Here he was at a brand new place – a large, suburban, and highly liturgical church. And he did something crazy. When it came time for the sermon, he stepped away from the pulpit, came down into the center aisle, and talked to us. He preached without notes. His message was rich, Biblical, and made you think. He was personable. He connected. I walked away remembering things and thinking about things. I was a 52-week per year Sunday attender. But this was the first time I listened to a sermon. 

It doesn’t matter if you’re a pastor, youth leader, or any other kind of church leader. There’s going to come a point where you’re going to find yourself in front of a group of people delivering a message. When we do, all of us hope people will connect with what we’re saying and be impacted by it. 

I’ve been a pastor for 23 years now. Preaching and teaching are my main gig. I’ve learned that when I preach without notes, it connects more deeply. Here’s the good news: it doesn’t require memorizing manuscripts. It doesn’t even require writing one. With a few simple techniques, you can stay nimble and engaging – all without notes in front of you.

I don’t think it’s always better to preach without notes. But I do think it’s a limitation if you can’t. Some messages demand preaching without notes. Most messages are better when you can. 

This is part three of our guide for how to build an 18-month preaching calendar. If you’re looking for the art of crafting a message and planning ahead, check out part one and part two. What you’re about to read is about delivery. These are the tips and tricks I’ve gleaned over time that help me preach without notes, and that will, hopefully, help you, too. 

Satellites vs. Train Tracks

Too often we preach like we’re traveling by train. We start at a certain point, follow a carefully laid out track, and hope we reach our destination. It’s beautiful when it works, but there’s just one problem: get off track and the whole thing derails. 

When your preaching follows a carefully laid out track, you risk forgetting the sequential flow and set yourself up to go off the rails. The only solution is to spend an inordinate amount of time memorizing each step or to keep notes in front of you. This often means reading, because the time and mental capacity simply isn’t there to memorize the route you charted. 

Try this instead: Switch from train tracks to satellites.
Imagine your preaching is like a solar system. The central star is your main point. It’s what your message is about. All kinds of things revolve around it. These are the satellites – your supporting points, illustrations, and applications. It’s the stuff you want to say about your central point. 

Focus on the central defining point. 

• Articulate it. Everything you say will revolve around it. 
• Now identify a few insights relating to that point. Just a few. These can be stories, anecdotes, implications, examples, further insights the center point raises, push-backs, related texts, personal impressions, application points, or anything else, so long as it relates to that center defining star.
• As you preach, keep coming back to that central point. Your delivery can develop its own organic flow without having to hit points in a predetermined order.  

The benefit is that you no longer have to remember a singular, linear sequence of thought. All you have to remember is the central point and some of its satellites. Then, you’re free to jump to what’s coming to mind in the moment. Everyday conversation works this way, and it’s engaging. If you lose sight of one of the points you drafted (it happens), the whole system doesn’t come crashing down. You can skip points, move on, or come back to them. The central point is still intact. The satellites you choose only serve to enhance it.

Here’s another benefit: listeners drift. Even in the best messages, focus veers. Satellite preaching provides your audience natural entry points to reengage whereas train track preaching risks losing them at an earlier station. 

What if I forget something in the moment? Take heart. You will. It doesn’t matter. The satellites aren’t dependent on each other. The listener doesn’t need to follow every single one. Every topic and every text has more satellites than we can count. There’s always more you can say. You will inevitably forget points or have to cut points for the sake of time that you so desperately wanted to make. It will kill you. It will not kill them. They’ll be none the wiser!  With this style, even if you forget everything else, you have your central point. And you’ve also given yourself freedom to draw in new satellites that strike you in the moment. 

I forget points all the time. It’s not that scary when you have an entire solar system of points to draw on. When you know your central point, you can adapt, even if certain satellites drop out of view. Just keep moving ahead.

What about the content of each satellite? Don’t I have to memorize that? I doubt it. Just remembering the satellite is usually enough mental prompt to help you recall its pertinent details. You know this stuff. If you’ve done your prep work, you’ll be surprised at how the pertinent details stick with you. 

What if there’s a specific quote or passage I want to share verbatim? Just put it on the screen. If you don’t have one, read it from the Bible or the actual book directly. These shifts in presentation can actually increase personal connection as the listener intuitively journeys with you between fixed content and your comments on it.  

