In a recent issue of his Ministry Toolbox newsletter, Rick Warren suggests the use of homework assignments as a way to make sermons more practical for listeners.<\/p>\n
“At Saddleback we often assign some homework! This reflects the way Jesus taught; He often gave assignments by saying, ‘Go and do likewise.’<\/p>\n
“Once when I was doing a two-week series on finances, the homework assignment for the congregation was to create a practical budget for the year. We gave people some tools at the end of the worship service; and then during the next two Wednesday nights, we offered a short workshop that taught them how to handle their finances based on the biblical messages they’d been hearing on Sunday.<\/p>\n
“It’s not enough just to give people God’s principles in getting out of debt; you need to show them how and what to do by giving practical, follow-up assignments. I like to call them SMART assignments, and they have five characteristics:<\/p>\n
* S – They’re Specific. The words more<\/em> and less<\/em> are not specific enough. You need to say, “I’m going to do ‘this’ by ‘this’ date.” (Subscribe to Rick Warren’s Ministry Toolbox<\/em>.)<\/p>\n In a recent issue of his Ministry Toolbox newsletter, Rick Warren suggests the use of homework assignments as a way to make sermons more practical for listeners. “At Saddleback we often assign some homework! This reflects the way Jesus taught; He often gave assignments by saying, ‘Go and do likewise.’ “Once when I was doing … Continue reading “Sermons Can Include Homework”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34393\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
* M – They’re Motivational. Does the assignment motivate? If it is not motivating, don’t even suggest it. Otherwise, they won’t do it anyway.
* A – They’re Attainable. Don’t give assignments that are unrealistic; that will just discourage people.
* R – They’re Relevant. Is it based on the message of the sermon? Is it based on your congregation’s values and priorities?
* T – They’re Trackable. Does it allow people to measure their progress?”<\/p>\n