As a youth pastor, it is a blessing and a curse that you often have the flexibility to create and manage your own schedule. Sunday and Wednesday services are often set times in your week, but there is a lot of "free" space where you have to manage what you do and when you do it. With preaching needing to be a priority of the pastor, managing your schedule appropriately and efficiently to prepare the best for your sermon is so important. That is what this episode is all about.

You can find the Carey Nieuwhof article we referenced here: https://careynieuwhof.com/the-three-hour-workday-the-sobering-and-liberating-truth-about-your-peak-hours-as-a-leader/.

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0:00 – Welcome!

1:00 – A Hard Lesson to Learn

3:10 – What I Wasn’t Prepared for in Ministry

5:20 – The Key To Longevity in Ministry

6:25 – The Most Important Part of Your Calendar

7:45 – Knowing Who You Are

15:00 – Step 1: Start EARLY

18:45 – Step 2: Develop DETAILED Notes and Big Idea

21:15 – Step 3: Developing an OUTLINE for the Sermon

24:30 – Step 4: MANUSCRIPT Your Sermon

26:45 – Step 5: RUN THROUGH Your Sermon

29:50 –Next Week