Back Pocket Prompts

If you speak without notes, it’s good to have some go-to prompts in your back pocket. These are phrases you can draw on anytime you forget your next point or get lost. Here are a few: 

• “Here’s what I like about this passage…” Actually say that. Then share what you like. 
• “Here’s what I don’t like about this passage…” That’ll get their attention. Be honest about your own struggle with a reading’s  perceived implications.
• “Here’s what confuses me about this passage….” Share the questions you’re asking or how you’ve misunderstood it in the past. 
• “Here’s what challenges me in this passage…” Get transparent. How is God convicting you?

For a moment, imagine getting up to preach, forgetting everything, then doing this:

Today I want to talk to you about… [name the topic]. 
A passage I like that talks about this is… [name it, then read it]. 
Here’s what I like about this passage…
Here’s what I don’t like…
This used to confuse me…
But here’s where it’s challenging me…

Simple, clean, textual, and personal. Not a bad message. No notes required. And you can apply this to any message that uses a Biblical text. 

Also note the use of “I” language. By talking in the first person, you’re now inviting them into your journey. You’re now sharing something personal instead of preaching at them. People connect with that. You’re also modeling a simple way they can talk about their faith, too. 

Less is More. Simple is Better.

If you can’t remember what you’re talking about without your notes, how will they? 

We try to do too much when we preach. I’m guilty of this. There’s so much we want to share, so many interconnections with other passages, and so many theological revelations and applications. 

Complex arguments with intricate logical progressions have their place: in a paper. Speaking, though, is about clarion calls to action, words of affirmation and inspiration, warnings and convictions. Simplify your flow. Your preaching will be better. 

Before you ever step into a pulpit, you’ve been on a journey with your message. Maybe it’s been an afternoon, maybe a week, maybe longer. Whatever the time frame, the text has been shaping you. You’ve had time to digest it, rethink various implications, and discover new connections. 

Your listeners haven’t. They’re coming in cold and fresh. By the time you utter your first words, you’re already 20 steps ahead. They are not with you. If you’re not careful, you risk moving too quickly and losing them, permanently. Incidentally, have you ever noticed that the messages you’ve developed quickly sometimes connect better? I think it’s because we haven’t had the chance to get too far ahead of our listeners.

Try this: See if you can write your entire message on a post-it note. Write your central point with a few satellites defined by key words or short phrases. Now see if you can memorize that. You’re well on your way to preaching without notes.

Have the Guts

There’s more than can be said, but I’ll follow my own advice and leave you with one closing thought: have the guts to try it. At some point, you just have to take off the training wheels and go up there without your notes. You may wobble or even fall. That’s okay. God is full of grace! I suspect your people are, too. 

I once forgot my entire train of thought mid-message and for the life of me couldn’t think of how to recover. What’s worse is that I already said I had five points I wanted to share. And I was only on point number two. Total deer in the headlights. I stuttered and stammered. Every second brought my loss of words into greater focus. Finally I just said, “Guys, my mind went blank. I had three more points. I have no idea what they are. But I bet they were good. I’ll have to share them with you sometime.”

And you know what? People laughed. In a good way. It was endearing. It created a bond. We were together in ministry that day. 

People don’t demand perfection. So don’t demand it of yourself. People need to see that the church is a place where they don’t have to be perfect. Let them see you in such a way that you’re still poised and able to laugh about it. God may speak louder through that than anything you had to say. 

Wrapping it Up

There is a difference between writing well and speaking well. Writing well doesn’t equal speaking well. We write differently than we speak. In a good conversation, we deftly jump between topics, organically. Have you ever tried to write down a conversation, let alone outline one ahead of time? It just doesn’t work. It gets messy, wooden, and stifles the flow. 
If your preaching feels more like delivering a paper than having a good conversation, and if it’s tying you to your manuscript, try this approach and see if it helps you. Contact us if we can help you with your preaching, whether it’s setting up an 18-month preaching calendar, outlining weekly content, or preaching without notes. We’re here to help.

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It was my student ministry director who clued me in to a process by which I rarely feel under such pressure anymore, and have too much to say instead of too little. 

In part one of this process, we shared how to develop 18-24 months of Sunday morning sermons. This step-by-step approach starts with the encouragement to plan time away from your typical daily rhythms and ends with a complete layout of upcoming Sundays, summaries for each week, and shared documents for you and your team. If you haven’t read part one, click here to check it out.

