Tag: Sermon Series

2025 Late Spring & Summer Sermon Series Options

These are a few possible options for the next two sermon series.

Week & DateSpecial DetailJesus is GreaterFreedom & CultureJudge for Yourself
wk 17 – Apr 27Week After EasterWaiting for Greatness (The Great Cloud)- Heb 1a, 11Giving Our Time, Talent, Treasure 1Kingdom in Chaos – Judges 1&2
wk 18 – May 4CommunionGreater Messenger (Angels) – Heb 2Giving Our Time, Talent, Treasure 2From the Left – Ehud, Judges 3b
wk 19 – May 11Mothers Day (Zephaniah)Greater Liberation (Moses/Exodus) – Heb 3Giving Our Time, Talent, Treasure 3Spilled Milk – Deborah, Judges 4 (&5)
wk 20 – May 18(David T)Greater Rest (Joshua/Sabbath)- Heb 4Stand Alone SermonFrom the Least – Gideon, Judges 6&7
wk 21 – May 25Greater Mediator (Priest)- Heb 5 (&6?)Healthy Relational Boundaries – 1 Cor 5Enough about Me – Gideon, Judges 8b,9
wk 22 – June 1CommunionGreater Ancestor? or Authority (Melchizedek) – Heb 7Healthy Fellowship Interdependence – 1 Cor 6A Disinherited Lead – Jephthah, Judges 10b, 11
wk 23 – June 8Greater Contract or Content (Law / Covenant) – Heb 8Healthy Singleness – 1 Cor 7Gift from an Angel – Sampson, Judge 13
wk 24 – June 15PentecostGreater Sanctuary (Tabernacle) – Heb 9Healthy Marriage – 1 Cor 7Foiled Romances, Spoiled Celebrations 1- Sampson, Judges 14-16
wk 25 – June 22Fathers DayGreater Worship (Sacrifice) – Heb 10Healthy Relationship in Complexity – 1 Cor 7Foiled Romances, Spoiled Celebrations 2- Sampson, Judges 14-16
wk 26 – June 29Greater Fellowship (Kingdom/Mountain) Heb 12Healthy Consumer Role models – 1 Cor 8First Fall of Israel – Micah – Judges 17,18

Week & DateAncient Words for Modern Lives (from Proverbs and Psalms)Good King, Bad Kings (from Judah)More Psalms of Summer 9x
wk 27 – July 6FriendshipBad KingPsalm 20 – 28
wk 28 – July 13RestBad Kingor Psalm 9 – 18
wk 29 – July 20Gambling & LeisureGood Kingor Psalm 50 – 61
wk 30 – July 27Family [Good, Bad, Etc]Bad King
wk 31 – Aug 3Sex, Porn, and AdulteryBad King
wk 32 – Aug 10Tech, AI, Digital WorldGood King
wk 33 – Aug 17MoneyBad King
wk 34 – Aug 24WorkBad King
wk 35 – Aug 31IndividualismGood King

Gospel of John Series

Possible ways to preach through the Gospel of Johns across several sermon series.

First Try-
Spring 2025 – Encounters with Jesus: 10-11 sermons minus 2 skips
Miracles of Jesus: 6-7 sermons or 9 and add cross, death and burial
Debating with Jesus: 10-12 sermons (from clearing temple chapt 2 to Lazarus fallout chapt 12 plus betrayals and crucifixion)
Discipled by Jesus: 9-13 sermons (foot washing chapt 13 to prayer in ch 17)

