Sermon Preparation and Prioritization Template

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Streamline your sermon preparation process with this comprehensive template. From selecting a sermon topic to finalizing and delivering your message, this guide helps you manage all essential tasks efficiently.

Ensure that each step, including research, writing, practicing, and reflecting, is completed in a timely and organized manner, allowing you to focus on delivering meaningful sermons to your congregation.

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Proposed Tasks

Urgent and Important

  • Select Sermon Topic due in 2 days
    ☐ Pray for guidance ☐ Consider congregational needs ☐ Reflect on recent readings
  • Write Sermon Draft due in 2 weeks
    ☐ Outline main points ☐ Write introduction ☐ Develop body of sermon ☐ Conclude with application
  • Finalize Sermon due in 4 weeks
    ☐ Make final revisions ☐ Prepare sermon notes or slides ☐ Pray over sermon
  • Deliver Sermon due in 1 month
    ☐ Arrive early to service ☐ Set up necessary equipment or materials ☐ Deliver sermon ☐ Engage with congregation post-sermon

Important, Not Urgent

  • Research Biblical Texts due in 1 week
    ☐ Identify relevant scriptures ☐ Consult commentaries ☐ Reflect on text's meaning
  • Practice Delivery due in 3 weeks
    ☐ Memorize key points ☐ Practice inflection and timing ☐ Refine gestures and stage presence
  • Prepare Personal Heart due in 4 weeks
    ☐ Spend time in prayer and worship ☐ Reflect on personal application of sermon

Urgent, Not Important

  • Receive Feedback due in 3 weeks
    ☐ Share sermon draft with trusted advisors ☐ Receive and reflect on their feedback ☐ Make necessary revisions
  • Reflect on Sermon Delivery due in 1 month and 1 week
    ☐ Consider feedback from congregation ☐ Reflect on personal feelings about delivery ☐ Make notes for future improvement

Not Urgent, Not Important

  • Plan for Future Sermons due in 1 month and 2 weeks
    ☐ Pray for guidance on future topics ☐ Consider congregational needs and responses ☐ Start preliminary research