Here in part two, we’re going to show you how to take all that prep work and build it into a series-to-series and week-to-week rhythm for you and your team. There are three main timelines we’ll work with: one month out, eleven days away, and the final week.

One Month Out: Plan the next series. 

Do this: Review your notes. 
About 4-5 weeks before a new series begins (or church season, if you’re a lectionary preacher) review the calendar and summaries you previously prepared, along with any other notes you made for all the messages in the series ahead.  

Then do this: Schedule a creative meeting. 
Bring together the people who help turn your Sunday sermon into a Sunday experience. Your worship director, choir director, technical director, marketing person or. . . maybe your NextGen Director or head of hospitality is involved. If your children or student ministry mirrors your Sunday theme or elements of your worship environment can further accentuate a message, those leaders should be at the table. Note: this isn’t for every volunteer. Only invite the people who lead and develop the supporting ministries. Share your content, invite creative input, and they’ll equip their teams as needed.

Why this meeting?
The goal is to get everyone on the same page. It also gives a chance for course-correction. Most of all, it takes the pressure off of you to be creative (or the sole creative). You’ll find your team has all kinds of ideas for the series that you’ve never thought of and this meeting mobilizes them to start developing the supporting pieces that make a series memorable.  

Why this far in advance?
It gives your team time. Your worship or choral director might want to develop special music. Your marketing team or secretary can develop graphics and other publications. Your production team can think through staging, video, and the like. It gives them space so they can be creative. It gets ideas marinating for you, too. Depending on the complexity of your services, you might want to schedule this further ahead. Tailor it to your team and what works for you. 

Eleven Days Away: Focus on a specific Sunday

Do this: Draft a quick outline for the Sunday after the upcoming Sunday.
Carve out a time early that week. (I block out Tuesday morning.) Don’t check your email. Don’t go into the office if people pester you. (Or if you do, lock your door and put up a big sign with skull & crossbones that reads, “Do not Enter.”) Look at your executive summary for the week of focus, along with other notes. Then, as quickly as you can, chart out a few (3-8) major moves that bring your central point to fruition. 

I prefer an outline. We’re not writing a word-for-word manuscript. Just chart major moves – how you think you can get folks from start to finish – and the talking points that stand out. Add a detailed explanation if there’s an idea you really want to mine or an important hinge phrase. Bullet point any illustrations, examples, or creative bits that strike you. Organize your outline with some kind of flow. And tap your passion. Don’t try to guess what “people” need to hear. Share what’s impacting you. John Ortberg once said it like this, “What’s most personal is often most universal.” 

If you get stuck, review a couple commentaries or favorite resources. Bible Project, YouVersion, and RightNow Media have a wealth of material. Look for what they highlight, how they move through the material, and notice what excites you. We’re just trying to get our minds jogged and juices flowing. 

A note on commentaries: Prior to this point in preparation, when you’re developing the 18-24 month calendar, it’s helpful to peruse several commentaries. But eleven days away from delivery, I reference a single favorite, maybe two. 

Besides the refocus, I’m picking up my past highlights and margin notes. I also prefer lay commentaries. Some of you may balk, so just to be clear, I’ve taught at the seminary level, thrive on academia, and think sermons need to be theologically and intellectually robust. But I also know time is limited. Good lay commentaries have a knack for boiling things down quickly. Something like NT Wright’s New Testament for Everyone series, Grant Osborne’s Verse by Verse, or the God’s Word for You series are great. Even the older William Barclay New Testament series will still amaze. You’ll find your own favorites. The goal right now is not a mile deep. It’s the lay of the land. Lay commentaries are good at that. As DA Carson says in one of his commentaries (ironically, an academic one): 

“The best of Western seminaries and theological colleges [and I would add, commentaries] reinforce the cultural bent toward the abstract, and fill students’ heads with the importance of grammatical, lexicographical exegesis. Such exegesis is, of course, of enormous importance. But in students who do not have a feel for literature, it can have the unwitting effect of so focusing on the tree, indeed on the third knot of the fourth branch from the bottom of the sixth tree from the left, that the entire forest remains unseen, except perhaps as a vague and ominous challenge” (DA Carson, “The Gospel According to John,” Pillar New Testament Commentary, p.100). 

