Lectionary Calendar – Year A
Lectionary Calendar – Year A

Lectionary Sermon Calendar – Year A January – December 52 Weeks A 52-week roadmap through the church calendar, following Year A of the Revised Lectionary Calendar. Explore Calendar The King Has Come: An Advent & Christmas Series November – December 5 Weeks How will we know the King when he comes? With so many ways…

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9 ways create a bad preaching calendar (What not to do)
9 ways create a bad preaching calendar (What not to do)

9 Ways to Create a Bad Preaching Calendar (What Not to Do) Read More We know, we know- the last thing you really want to learn is how to create a bad preaching calendar.  But there’s a method to our madness.  Our hope is that, by telling you how to create a bad preaching calendar,…

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Calendar Launch
Calendar Launch

SPECIAL CALENDAR LAUNCH EVENT PRESENTED BY MINISTRY PASS October 7, 2020 @ Noon (CST) How to Plan Your Entire Year of Preaching NOW with our 2021 Preaching Calendars REGISTER NOW! You Can Finally Say Goodbye to Last-Minute Sermon Prep Do you control your preaching calendar, or does it control you? If you find yourself scrambling…

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10 Benefits of Using a Sermon Calendar
10 Benefits of Using a Sermon Calendar

This time of year, we see a ton of products and how-to guides talking about how to put together an annual preaching calendar. You might have even see our resources, too. *If you’re looking for preaching calendar resources and ideas, click here to read our ultimate guide to creating a preaching calendar. You may even…

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Custom Calendar – January 2023 Event
Custom Calendar – January 2023 Event

Created During Calendar Event Topical Sermon Calendar: Volume 5 January – December 52 Weeks A 52-week roadmap through topics like spiritual formation, Kingdom living, forgiveness, and mission. Explore Calendar Living Stones January 1 Week This single-week New Year’s sermon focuses on Joshua 4, where the Israelites cross the Jordan River into the promised land and…

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2023 Summer Topical Calendar
2023 Summer Topical Calendar

Topical Calendar Topical Sermon Calendar: Summer ’23 June – August 12 Weeks A 12-week journey through topics like fatherhood, mental health, Jesus, and God’s glory. Explore Calendar The Summer of Love 4 Weeks This four-week series examines the four types of love as described in C. S. Lewis’s famous work The Four Loves. Through analyzing biblical…

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2023-4 Winter Expository Sermon Calendar
2023-4 Winter Expository Sermon Calendar

Winter Expository Sermon Calendar September-November 12 Weeks Christmas and Winter is always an opportunity to spend time thinking about who Jesus is and what He is doing. With this calendar, you will spend the winter focusing on Jesus and then the community his work begins. Explore Calendar What Child Is This? 4 Weeks This four-week…

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Lectionary Sermon Calendar – Year C
Lectionary Sermon Calendar – Year C

Lectionary Sermon Calendar: Year C November – November 52 Weeks A 52-week plan based on the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) which is a three-year cycle of weekly Bible passages built around the church calendar. Explore Calendar Joyful Expectation: An Advent and Christmas Series November – January 6 Weeks Advent and Christmas are seasons filled with…

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Lectionary Sermon Calendar – Year B
Lectionary Sermon Calendar – Year B

Lectionary Sermon Calendar: Year B November – November 52 Weeks A 52-week plan based on the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) which is a three-year cycle of weekly Bible passages built around the church calendar. Explore Calendar Good News: A Christmas Series November – January 6 Week Advent and Christmas are seasons of good news: Advent…

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2023 Sermon Calendars
2023 Sermon Calendars

Are you the person who knows you need a sermon calendar, but you just can’t ever get ahead enough to do it? You fully intend to get organized and get farther out in the sermon idea process, but then it happens… the calendar fills up, you get too busy, and it never becomes a priority. …

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FAQs About our 2020 Calendars
FAQs About our 2020 Calendars

For the sixth year in a row, October is when we release our brand-new yearly sermon calendars. For the last ten months, our team has been thinking, dreaming, praying, writing, and designing. Now, after nearly a year, we’re ready to unveil our work to the world. Our calendars are the most requested item we have…

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Why You Need a Preaching Calendar in 2021
Why You Need a Preaching Calendar in 2021

Why You Need a Preaching Calendar in 2021 Read More Of the pastors we surveyed, we found that most of them did not plan their preaching more than two weeks out. In fact, only 9% of them planned more than two months out.  We think having an entire year’s sermon calendar planned out is a…