EncountersMiracles (6 Sermons)DebatesDiscipleship
*1:37-51
The First Encounters, Nathaniel		2:1-12
Miracle at Cana Wedding Wine		2:13-25
Temple Clearing		1:1-18
The Word Arrives
*2:23-3:36
Nicodemus: The Religious		4:43-54
Miracle at Cana Officials Son		5:16-47
Jesus Teaching On Father, Moses, Authority		1:19-36
The Baptist Prepares
*4:1-42
Samaritan Woman: The Outsider		*5:1-15
Miracle at Jerusalem The Man at the Pool: The Forgotten (skip, Encounters)		6:25-59
Jesus’ Teaching at Capernaum: Bread of Life		12:1-11, 12-19, 20-36
Mary Anoints, Triumphal Entry, Jesus Prepares
*5:1-15
Miracle at Jerusalem The Man at the Pool: The Forgotten		6:1-15
Miracle at Galilee Shore 5000 Fed		6:53-70
Jesus’ Teaching at Capernaum: Eat Flesh & Blood		13:1-17
Jesus’ Teaching: Washing Feet
*7:53-8:11
Adulterous Woman: The Accused (skipped)		6:16-24
Miracle on Sea of Galilee Walking on Water		7:1-24
Jesus’ Teaching at Jerusalem: Word of God		13:18-30
Judas’ Betrayal Predicted
*11:1-37
Mary and Martha: The Grieving		9:1-41
Miracle at Siloam: Blind Sees, Pharisees Can’t, Whose Sins? (Long but one great story)		7:25-52
Jesus’ Teaching at Jerusalem: Source of Living Waters		13:31-38
Peter’s Betrayal Predicted
*11:38-57
Lazarus: The Dead		*11:38-57
Miracle at Bethany: Lazarus: The Dead (skip, Encounters)		8:12-58
Jesus’ Teaching at Temple: Disputes @ Father & Abraham (long but one theme)		14:1-14
Jesus’ Teaching: The Way Home
*18:28-19:16
Pilate: The Powerful		21:1-14
Miracle at shore of Galilee: 153 Large Fish		10:1-21
Jesus’ Teaching at Jerusalem (Hanukkah): Good Shepherd vs Hired Hands		14:15-31
Jesus’ Teaching: The Spirit Predicted
*20:1-31
Mary Magdalene and Thomas: The Faithful and The Doubter (long)
a. 20:1-18 Mary
b. 20:19-31 Thomas		10:22-42
Jesus’ Teaching leaving Jerusalem: “The Father is in Me”		15:1-25
Jesus’ Teaching:
a. The Vine: 1-8
b. The Command: 9-17
c. The World: 18-25
* ALT: 20:19-31
Thomas: The Doubter		12:37-50
Jesus’ Teaching: Words of God Will Judge		15:26-16:15
Jesus’ Teaching: Spirit Brings Truth
* 21:15-25
Peter Reinstated (Done in late 2024, Pastor Z, skip)		18:1-27
Judas Betrays, Peter Betrays, Annas Question		16:16-33
Jesus’ Teaching: Joy Rises From Grief
19:16-42
Cross, Death, Burial
a. 16-27 Cross
b. 28-37 Death
c. 38-42 Burial		17:1-26
Jesus’ Prayer: Reveal Your Glory
a. 1-5: Revealed in the Son
b. 6-18: Revealed in Disciples
c. 19-26: Revealed in Believers

Encounters With God Series

A00 – Encountering God
First the Patriarch Version

A01 – 2025 01 05 – Hagar: The Seen
Scripture Read: Gen 16:1-14
Scripture Covered: Gen 16:1-16

A02 – 2025 01 12 – Sarah: The Barren
Scripture Read: Gen 18:1-15
Scripture Covered: Gen 18:1-15; 21:1-7

A03 – 2025 01 19 – Jacob: The Deceiver
Scripture Read: Gen 32:9-12,22-32
Scripture Covered: Gen 32:1-32

A04 – 2025 01 26 – Joseph: The Discarded
Scripture Read: Gen 41:14-36
Scripture Covered: Gen 40 & 41

A05 – 2025 02 02 – Israel: The Grieving
Scripture Read: Gen 46:1-7, 26-30
Scripture Covered: Gen 46:1-47:12

B06 – 2025 02 09 – Encountering God in the Great Commands
Scripture Read: Duet 6:4-9
Scripture Covered: Duet 6:1-9

B07 – 2025 02 16 – Encountering Jesus in the Great Commissions
Scripture Read: Matt 28:16-20
Scripture Covered: Matt 28:16-20, Luke 24:44-53, Acts 1:1-11

Second, the entire OT version
Job – Job 38-42 – The Suffering
Adam and Eve – Gen 3 – The Shameful
Abraham – Several (and we have just done a couple) – The Faithful
Isaiah – Isa 6 – The Repentant
Elijah – 1 Kings 18,19 (Zeph just preached on) – The Exhausted
David – 2 Sam – The Disappointed
Solomon – ?? – The Gifted
Jeremiah – ?? – The Grieving
Hezekiah – 2 Kings or Isaiah – The Surrounded
Ezekiel – ?? – The Creative
Gideon – Judges – The Underdog

2025 Sermon Series Planning

This post is a work in progress and will be updated with collaboration.