Good lay commentaries focus on the forest, not the third knot on the sixth tree. Tap the critical commentaries as part of your 18-24 month prep and lay commentaries for outlining a Sunday. 

Then do this: Share your outline.
Gather a team again and share your message outline. This could be the same creative team from the one month mark or a smaller group. Here’s why I like to do this: 

• It forces me to produce. When I’m only accountable to myself, I can easily push off self-imposed deadlines. Having to share my outline with my team forces me to get it done. It’s peer pressure at its best. 
• It invests my team. They’re now part of the message that will define the Sunday experience.
• It motivates finishing. If there are “last minute” details you want to implement – videos, promotional write-ups, other experiential elements – the team can incorporate these strategically rather than feel rushed to make happen. 
• I get feedback!

I put this eleven days out. Why? My team is able to meet on Wednesdays. Yours might be different. It might be a Monday, Tuesday, or Thursday. Who cares? The point is to prep at least two Sundays ahead and share it with a team instead of rushing solo to get ready for the upcoming Sunday. 

When I work two Sundays out, something psychologically shifts for me, too. I’m no longer just trying to get it done to meet a Sunday deadline. Instead I’m free to pace myself and play with ideas creatively.  

A note on this team: Find people who have your best interest at heart, understand your target demographic, and are honest enough to give you constructive feedback. (If you’re looking for a job description for this role, here’s your start.) A smaller group, maybe 2-4 at most, works best. It can be all the same people you met with for series planning, but it doesn’t have to be. It’s also easier when they’re on staff. Trying to schedule this around a volunteer’s availability is tough and often inconsistent. This isn’t your elected board of Elders. You select the people who will be the best help. 

Be prepared. It’s going to get ugly. 
This team will break your heart and infuriate you. You’re giving them your baby and inviting them to call it ugly. You can ask for general feedback, but I like to ask specific questions that get applicable responses:

• How can I make this concrete? 
• What engaged you? What brought you into the story?
• Where did I lose you?
• What do you wish I’d said?
• How would you preach it? 
• What’s your take-away?
• What’s this about? 

(I, personally, don’t think the point of a message is to be reductionistic. At the same time, if you can’t simply describe what it’s about, you might not be focused enough.)

Remember that your worst critics can sometimes provide the best insights. You don’t have to use whatever people say, but try not to be defensive. Pick up on things that will make your message better. 

Also remember that you’ve been doing this a long time and have an experienced understanding of what needs to happen. This team will have suggestions, but you don’t have to take them. At the end of the day it’s your message. To quote Master Yoda, “My own counsel will I keep.” The goal is to make your material interesting, riveting, clear, and engaging. 

At this point you’ve now set a rhythm of meeting every week, but always for two Sundays ahead. 

The Final Week: Eat the Scroll

You’ve charted the big picture. You’ve set up a series. You’ve shared a sermon draft with your team. Now for one final move: “Eat the scroll,” as the prophets would say. 

Do this: Early that week, pull out your outline.
Tighten things up, fill things out, and get it all into a revised form. It’s now in you, digesting. As things strike you later that week, tinker. 

Then do this: Jump forward to the night before.
Look over your teaching again on Saturday before you go to bed. This is a quick read-through. You’re just giving it room to percolate all night. (If you have a Saturday night service, try doing this Friday instead of making the Saturday service your “dress rehearsal.”)

The next morning, do a shower run-through. When you’re in the shower getting ready, run the message through in your mind.

About 15-20 minutes before services start, seclude yourself from all the church hellos. You can catch people afterwards. Now is a time to review the main moves and pray. You’ve done the heavy lifting. Trust what you know. Trust what God will do. Be fully present and share that message which is now a part of you. 

And if you have multiple services, remember that no two messages are the same. Edit in between. Let each find its own legs. 

A Few Final Thoughts…

You might ask, “Isn’t this a lot of work?” 

Yes, it is.

But pacing your prep in methodical, bite-sized chunks takes less energy than the low-grade anxiety that builds from sermon avoidance and the “crisis work” that happens as we scramble to pull something together in the final hour. Food tastes better when it’s marinated. Sermons do, too. Less stressful. More fruitful. More peace for you. Better prepared for them. 

If we can help you set up a preaching rhythm or coach you through this process, let us know. In a future article, we’ll share with you some easy techniques to step away from manuscript preaching to preaching confidently and joyfully without notes.