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Preaching Calendar Planning Workshop Replay
Preaching Calendar Planning Workshop Replay

Watch the event attended by over 500 pastors and ministry leaders Preaching Calendar Planning Workshop Click here to download the preaching calendar template. LIMITED OFFER: Start a Ministry Pass Free Trial and get 12 months free to the preaching app, Sermonary! Join Ministry Pass Learn More Time left for our preaching offer Days Hours Minutes…

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2021 Sermon Calendars Template
2021 Sermon Calendars Template

Get The Free Sermon Series Calendar! An Excel template built with everything you need… Make 2021 Easier With A Sermon Series Calendar Stay Organized Input who speaks each service, calculating how many sermons they preach every year. Plan Your Series Utilize sections for your sermon series title, passage, main idea, illustrations, and talking points. Smart…

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Romans Bible Book Calendar
Romans Bible Book Calendar

Romans Bible Book Calendar January – December 50 Weeks This 50-week sermon series on the Book of Romans emphasizes the fact that though there are many disagreements, differences, and divergences in the body of Christ, the church is called to be wholly unified in the person and work of Jesus Christ—our justification, our sanctification, and…

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Youth Sermon Calendar – Volume 6
Youth Sermon Calendar – Volume 6

Youth Sermon Calendar: Volume 6 January – December 52 Weeks A 52-week roadmap through topics like salvation, the trustworthiness of Scripture, stewardship, and prayer. Explore Calendar Your Best Yes: Jesus Everyday January 4 Week This four-week series challenges students to say yes to Jesus every day by looking at four people from the Bible who…

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2023 Fall Topical Calendar
2023 Fall Topical Calendar

Topical Calendar Topical Sermon Calendar: Fall ’23 June – August 12 Weeks A 12-week journey through topics like related to God’s will. What Does God Want Me To Do? walks believers through biblical decision-making. The Problem of Evil asks why God allows bad things to happen. Chosen shows your congregation how God moves towards them in love. There…

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2023 Fall Expository Sermon Calendar
2023 Fall Expository Sermon Calendar

Fall Expository Sermon Calendar September-November 12 Weeks This 12 week calendar walks your people through the mercy and justice of God through three different lenses. First, look at God’s care for justice and mercy in the Amos. Then, hear Jesus teach about justice and mercy in the Beatitudes. Close the fall season by thinking about…

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Topical Sermon Calendar – Volume 6
Topical Sermon Calendar – Volume 6

Topical Sermon Calendar: Volume 6 January – December 52 Weeks A 52-week roadmap through topics like the holiness of God, discipleship, Christian love, and spiritual formation. Explore Calendar Out With The Old January 2 Weeks While the new year is typically about adding new things—new goals, new habits, and new routines—this series challenges us to…

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Topical Sermon Calendar – Volume 5
Topical Sermon Calendar – Volume 5

Topical Sermon Calendar: Volume 5 January – December 52 Weeks A 52-week roadmap through topics like spiritual formation, Kingdom living, forgiveness, and mission. Explore Calendar Living Stones January 1 Week This single-week New Year’s sermon focuses on Joshua 4, where the Israelites cross the Jordan River into the promised land and set up twelve memorial…

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Kids Calendar – Volume 5
Kids Calendar – Volume 5

Kids Sermon Calendar: Volume 5 January – December 52 Weeks A 52-week roadmap for children through topics like spiritual growth, faith, hope, and God’s love. Explore Calendar Remember This January 1 Week This single-week New Year’s sermon focuses on Joshua 4, where the Israelites cross the Jordan River into the promised land and set up…

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Matthew Sermon Calendar
Matthew Sermon Calendar

Matthew: Bible Book Sermon Calendar January – December 50 Weeks This Bible book calendar series is a 50-week study through the Gospel of Matthew. Matthew’s Gospel is centered on the inauguration of the kingdom of heaven, and through this book we find that the only proper response to the message of the kingdom is repentance,…

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Exodus Bible Book Calendar
Exodus Bible Book Calendar

Exodus Bible Book Sermon Calendar January – December 50 Weeks This 50-week calendar series brings us into the story of Israel’s journey to freedom in the book of Exodus. Throughout Exodus we see the faithfulness of Yahweh, a God who always provides for his people—even in the midst of much grumbling and complaining. The book…

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REGISTER – January 2023 Sermon Calendar Workshop
REGISTER – January 2023 Sermon Calendar Workshop

