Happy 2025!
Please note, this post has been re-posted from an earlier blog that was maintained by the Faithful Preaching Project before it became part of the Sharing Faith Initiative. These posts have been re-shared to maintain the full story of the grant initiative.
As we begin a new year, the Faithful Preaching Project is setting goals on how to continue our work helping preachers instill deeper faith in their listeners.
#1: Host unique preaching workshops in-person and online
In 2025, FPP will host two preaching workshops with expert facilitators. The guiding themes of the workshops were gleaned from the original surveys and interviews about what makes a sermon faith-full to its listeners. The dates of the preaching workshops are Saturday, April 26, 2025 and Saturday, August 30, 2025, so please mark your sparkly new 2025 calendars now…and then keep an eye out for more details and sign-up opportunities.
#2: Continue to support clergy and lay preachers
FPP Leadership will continue to host guided discussions and spiritual exercises within our Clergy and Lay Preacher Cohorts. These groups learn and grow together, both from the preaching professors who lead the cohorts and from one another. Preachers are given the opportunity to receive live feedback on sermons and tips on how to make their messages more effective.
Lay Preachers…look for an application for the new 2025-2026 Lay Preacher Cohort coming soon. The application will be due in June with the cohort beginning in August or September.
#3: Launch a new initiative!
The FPP Leadership is also beginning a second grant this year, entitled Children’s Sermons by Children. The Faithful Preaching Project and Children’s Sermons by Children will unite under one banner that we’ve titled: the Sharing Faith Initiative. This year, we’ll launch a brand-new website as well as refreshed logos to merge FPP efforts with the second grant initiative. The activities of the two grants will remain separate but communication about all of our opportunities will be centralized with Sharing Faith Initiative. We can’t wait to show and tell you more!
We hope to be part of your story in 2025!