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It’s Friday, and it happened again. You’re sitting in front of your laptop trying to come up with something to preach on Sunday. Your mind is blank. Your soul is dry. You’re frustrated and angry for getting to this point again. You were so excited earlier in the week about what you wanted to share. Now, you don’t want to be here, stuck doing sermon prep. It’s the weekend and there are other things you’d rather be doing. All the while your cursor is blinking, “You’ve got nothing. You’ve got nothing.” (There’s a reason they’re called curs-ors.)

Sunday comes around relentlessly. No sooner have we finished preaching and the specter of what to say next week is upon us again. Every pastor has been there. I’ve been there. It’s disillusioning and flat-out frustrating. And we think, “there has to be a better way.”

The good news is: there is. 

Imagine for a moment having 18-24 months of sermons pre-planned. Sermons for each and every week. There’s a system I’ve been using for years that can help you do just that. It’s revolutionized my preaching and brought my weekly sermon prep from dread to joy. Hopefully, it can help you, too. 

There’s nothing magical about 18-24 months. This strategy can be applied to any range of time. I personally like a 12-month cycle, beginning with the start of the school year. The annual rhythm fits my personality and church culture. This approach works with any style, too – whether you’re a solo preacher or part of a team, preaching from a lectionary or using home-crafted series. 

Essentially, it’s all about bite-sized chunks. We’re eating an elephant here. So having a step-by-step game plan is essential. 

Step #1: Get Away to Do Sermon Prep

Schedule yourself off for at least two Sundays, back-to-back. Turn on your out-of-office reply for both email and voicemail. Don’t check messages. Don’t schedule appointments. You’re going on a planning retreat. You could literally get away, or work from your home or local coffee shop. The important thing is that you’re removed from the daily to-do lists for a concentrated period of time. 

Important to note: This is not vacation. Your job for the next two weeks is to craft a preaching schedule. It’s time to clear your head and look ahead. If you fear pushback, encourage your congregation that preaching is one of your main duties and an anchor to church life. Sermon prep needs focused attention and you want it to be good. You might even send an email to the congregation before you go, describing what you’re doing. 

Step #2: List the Dates

For the timeframe you’re planning, make a one-page, two-column list of every Sunday and special midweek service your church celebrates (e.g. Christmas Eve, Good Friday, Lent and Advent services). I like to see a year on one page. This is your preaching calendar. If you run a year-round midweek service that has a different theme than the weekend, treat that as its own preaching calendar. 

Step #3: Note What You Know

Every church has certain topics and events they discuss every year. Events like Confirmation and graduation or topics like stewardship and serving commonly receive some sort of Sunday spotlight. Often, these have predictable dates, too. On your calendar, go ahead and mark these dates first, along with any noteworthy holidays, three-day weekends, and community events. (For instance, if you know the first weekend of the county fair you’ll not gather for worship, mark this down.)

Step #4: Set the Calendar Aside and Sermon Prep

Now that you have your dates outlined, it’s time to start crafting content! Set the calendar aside. We’ll come back to it later. Let’s focus on what you’ll say each week.  

Step #5: Go to 20,000 Feet

This is where I like to begin sermon prep. I ask myself, “What’s an overall theme I can follow for the year?” I find this gives me focus. In this step, all we’re going for is a big-picture idea. Don’t sweat the details.

To get your mind ready for sermon prep, ask questions like:

• Where do I want to take my congregation this year?
• What do I hope God accomplishes here?
• What do they need to hear?
• What’s churning in my soul?
• What am I reading/hearing/learning/experiencing that’s impacting me? 
• What kind of questions are people asking?
• What challenges are people facing?
• What about God do I delight in that I really want to share? 

You’ll be amazed what comes out of this step of sermon prep. Here’s some themes I’ve come up with over the years:

• 13 (the letters of Paul)
• Soul Speak (prayer)
• How to be a Christian and Live out Your Faith
• 40 New Testament Passages You Need to Know
• Sinners and Saints (stories and profiles of people in the Bible and church history)

You’ll come up with your own. Keep in mind that the catchy title isn’t what’s important. All you want at this step is a concept to give you direction in your sermon prep. If nothing else, there are 66 books in the Bible to choose from. That’s 66 years of preaching! (I know. You’re not going to spend a year on 3 John, so maybe less. But you get the point.) There’s more to preach on than you can hit in a lifetime. 

