How do I move my sermons from being solely inspirational to forming disciples?
The Problem…
Choosing Text is Exhausting
Many preachers are carrying the burden of asking every week: “What am I supposed to preach next?” That question can become exhausting, especially for bivocational pastors, newer preachers, or those preaching multiple times per week. You learn a repeatable method that ends Saturday-night panic and helps you plan with purpose.
Worship Inspires, but Does Not Form
Your audience likely wants more than better sermons. They want deeper congregational formation. But the lectionary can sound mainline, rigid, or far from your church. You learn to read and utilize the lectionary through Black experience and sacred memory.
The Lectionary Seems Foreign
You want Advent, Lent, communion, and ritual to shape people over time. But your audience may have theological, cultural, and practical hesitations about the lectionary and liturgical seasons. You learn a discipleship-through-rhythm framework that connects sermon, season, and ritual.
In and Out of Season: Preaching Liturgically in the Black Church Cohort
In and Out of Season is an eight-week virtual cohort and a practical, Black-church-conscious method for preaching the lectionary, planning the church year, and using ritual to form disciples, ending with a 52-week preaching calendar built for your congregation.
What You Will Learn?
You will learn a repeatable method that moves you from “What text should I preach?” to “How is God forming these people in this season?”
What You Will Get
The complete toolkit is everything you need to plan and preach the year: the syllabus, workbook, lecture notes, the Liturgical Seasons chart, and a full set of fillable templates, scripts, and worksheets you keep for good.
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Every exercise, prompt, and worksheet in one place, so the finished book becomes the raw material for your year
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The teaching in writing, walking Advent through the Reign of Christ. How to preach each season and the trap to avoid in each one.
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A one-look reference to the whole church year, with dates, colors, themes, and where the Black church calendar meets each season.
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A simple way to read all four Sunday texts and hear what they are saying together before you choose one.
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The S.T.O.R.Y. method on one page. Season, Text, Occasion, Ritual, Yield, so you plan with clarity instead of scrambling.
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Short, warm words to explain Advent, Lent, communion, and more, so your people receive each practice instead of resisting it.
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Quarter Map and 52-Week Calendar Template
Liturgical Sermon Brief Template
Worship Planning Meeting Guide
Music and sermon integration worksheet
Preach In Season And Out
Preach In Season And Out
Enrollment Dates: June 15th-July 27th
Membership in the In and Out of Season cohort is a seat in a live, eight-week preaching lab for Black preachers. You meet with a small group and a cohort leader, build real work every week, and leave with a full 52-week preaching calendar for your congregation.
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Stay close. Join the In and Out mailing list for more information on this cohort, early access to the next one, and practical liturgical preaching helps along the way.
FAQs
Will the lectionary flatten my preaching voice?
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No. The lectionary gives you a text, not your voice. You bring the prayer, study, cultural memory, prophetic imagination, and celebration. The cohort is built to deepen the Black preaching tradition, not replace it.
My church has never done Advent or Lent. Will they accept this?
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Yes, when it is introduced pastorally. You will write congregational teaching scripts and learn to start small, name the meaning, and build over time. You shepherd the people into it, you do not shock them.
Do I have to follow the lectionary every single week?
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No. You learn when to follow it, when to adapt it, and when to step away with integrity. The lectionary is a map and a companion, not a master.
What exactly do I have at the end?
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A complete 52-week liturgical preaching calendar for your congregation, a repeatable method for choosing texts, sermon and ritual plans, teaching scripts, and the full toolkit.