Encounters w/ God*Summer
1 – 1/5 – Hagar
(Gen 16:1-14)		17 – 4/27 – 27 – 7/6 –36 – 9/7 –
2 – 1/12 – Sarai
(Gen 18:1-15)		18 – 5/4 – 28 – 7/13 –37 – 9/14 –
3 – 1/19 – Jacob
(Gen 32:9-12,22-32)		19 – 5/11 – Mother’s29 – 7/20 –38 – 9/21 –
4 – 1/26 – Joseph
(Gen 41:14-36)		20 – 5/18 – 30 – 7/27 –39 – 9/28 –
5 – 2/2 – Israel
(Gen 46:1-7,26-30)		21 – 5/25 – 31 – 8/3 –40 – 10/5 –
6 – 2/9 – Encountering the Great Command (Duet 6:1-9)22 – 6/1 – 32 – 8/10 –41 – 10/12 –
7 – 2/16 – Encountering the Great Commission (Matt 28:16-20)23 – 6/8 – Pentecost33 – 8/17 –42 – 10/19 –
Encounters w/ Jesus (in John’s Gospel)**24 – 6/15 – Father’s34- 8/24 –43 – 10/26 –
8 – 2/23 – Nathaniel (John 1:47-51)25 – 6/22 – 35 – 8/31 –44 – 11/2 –
9 – 3/2 – Nicodemus (John 3:1-21)26 – 6/29 – 45 – 11/9 –
10 – 3/9 – Samaritan Woman (John 4:7-26)
46 – 11/16 –
11 – 3/16 – The Man at the Pool (John 5:1-16)b47 – 11/23 –
12 – 3/23 – Mary and Martha (John 11a)
13 – 3/30 – Lazarus (John 11b)bAdvent 2025
14 – 4/6 – Mary of Bethany (John 12)b48 – 11/30 – 49 – 12/7 –
15 – 4/13 -Pilate (John 18:33-19:12)50 – 12/14 –51 – 12/21 –
16 – 4/20 – EASTER – Mary Mag & Thomas (20:1-17)52 – 12/28 –

*Encounters with God from the Old Testament
Leaves two open weeks in this first draft. Lot does receive a visit (Gen 19) and loses his wife. Abraham’s warning about Sodom and Gomorrah could be another (Gen 18b). But two open weeks would provide a buffer should anything need to be added.

**Encounters with Jesus from John’s Gospel

Late Spring Options (10 Sundays):
– Ten weeks is a little long for one series, but it is fine to do. 6 to 8 week series really work well and might leave a 2-4 week smaller series.
– Judges (7-9 weeks),
– Hebrews (8-10 weeks) otherwise it’s 13-15 weeks to cover it all
– Colossians (6-8 weeks)
– Other ideas? (more 1 Corinthians, more Isaiah, etc)??

Summer Options (9 Sundays):
– Psalms, Who is Jesus from John’s Gospel (more chapters from John), 9 OT Kings or Good King Bad Kings of Judah, …

Fall Options (12 Sundays):
– Longer section could be two 6 weeks series or a longer series with a shorter one or one long 12 week masterful exposition.

  • Small fillers:
    • Biblical
      • Jude
      • Philemon
    • Topical
      • Distraction

Advent Options:
I have a post of options here and I’m open to other thoughts / ideas.