Step #6: Frame Your Focus

In a simple paragraph or two, write down your theme, what it’s about, and why you want to go there. This might take some time. Your answers to the questions above could produce years of content. Or, your time in prayer and contemplation could produce a clear path of direction and you know exactly where you need to go. Whatever you see from 20,000 feet, take the time to clearly define what can be most fruitful for the next 18-24 months.

Step #7: Build an Arc

What comes next is taking that focus and giving it a sense of progression and flow. Here’s an analogy that might help: If your preaching is like a TV season, the prior step summarized what the season is about. This step of sermon prep is about dividing it into episodes. 

If you’re a lectionary preacher, this is easy. With your theme in mind, skim the weekly passages, list what passages strike you (and the Sunday they’re assigned), and make a note of why they’re resonating with you. 

If you like to preach through a book of the Bible, it’s just as easy. Find a way to divide up the book into bite-sized chunks that you’ll hit each week. 

If your approach is topical or series-based, jot down topics you’d like to preach on this year within your theme. Then, break those topics down into a few bullet points each. 

Whichever method you use, the goal is to come up with a list of passages or topics you want to share over the year that speak into the overarching concept you’re trying to communicate. 

Step #8: Sleep on it then Return

Now that you have your starting list, walk away. Give it at least a day to marinate then come back with fresh eyes and see if it still makes sense. Add new ideas, expand on current ones, eliminate what doesn’t work. 

You might also find that you over-emphasized certain things. We all do this. So I like to make sure a ministry year hits four things:

• Prophetic calls (or calls to action)
• Foundational truths
• Felt needs
• Pure gospel

Every sermon can have all four of these, but I find most messages put one of these center stage and most preachers gravitate towards one or two. Look over your list and see what’s lacking. Beef it up in that arena. 

Step #9: Link Your Lists

It’s time to marry your content with your calendar. Take your topics and give each week one of the passages or points you wrote down in your sermon prep. As you map out what each week will look like, remember this is your calendar. You have the freedom to combine thoughts, divide larger points across multiple weeks, and cut what doesn’t make sense. Tailor as you need. The goal is to give every week a talking point. As you do, see how well you can create a sense of progression. You can also let the seasonal mood or tone of a liturgical season guide you.

Sermon Prep Pro-tip: 

No one cares how perfectly your preaching schedule conforms to a calendar. Only you do. Most congregations just want good messages with a sense that we’re going somewhere. So go with solid topics you’re excited about and minimize “filler” Sundays. If you find yourself a little light on content with weeks to spare, do some reading. Play in some commentaries, books, or journals. Skim some YouVersion plans. Hit some online resources. It usually opens up insights to additional topics. And if you find yourself with more messages than weeks available? Then then plan further out. Remember, this is YOUR calendar.

Step #10: Write Executive Summaries

Now that you have a theme, weekly topics, and dates, you’ll want 1-3 sentences describing what each week is about and why you think it’s important. Note any pertinent Bible passages that strike you and feel free to give quick descriptions of what those passages are about, as well. If there’s any creative ideas, insights, or streams of consciousness you want to remember, write those, too. Data dump any ideas. Just don’t feel like you have to come up with a lot. This is mainly for your own benefit. Don’t worry if it’s comprehensible to others.

Step #11: Share the Plan 

Whether you build this step into your planning retreat, or schedule a meeting upon your return, invite others as a part of the process. Share the plan with your co-preachers, worship director, a creative team – whoever needs it and whoever can offer insights. You’re not asking permission or looking to change the flow. You’re inviting them to build on your ideas. Share this in something like Box, Dropbox, or Google Drive. That way everyone can see ongoing changes you make (you’ll always be tweaking this). 

Step #12: Don’t Forget the End Game of Sermon Prep

By the end of the process, you’ll have an overview page, a calendar page, and executive summaries for each week which you and your team can access. Not bad for a couple of weeks of planning! This is your roadmap for the next 18-24 months. You now have a direction to go with a brainstorm of ideas so that you’re never looking at a blank screen again. 

Click here for part two where we share how to use this preaching roadmap in your week-by-week planning. And if you’d like some guided help with sermon prep or setting up your own preaching calendar, contact us today.

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