1. Take Your Preaching from Good to Great
Breakout Session
Take Your Preaching from Good to Great
Jonathan Pokluda & David Marvin

2. START WITH A TEAM “Plans fail for lack of counsel…” Proverbs 15:22
Two minds are better than one…and three are better than two.
Make every sermon a team project from start to finish.
3-10 people is ideal.
BREAKOUT | TAKE YOUR PREACHING FROM GOOD TO GREAT

3. OUTSOURCE CREATIVITY Even the most creative leaders thrive on teams.
Find the most creative people you have access to, and invite them to influence the sermon early in the process.
BREAKOUT | TAKE YOUR PREACHING FROM GOOD TO GREAT

4. Creative process begins with team text analysis and illustration ideas
FROM START TO FINISH
Creative process begins with team text analysis and illustration ideas
Wednesday
BREAKOUT | TAKE YOUR PREACHING FROM GOOD TO GREAT

5. FOLLOW AN OUTLINE Find a template that works for you.
You do not need the perfect method; you do need a consistent method.
Resist the urge to “reinvent the wheel”.
BREAKOUT | TAKE YOUR PREACHING FROM GOOD TO GREAT

6. KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE Be a student of your students.
Stay relevant. Take note of current events, recent news, and popular culture.
Beware of assumptions. Your flock may or may not reflect the trends of their generation.
BREAKOUT | TAKE YOUR PREACHING FROM GOOD TO GREAT

7. FROM START TO FINISH Thursday- Friday Wednesday
Creative process begins with team text analysis and illustration ideas
Speaker and support team build outline
Thursday- Friday
Wednesday
BREAKOUT | TAKE YOUR PREACHING FROM GOOD TO GREAT

8. PRACTICE Don’t just talk through a sermon, give a message.
Preparation does not confine the Holy Spirit, but disorganization might.
“The Holy Spirit has an affinity for training.”
BREAKOUT | TAKE YOUR PREACHING FROM GOOD TO GREAT

9. FROM START TO FINISH Thursday- Friday Wednesday Saturday
Creative process begins with team text analysis and illustration ideas
Speaker and support team builds outline
Practice run given to sermon team; final changes made
Thursday- Friday
Wednesday
Saturday
BREAKOUT | TAKE YOUR PREACHING FROM GOOD TO GREAT

10. TEACH THE BIBLE …all of it.
We are communicating truth that is not our own.
Bring your best energy to the text. Get your best energy from the text.
BREAKOUT | TAKE YOUR PREACHING FROM GOOD TO GREAT

11. BE YOU Preaching is the Bible poured through personality.
Authenticity and brutal honesty is a win. People want to follow real people.
Present yourself as you are, not as you’d like to be seen.
BREAKOUT | TAKE YOUR PREACHING FROM GOOD TO GREAT

12. GET FEEDBACK
You need truth tellers. “Faithful are the wounds of a friend.”
There is no perfect sermon. Let others talk about the imperfections.
Not all feedback is created equal.
BREAKOUT | TAKE YOUR PREACHING FROM GOOD TO GREAT

13. FROM START TO FINISH Thursday- Friday Wednesday Saturday Sunday
Creative process begins with team text analysis and illustration ideas
Speaker and support team builds outline
Practice run given to sermon team; final changes made
Sermon is given live; feedback sent via
Thursday- Friday
Wednesday
Saturday
Sunday
BREAKOUT | TAKE YOUR PREACHING FROM GOOD TO GREAT