As someone starting out in preaching, it’s important that I have a system so I don’t forget any important steps or process. In an earlier post, I showed how I create a board in Notion to track upcoming sermons. Today I wanted to show how I prepare a sermon using Notion and showcase a template I have created.
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Tracking Your Sermons With Notion
This year I started taking classes at a Bible school (thankfully online) and that has lead to me starting to preach at church. As I prepared my first sermon, I wanted to establish a system to help me with tracking sermons and collect useful notes and examples for future sermons. I also wanted a system that would incorporate my own private Bible study notes. Around the same time, I had started hearing more and more about the app Notion.
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I recently purchased Scrivener, one of the premier writing apps out there, and I’ve found what might be a novel use for it.
And I don’t mean writing novels.
In case you’re unaware, aside from writing for ChurchMag and working as a teacher, I’m also a part-time discipleship pastor. I’ve been on staff at my church for almost ten years, and in that time, I’ve truly grown as both a pastor, leader, and preacher. One of the ways I’ve grown the most is in my sermon preparation. I’m a bit of a natural communicator, but I’m far too improvisational and hyperactive to rely on this skill. Preparation is necessary, not only to keep myself in check but also to keep me tied to the source of every sermon: the Scripture, illuminated and made alive by the power of the Holy Spirit.
This past Summer, in preparation for a Sunday morning sermon – my third ever! – I found what may be a perfect sermon prep technique, and I’d love to introduce it to you, step-by-step.
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AI Tools and the Church
There are a lot of fears and excitement right now over the rapid development of AI technologies such as ChatGPT. I want to start by addressing the fear of the AI itself. Some are concerned about what it could develop into. We suddenly have thoughts of Hollywood depictions of AI gone wrong like in iRobot, or Terminator. As we think about AI and church, I have a question that I think puts these fears to rest.
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Another crazy week is behind us and one more summertime weekend before us.
Are you making the most out of your summer this year? Any special projects or special time with loved ones?
I hope you’re making the most of it. 🙂
Now…on to the links…
Proclaim Review and Giveaway
A year and a half ago, I was serving in a young adults ministry that didn’t use technology at all. The more I served, the more I realized that we were missing huge opportunities to reach others with our time, talents, and treasures by not getting plugged in. So I started to do all the design work, created and moderated social media pages, and learned the basics of the sound board. The only thing left was our presentation. The church used EasyWorship, so we did too. I wasn’t a huge fan (I was also no expert in that type of thing), but it worked for what we needed it to do.
Here is what our church decided it needed and why Proclaim fit perfectly! Note, at the end a great surprise for all churches to take advantage of!