Why Repurposing Your Sermon between Sundays is a Must

As pastors, we wear so many different hats.

And in exhausting seasons like this one when there are so many tasks to get done and fewer people to help because everyone is stretched so thin right now, it can feel challenging to keep the main thing the main thing. So, do you have a plan for staying in your primary role as the Spiritual Director of your congregations pointing to God, while also taking care of more administrative tasks at the same time without adding more to your plate?

What Do You Do With Your Sermon between Sundays?

Recently, I asked pastors in one of my workshops if they repurpose their sermon content throughout the week to inspire, encourage, disciple, or add value to their community.

Here’s why I asked: If you have spent hours preparing content for a sermon, Bible Study, or small group and you believe that the content is life-giving, answers questions that your community is asking, offers hope, inspires people to live a life following Jesus, is meaningful, and/or adds value to people’s lives, then this is exactly what you can and should be sharing throughout the week to point people to God. To remind people who they are and who God is.

Just because people watch or attend our weekend services, Bible studies, or small groups, we know that this isn’t enough to keep people encouraged, inspired, hopeful, or focused on loving God and loving others as we love ourselves throughout the week. And, we know that not everyone in our congregation is part of every service anyway.

So how do you consistently inspire, encourage, disciple, provide hope throughout the week, and foster an engaged community without burning yourself out on creating new content? You repurpose content that you’ve already created. All the time and effort you put into creating your sermon for your services should absolutely be put to use throughout the week.

7 Ways to Repurpose Your Sermon

Whether through your weekly e-newsletter, emails that you send out or on social media, here are 7 ways to repurpose your sermon (or Bible Study):

1. Turn one sentence in your sermon into a quote graphic
2. Create an infographic from a sermon point
3. Share a Scripture quote that you cited in your sermon
4. If you have 2 or 3 main points in your sermon share each point on separate days throughout the week
5. Share your call to action mid-week and ask people how it’s going
6. Share a 60-second clip from your sermon as a video with a link to the whole sermon
7. Go live on Facebook or Instagram for 10 minutes giving a summary of your sermon and talking about what it looks like in real life or sharing the behind the scenes about your own thoughts on the sermon

Here is a Free Pastor’s Guide to Repurposing Sermons where I walk you through step-by-step how to repurpose content from this coming Sunday’s message. Set aside 20-30 minutes to go through this guide this weekend. And next week, get ready to inspire, encourage, disciple, and provide hope throughout the week to your community while still having time to get all the other things on your to-do list done.

Back in the day when I was a youth pastor, we made it a point to give every kid a healthy touch (high five, hug, pound, elbow bump) every Wednesday because we knew it might be their only positive touch during the week.

Weekly e-newsletters can be thought of the same way. If you imagine the person on the receiving end of your emails might not get any other spiritual encouragement during the week, what might you include in your e-newsletters?!

I’m on enough weekly and monthly church e-newsletters to know that this is a lost opportunity to inspire, encourage, offer hope, and remind people of God’s good nature throughout the week. Every time your newsletter is opened and read, it’s an opportunity to remind people who they are and who God is.

If you are ready to put your sermon to better use throughout the week, click >>HERE<< to download the guide and start sharing encouragement, hope, and inspiration throughout the week.