My first goal in the communication emphasis is regarding my preaching ministry. I am compelled to leverage this important role more effectively and deliberately.

Strategies

• I have struggled to do so in the past, but I will establish and maintain a preaching calendar that will stay approximately three months ahead.
• I have been particularly empowered for preaching clarity by the weekly sermon preparation taught by The Preaching Rocket. I will follow this preparation process with the following steps each week that I am preaching:
  1. Monday: Answer 4 questions
     • What is the message about?
     • Why is it important?
     • What do I want them to do?
     • What is the single most persuasive idea?
  2. Tuesday: Identify 3 boxes
     • Introduction – the problem or reason to hear
     • The Biblical Answer to the problem
     • Imagine – what would it look like to implement that answer
  3. Wednesday: Manuscript
  4. Thursday: Revise manuscript and rehearse message

Resources

• Sounding Out partners: my wife Tori, a couple of experienced preachers in our fellowship to talk through plans/ideas out loud
• Ongoing accountability with my mentor

Measures

• Monthly conversation with mentor about the next month out on the preaching calendar (Beginning of November discuss January – and so on)
• Ongoing conversation with our worship leader