How does a weary world rejoice? Sermon Planning Guide for Advent–Baptism of the Lord
How does a weary world rejoice? Sermon Planning Guide for Advent–Baptism of the Lord
[This resource is one of many included in our How does a weary world rejoice? Advent Bundle]
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For each of the focal scriptures in our How does a weary world rejoice? Advent series, this guide offers biblical commentary, theme connections, guiding questions, and recommendations for further reading. This guide features biblical commentary on the weekly gospel scriptures in light of our How does a weary world rejoice? theme by Rev. Cecelia D. Armstrong.
We hope this guide is your starting point for shaping your sermons, worship services, and scripture study classes. We also provide a fillable Sermon Planning Grid to help you map out your ideas for your series.
DOWNLOAD INCLUDES:
26-page PDF Sermon Planning Guide for Advent through Baptism of the Lord Sunday, in light of our theme, How does a weary world rejoice?. The guide includes content for the four Sundays in Advent, Christmas Eve, the First Sunday After Christmas, and Baptism of the Lord Sunday.
For each week, we provide:Biblical commentary (written by our guest contributor, Rev. Cecelia D. Armstrong).
Theme connections (for connecting the texts to the How does a weary world rejoice? theme and weekly sub-themes).
Considerations for the week (to keep in mind as you are crafting your sermonic message).
Guiding questions (to inspire your homiletical and exegetical readings of the texts).
Recommended reading & research (pointing you to the work of diverse theologians and thinkers to inform your sermon).
PDF Sermon-Planning Grid (fillable sheets) for mapping out your ideas in a cohesive way throughout the entire series.
CREDIT INFO:
Commentary by Rev. Cecelia D. Armstrong | Guide developed by Rev. Lisle Gwynn Garrity | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org
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