Behind the Scenes - Message Schedule

I’m currently part of a group of pastors who meet once a month via a video conference. The purpose of these meetings are to share ideas, and help each other develop as leaders. Last week one of the questions was about message planning – that is, planning out topics for the weekend service. As part of this discussion I posted my message schedule for the other pastors to view.

I thought it might be interesting to post it for you to see as well. It will give you a behind scenes look at New Life.

As you look at the schedule (which is sort of small) you will notice several things…

1. We’re going through a book of the Bible – Most of the first 8 months of the year is spent going through the book of Genesis.
2. Our study through the book of Genesis is broken into a number of smaller series – “Back to the Beginning”, “By Faith”, etc.
3. About every six weeks someone besides me is speaking.

Over the upcoming weeks, I’m going to do a series of posts to share some of the thinking behind the message schedule. The topics I’m planning to cover are….

• Why I like to plan ahead
• Why I like going through books of the Bible
• Why I break the books of the Bible into smaller series
• Why guest speakers are scheduled during the year
• Frequently Asked Questions about Message Planning

Stay tuned for more information….