantly lower your stress level.
I hope you’ll join me for these 90 minutes to save yourself hours all year long!
Your partner in ministry,
Nelson
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