“This is the class I wish I had received in seminary.”
Reboot your preaching life & Rediscover the joy of Preaching.
You wonder if there's a better way to prepare your sermons. You’re tired of scrambling for a message at the last minute and then wondering if your message even connected with your listeners. But it's hard to know where to start and how to make change that matters—and lasts.
Sermon Camp provides the roadmap and structure you need to:
experience sermon prep as a time of respite and connection with God
finish your sermon on your timeline so you can enjoy time with friends and loved ones
enter the pulpit confident in and excited about the message you preach
Rooted in prayer and best practices, the tools you receive in Sermon Camp will re-invigorate your spirituality and bring you closer to being the preacher you long to be.
“I enjoy preaching again and am gaining a lot more confidence.”
Is Sermon Camp for You?
Sermon Camp is for anyone who wishes to proclaim the Good News with more confidence and joy—and connect with God in the process. We welcome:
experienced preachers
brand new preachers
ordained preachers
lay preachers
bivocational preachers
weekly preachers
a-few-weeks-a-year preachers
What you’ll learn:
By the end of the course, you'll have established a new process, schedule, and approach to preaching that will make sermon prep a time you look forward to each week. You’ll discover:
tools to discover new insights about the Scripture that will multiply your sermon ideas
preaching strategies you'll be able to apply this week and every week to craft a compelling message in less time
ways to experience your sermon prep as respite rather than another task on your to-do list
practices to finish your sermon by Friday—or on your ideal timeline—so you can enjoy a personal life!
Course Content:
Week 1: Learn and apply BsP’s foundational, 5-step sermon prep process, developing a sermon over 5 days
Week 2: Design the process that works for you: prayer, environment, and your sermon prep schedule
Week 3: Healing the preacher’s “curse of knowledge”: cultivating a beginner’s mind and formative exegesis
Week 4: How to make meaning from the text: 5 essential components of every sermon
Week 5: Holding the listener’s attention: introductions, conclusions, and storytelling
Week 6: From idea to sermon: exploring sermon forms, revision as a gift to your listener, & questions/wrap-up
After (optional): Peer sermon appraisals conducted independently
“This course has been great. I’ve been feeling “fed” more in prayer and Scripture...My weeks feel more peaceful...I am getting more spontaneous feedback on preaching from listeners, all of it good.”