Biblical Coverage So Far (let me know if these photos need clarification):

Key Sunday Dates, Three Day Weekends and Church or Denomination Events:
Jan 19 – MLK Weekend
Jan 26 – Sunday before Lunar New Year (Wed, Jan 29)
Feb 9 – Sunday after the EFCA Theology Conference in Chicago, Pastor Chris attending
Feb 16 -23 – Presidents Day Weekend & Public Schools Winter Break until returning Mon, Feb 24
Mar 9 – Daylight Savings Sunday, Ash Wednesday is just before, Mar 5th
Mar 16 – Sunday after EFCA East Theology Refresher (Mar 13 & 14) in PA.
April 13 – 20 – Palm Sunday begins Holy Week culminating in Easter on the 20th
April 13 – 20 – Youth In House Spring Retreat some or many of these days? (Check with Johnny)
May 11 – Mother’s Day
May 25 – Memorial Day Weekend
June 8 – Pentecost Sunday
June 15 – Father’s Day (and Trinity Sunday and Juneteenth week (Thursday June 19th)
July 6 – Independence Day Weekend will be a three day weekend, Friday to Sunday
Aug 31 – Labor Day Weekend
Oct 12 – Columbus / Indigenous People Weekend
Oct 26 – POSSIBLY Sunday after the EFCA East District Conference (not yet posted)
Nov 30 – First Sunday of Advent
Dec 13 – Second Saturday is traditional day for our Christmas Party
Dec 28 – Sunday after Christmas and before New Years Day

Key Things I need to get dates for and add before ministry calendar shapes up:
– Membership Meetings
– Quarterly All Churches Meals
– Baptism in Spring (with NYCEF invited early enough)
– Quarterly Outreach Plans
– What else?

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Luke 2024 Series

This is the series through Luke from April 2024 through June 2024. We have been in Luke a number of times and this should finish near all of Luke with a few passages skipped over here and there. Some of those we have covered in parable series or other series that covered Matthew or Mark versions of the same episode, but we will have hit most of Luke by the end of June. (The Dxx number indicates the week of the year it is. This is the fourth sermon series we’ve started in 2024.)

D14 – 2024 04 07
Scripture Covered and Topics: Luke 13:1-9 – Par of Fig Tree
Scripture to Read: Luke 13:1-9
Sermon Title: Piecing It Together
Brief Teaching: Parables

D15 – 2024 04 14
Scripture Covered and Topics: Luke 13:10-17 – Crippled Woman Healed
Scripture to Read: Luke 13:10-17
Sermon Title: Finding True Rest
Brief Teaching: Sabbath Rest

D16 – 2024 04 21
Scripture Covered and Topics: Luke 13:18-30 – Par of Mustard, Yeast, Narrow, First/Last
Scripture to Read: Luke 13:18-30
Sermon Title: Tiny Ingredients with Huge Impact
Brief Teaching: Fruit of the Spirit

D17 – 2024 04 28
Scripture Covered and Topics: Luke 14:1-14 – Healing Question, Inviting Guests
Scripture to Read: Luke 14:1,7-14
Sermon Title: Humble Party Invitation
Brief Teaching: Baptism

D18 – 2024 05 05
Scripture Covered and Topics: Luke 15:1-7, 8-10, 11-32 – Lost Sheep, Coin, Sons
Scripture to Read: Luke 15:1-2, 11-24 (second reader? Luke 15:25-32)
Sermon Title: Losing and Finding
Brief Teaching: Membership

D19 – 2024 05 12 – Mother’s Day
Scripture Covered and Topics: Luke 16:1-15 – Par of Shrewd Manager
Scripture to Read: Luke 16:1-15
Sermon Title: Spending on Credit

D20 – 2024 05 19 – Pentacost
Scripture Covered and Topics: Luke 16:16-17, 19-31 – Par of Lazarus & Rich Man
Scripture to Read: Luke 16:16-17, 19-31
Sermon Title: Mind the Gap

D21 – 2024 05 26
Scripture Covered and Topics: Luke 17:1-19 – Sin & Forgiveness, Duty & Gratitude
Scripture to Read: Luke 17:7-19
Sermon Title: Where Praise Flows

D22 – 2024 06 02
Scripture Covered and Topics: Luke 17:20-37 – Coming Kingdom of God
Scripture to Read: Luke 17:20-33
Sermon Title: Watching the Lightning Strike