Plan your sermon series for 2024! Join us for a FREE, one-hour live Preaching Calendar Planning Workshop October 4 @ 12 PM CST Join pastors from all over the world as we create a 52 week preaching calendar for 2024 in one hour.  5/5 “We have been using Ministry Pass for a few years…

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Expository Sermon Calendar – Volume 6
Expository Sermon Calendar – Volume 6

Expository Sermon Calendar: Volume 6 January – December 52 Weeks A 52-week roadmap through Bible books and passages including Isaiah, Esther, Matthew, and more. Explore Calendar The Gospel B.C. January – February 6 Week This six-week series looks at Old Testament passages that foreshadowed Jesus. The Bible points to Jesus, and the Old Testament is…

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Expository Sermon Calendar – Volume 5
Expository Sermon Calendar – Volume 5

Expository Sermon Calendar: Volume 5 January – December 52 Weeks A 52-week roadmap through Bible books and passages including Genesis, Habakkuk, Ephesians, Revelation, and more. Explore Calendar New Year Prayer January 1 Week With this one-week New Year’s sermon, the congregation will walk through Paul’s hopeful and encouraging prayer for the church in Colossae. Paul…

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Youth Sermon Calendar – Volume 5
Youth Sermon Calendar – Volume 5

Youth Pastor Sermon Calendar: Volume 5 January – December 52 Weeks A 52-week roadmap for students through topics like loneliness, identity, evangelism, and friendship. Explore Calendar Wrapped January 1 Week This one-week youth sermon gets its title from Spotify’s popular end of the year listener report: Wrapped. This sermon gives youth ministries a chance to…

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Topical Sermon Calendar – Volume 4
Topical Sermon Calendar – Volume 4

Topical Sermon Calendar: Volume 4 January – December 52 Weeks A 52-week roadmap through topics like spiritual disciplines, renewal, Lent, contentment, and more. Explore Calendar 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting January 1 Week This stand-alone message guides us into starting the new year right with 21 days of fasting and prayer. The message will…

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Expository Sermon Calendar – Volume 4
Expository Sermon Calendar – Volume 4

Expository Sermon Calendar: Volume 4 January – December 52 Weeks A 52-week roadmap through Bible books and passages including Proverbs, Galatians, John, Nehemiah, and more. Explore Calendar Turning The Page January 1 Week This standalone message ignites an excitement for the new opportunities a new year or season offers believers who keep their eyes on…

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Youth Sermon Calendar – Volume 4
Youth Sermon Calendar – Volume 4

Youth Sermon Calendar: Volume 4 January – December 52 Weeks A 52-week roadmap for youth leaders on topics like the life of Jesus, faith, worship, mission in Christ and more. Explore Calendar Strong Start: Christ-Centered Perspective January 4 Weeks This four-week series explores important components of the Christ-centered life that will help students get a…

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Kid’s Lesson Calendar – Volume 4
Kid’s Lesson Calendar – Volume 4

Kid’s Lesson Calendar: Volume 4 January – December 52 Weeks A 52-week roadmap through topics like prayer, hope, values, Lent, failure, the words of Jesus and more. Explore Calendar Lean On Me January 1 Week This stand-alone message guides us into starting the new year right with twenty-one days of fasting and prayer. The message…

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Topical Sermon Calendar – Volume 3
Topical Sermon Calendar – Volume 3

Topical Sermon Calendar: Volume 3 January – December 52 Weeks A 52-week roadmap through topics like second chances, grace, hospitality, theology, doubt and more. Explore Calendar Second Chances January 1 Week This stand-alone sermon for the New Year grounds the hearers in the firmest footing for the future: the grace of God that brings salvation…

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Expository Sermon Calendar – Volume 3
Expository Sermon Calendar – Volume 3

Expository Sermon Calendar: Volume 3 January – December 52 Weeks A 52-week roadmap through Bible books and passages including Acts, Exodus, 2 Peter, and more. Explore Calendar Second Chances January 1 Week This stand-alone sermon for the New Year grounds the hearers in the firmest footing for the future: the grace of God that brings…

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Youth Sermon Calendar – Volume 3
Youth Sermon Calendar – Volume 3

Youth Sermon Calendar: Volume 3 January – December 52 Weeks A 52-week roadmap for youth leaders on topics like anxiety, depression, dating, responsibility, faith and more. Explore Calendar Overwhelmed January 4 Weeks This four-week series helps teens consider anxiety and depression in a biblical way and equips them in how to get help for the…

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