Abingdon Preaching Annual 2022: Planning Sermons for Fifty-Two Sundays

by Charley Reeb

Overview

The local pastor’s go-to resource for weekly sermon and worship planning. Each week’s entry consists of two pages, face-to-face. The pages include: 1. Preaching Themes -Fleshed out with brief, pithy nuggets of thought, idea jump-starters, or questions •These are designed to spur the preacher’s imagination and sermon development process •They will offer fresh, intriguing ideas •They will point the reader/preacher in a good direction; the reader takes it from there 2. Secondary or Parallel Themes -2 or 3 themes or streams of thought that are related to but separate from the primary theme offered. These might arise from different parts of the lectionary text. This may also include questions, or alternative ways of thinking about the primary theme. 3. Worship Helps •Gathering Prayer •Collect, Pastoral Prayer, Congregational Prayer, Responsive Reading, or some other liturgical element •Closing Prayer or Benediction Homiletical Topic Essays (3) These 700-word essays cover a variety of current and critical topics for the preacher. Each essay focuses on one particular topic. Topics could include the practice of preaching, sermon writing, current issues for the preacher, emerging trends in preaching, and emerging ideas or cultural trends that are important for the church and preacher. Essays are contributed by leading homileticians. Sermon Series Ideas This section will briefly outline and describe ideas for unique sermon series based on lectionary readings. Most if not all of these will come from non-NT texts, helping preachers to include a wider range of scripture in their preaching. (Many pastors preach primarily from NT passages almost exclusively.)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781791010683
Publisher:	Abingdon Press
Publication date:	04/12/2021
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.54(d)

About the Author

Charley Reeb is senior pastor of Johns Creek United Methodist Church just north of Atlanta, Georgia. He has served as a pastor for nearly twenty-five years in churches of every size. Under his preaching-focused leadership,
each of those congregations has seen significant—sometimes extraordinary—growth. Charley’s passion is helping other preachers, and he speaks and teaches nationally on the topic. He is also the author of That’ll Preach! 5 Simple Steps to Your Best Sermon Ever from Abingdon Press.