D23 – 2024 06 09
Scripture Covered and Topics: Luke 18:1-14 – Par of Judge & Widow, Pharisee & Tax Collector
Scripture to Read: Luke 18:1-8, 9-14 (two readers?)
Sermon Title: Prepared to Pray

D24 – 2024 06 16
Scripture Covered and Topics: Luke 18:15-30 -Little Children & Rich Ruler
Scripture to Read: Luke 18:15-30
Sermon Title: Becoming Truly Rich

D25 – 2024 06 23
Scripture Covered and Topics: Luke 18:31-42 – Disciples can’t see, Blind beggar sees Son of David
Scripture to Read: Luke 18:31-42
Sermon Title: Seeing a Hidden Kingdom

D26 – 2024 06 30
Scripture Covered and Topics: Luke 19:1-27 – Zacchaeus
Scripture to Read: Luke 19:1-10
Sermon Title: Investing Toward Eternity

D26 – 2024 06 30
Scripture Covered and Topics: Luke 19:11-27 – Par of Ten Minas
Scripture to Read: Luke 19:11-24
Sermon Title: Investing Toward Eternity 2

Exodus Moses Sermon Series

Exodus Moses Sermon Series along with pre-Easter and Easter Sermon Plans

Image by Amber Clay from Pixabay

Week & Date: WW02 – 2024 01 14
Sermon Text Covered: Exodus 1:1 – 2:25
Sermon Title: Moses – Drawn Out
Main Scripture Reading: Exodus 1:1-10, 22; 2:1-10

Week & Date: B03 – 2024 01 21
Sermon Text Covered: Exodus 3:1 – 4:17
Sermon Title: Moses – Divine Choice
Main Scripture Reading: Exodus 3:1-7, 11-15

Week & Date: B04 – 2024 01 28
Sermon Text Covered: Exodus 4:18 – 7:7
Sermon Title: Moses – Baking Bricks
Main Scripture Reading: Exodus 4:29-31; 5:1-9

Week & Date: B05 – 2024 02 04
Sermon Text Covered: Exodus 7:8 – 11:10
Sermon Title: Moses – Cosmic Battles
Main Scripture Reading: Psalm 105:23-38

Week & Date: B06 – 2024 02 11
Sermon Text Covered: Exodus 12:1 – 12:51
Sermon Title: Moses – First Freedom
Main Scripture Reading: Exodus 12:29 – 42

Week & Date: B07 – 2024 02 18
Sermon Text Covered: Luke 22
Sermon Title: Passover Revisited
Main Scripture Reading: Luke 22:14-23
Guest Speaker: Zephaniah Seung

Week & Date: B08 – 2024 02 25
Sermon Text Covered: Exodus 13:1 – 13:16
Sermon Title: Moses – First Consecrated
Main Scripture Reading: Exodus 13:11-16

Week & Date: B09 – 2024 03 03
Sermon Text Covered: Exodus 13:17 – 15:21
Sermon Title: Moses – First Baptism
Main Scripture Reading: Psalm 106:4-12
Guest Preacher: Johnny Weng

Week & Date: B10 – 2024 03 10
Sermon Text Covered: Exodus 15:22 – 17:16
Sermon Title: Moses – Wilderness Temptations
Main Scripture Reading: Psalm 105:39-45

Week & Date: B11 – 2024 03 17
Sermon Text Covered: Exodus 18:1 – 18:27
Sermon Title: Moses – First Judges
Main Scripture Reading: Exodus 18:13-24

Week & Date: C12 – 2024 03 24 – PALM SUNDAY
Sermon Text Covered: Luke 22:66 – 23:25
Sermon Title: Jesus the Son
Main Scripture Reading: Luke 22:66 – 23:4

Week & Date: C12 – 2024 03 29 – GOOD FRIDAY
Joint service with 2nd Free, 59th Street, others?
Location: 2nd Free
Time: ??

Week & Date: C13 – 2024 03 31 – EASTER SUNDAY
Sermon Text Covered: Luke 24:13-35
Sermon Title: Walking with Jesus
Main Scripture Reading: Luke 24:13-31