Here are the basic steps I follow when planning my preaching calendar:
Develop a spreadsheet. I’ve attached a copy of my personal preaching calendar that you may use as an example. Basically I set mine up to show 52 Sundays and their corresponding Wednesdays.
Add key holidays, vacations, special services, revivals, etc.
Add community, denominational and school events [...]
I realized early in my ministry that I wasn’t doing God, myself or my congregation a favor to be stressing out on Saturday night trying to come up with something to say on Sunday morning. We’ve all had to develop those Saturday night specials when things get hectic, but as a pattern of ministry I [...]
When it rains it pours, according to the old proverb. Last week Pastor Johnny Hunt of First Baptist Woodstock and the current president of the Southern Baptist convention announced that he was beginning his battle with prostate cancer. According to Baptist Press,
Hunt is the third SBC leader this year to disclose a prostate cancer diagnosis, [...]
Having preached the Gospel for over 14 years I have benefited repeatedly from thoughtful, creative and generous encouragement. This past week one of our visiting families did some research and left outside my office door a case of Diet Sundrop, a bag of Snicker minis and a hunting magazine. The thought and gesture was quite [...]
I walked over to the brick building behind our Church today. Often in my spare time I’ll rummage through old records and try to discover something of the Church’s history and foundation. In a box in the corner among other discarded items I found an old book that contained the first recorded minutes of the [...]
