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Does the idea of planning out your sermons (for a full YEAR) seem exhausting?

There are lots of different types of pastors, and not all of us are planners. However, planning out your preaching year can help your messages be more impactful during various seasons. If you don’t have time to plan very far in advance, don’t worry: We have a sermon calendar just for you!

The new 2021 Sermon Calendars are now available on Ministry Pass! In this episode, we talk more about how using a preaching calendar can help you regain momentum in your preaching.

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Welcome to episode 1 of the Sermonary portion of the Hello Church! Show. Social media and digital platforms offer us an opportunity to reach more people with the Gospel - but are we using them well? The host of the new Sermonary podcast, Josh Taylor, interviews Daniel Darling, author of A Way with Words: Using Our Online Conversations for Good, to uncover some practical and healthy ways for Christian leaders to communicate online.

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What’s the ONE thing keeping people at your church? It’s trust. How many Sundays does it take new visitors to develop trust at your church? Are they confident that their kids are safe and cared for in the children’s or youth ministry? Do they know immediately how to connect with others? For your church to grow, positive first impressions are absolutely critical.

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Wanna know why it’s a special time of year?

Because we’re celebrating the 6th birthday of Ministry Pass, a business BY pastors, FOR pastors! Our hosts talked about the idea of Ministry Pass for YEARS before it actually happened… and now we’re looking back to see what God has done through this business.

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We’ve learned a LOT of lessons about creating preaching calendars along the way.  If you want to create a bad preaching calendar, follow these 9 tips. If you want to create a good one, avoid them.

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Which method of preaching is better… topical or expository? This is a fairly debated topic — and we know plenty of pastors who have strong opinions! But are these two methods really pitted against each other? There are advantages to both, depending on how you utilize them.

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Have you ever walked away from preaching your message and thought that it wasn't your best? In this episode, we wanted to share 7 preaching mistakes to watch out for when you are speaking from the pulpit.

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Of the pastors we surveyed, we found that most of them did not plan their preaching more than two weeks out. In fact, only 9% of them planned more than two months out.
We think having an entire year’s sermon calendar planned out is a game-changer for most pastors and we wanted to share a few reasons why.

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You should stop using these sermon illustrations because they reduce the effectiveness of communicating your sermon! Listen in as our hosts unpack what sermon illustrations are hurting your sermon more than helping.

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There are plenty of ideas for a church podcast that don’t involve the Sunday message. To engage further with your congregation and community, you could use a podcast to answer questions people ask you during the week, interview other pastors or experts, or discuss relevant issues (even pop culture) from a Christian perspective. In this episode, we discuss how to reach out to people through a creative church podcast.

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