If pastors had two weeks for message prep instead of one.
One week for content.
The other week for delivery.
How much better would our sermons be?
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We have three regular communicators within our year and a half year old church plant, good stuff.
Posted by: Benjamin Nockels | July 23, 2009 at 02:25 PM
I've asked myself this in light of seeing various pastors talk about beginning sermon/series prep 1-3 months in advance. My mother is a teacher, so she has to speak between 4-6 hours a day, 5 days a week, yet she has her lessons planned one month in advance (sometimes longer). Makes me wonder, if my mother can be prepared to teach 20-30 hours worth of material weeks in advance and pastors like Andy Stanley and Mark Driscoll are prepared weeks in advance, why do some pastors still wait until the week of? The only exception I can think is pastors who hold another job in addition to pastoring, but I know several full time pastors who don't begin sermon prep until a few days before they have to give that sermon, and then they complain about not having time to fully "flesh ideas out".
Posted by: Jonathan | July 23, 2009 at 02:52 PM
That's one value in the multiple teacher venue like we do.
Posted by: Ron Edmondson | July 23, 2009 at 03:06 PM
Would pastors use the extra week? Maybe some.
@ our church, we have two communicators, but it always gets pushed to the last week, strategic mistakes I suppose.
Posted by: Stephen Bateman | July 23, 2009 at 04:34 PM
I wonder what it would be like if more people treated their messages like Andy Stanley talks about on "Communicate for a Change." No outlines. Just maps. Instead of making the message informational (outline), make it directional (map) where it leads people to create movement towards a destination.
Posted by: Daniel Decker | July 23, 2009 at 08:59 PM
Great idea! I'd love that arrangement!
Posted by: Kevin Womack | July 24, 2009 at 12:47 AM
Team teaching and trusting others goes a long way in provding that kind of time.
Posted by: Cameron | July 24, 2009 at 02:35 PM
Parkinson's Law: Work will fill the allotted time.
Good time mgrs probably don't need the extra time. Poor time mgrs wouldn't use the extra time wisely.
Posted by: Ron | July 24, 2009 at 05:46 PM