Summer Topical Series

1. 

   Summer Survival Guide

   This four-week series helps children prepare for the summer by providing helpful tips for challenges they might face during the summer months, such as boredom, loneliness, temptations, and worry about the future. We will look at people from the Bible who faced similar challenges and learn how they handled them with God’s help.

   4 Weeks
2. 

   Family Vacation

   Often, during the spring and summer, many families use their time off to take a vacation. These trips can be a great opportunity for families to spend time together, show each other love, and model grace to the world. But what if we took this same approach during the other fifty-one weeks of the year? This three-week sermon series discusses both the importance of family relationships, and how parenting is a way for parents to help their children understand God’s grace and love.

   3 Weeks
3. 

   Tell a Good Story

   In “Tell a Good Story,” Ministry Pass has partnered with comedian and evangelist, Taylor Johnson, for a 3-week sermon series that will remind teenagers and adults about the power of a good story. Throughout the series, this bundle examines three moments in the Bible where telling a story made a major impact on the world. When we follow the examples given to us in God’s Word, we’ll find that our gospel-centered stories can lead others to meet Jesus, remind us of our heavenly Father’s faithfulness, and give us courage to live out a life of faith.

   3 Weeks
4. 

   Soundtrack: What Does Your Life Sound Like?

   This three-week series guide addresses the call of every Christian to live with an attitude that honors Jesus and attracts others to him. When we get down to it, our life has a soundtrack. It’s making a noise, a melody, a distinct overall presentation that creates an atmosphere. As Christians, we need to ask ourselves: Does the sound of my life point people to God? All too often, believers are known as harsh and judgmental. This series looks at specific passages that instruct us to live in such a way that we show people the love of God while displaying the truth. Compare to Playlist (youth).

   3 Weeks
5. 

   You Asked for It

   ‘You Asked for It’ is a five-week sermon series dissecting tough issues that are often challenging to talk about in church. There are two ways that pastors can plan this series. 1. Conduct a poll and have your congregation submit four issues for you to teach on. 2. Follow this guide where each week looks at a different passage from the Psalms, investigating not only the biblical stance on each topic, but also how believers can approach God concerning these often-divisive issues. This series guide will assist you as you explore biblical answers to difficult questions. Each week also includes a relevant New Testament passage for further input on these challenging matters. Topics include: politics, depression, sexuality, and materialism. Compare to You Asked for It (youth).

   5 Weeks
6. 

   Hot Seat: Conversations on Controversies

   ‘Hot Seat’ is a four-week sermon series dissecting tough issues that are often challenging to talk about in church. Each week looks at a different passage from the Psalms, and investigate not only the biblical stance on each topic, but also how believers can approach God concerning these often-divisive issues. This series guide will assist you as you explore biblical answers to “hot seat” questions. Each week also includes a relevant New Testament passage for further input on these challenging matters. Topics include: politics, depression, sexuality, and materialism. Compare to You Asked for It (adult) and Youth Asked for It (youth).

   4 Weeks
7. 

   One Small Step

   This four-week series explores how evangelism relates more to our identity and maturity than it does to methods, marketing, and strategies. We discuss the how evangelism is begun, built, and sustained by simple acts of love which the Lord uses to advance his kingdom.

   4 Weeks
8. 

   Snapshot

   This four-week series addresses a common question of Christian liberty: “What am I allowed to do?” Young believers struggle especially with this question, as they navigate the various authorities in their lives and the different ways Scripture talks about our freedom. With the freedom of summer comes even more questions about what’s “allowed” and what isn’t. This series will provide practical ways of honoring God with the freedom we have in Christ.

   4 Weeks
9. 

   The Hidden Option

   We live in a polarized world. We want everything to fit in box A or B, option 1 or 2. Fight or flight. Black or white. Left or right. But the Bible is filled with unexpected, hidden options. This two-week series, based on The Hidden Option by Jonathan Malm, will explore how God can take seemingly impossible situations and use them for his glory. Our God is bigger than just two options. Jesus is the lion and the lamb. God is completely just and He extends grace. Those things seem like impossibilities, but they are actually hidden options. By learning to find hidden options, you can become a better spouse, a better employee, a better friend, and even a better follower of Christ. Cover artwork is limited to use with the sermon series The Hidden Option and may not be edited without the expressed written permission of Jonathan Malm.

   2 Weeks
10. 

    Don’t Waste Your Work

    Many people either hate their job or simply endure it because they have to. Others become workaholics because they find their identity in an occupation or because of a deep-seated obsession with money. This four-week series discovers the Christian theology of work and what that means for those in the church today. While work can often seem like an evil four-letter word, God has formed us to create, build, and steward his creation. Our worship of God does not stop on Sunday, but should continue into our workplace Monday–Friday.

    4 Weeks
11. 

    Be Still: Finding Silence

    This four-week series looks at the vital need to cultivate the spiritual practices of solitude and silence in the midst of our always-connected, digital world. Jesus, himself, modeled the importance of withdrawing from the busyness of life for times of prayer and rest. By developing practices of withdrawing, entering the secret place of prayer, resting, journaling, sharing meals with others, and celebrating communion, we, as followers of Jesus, can find physical, emotional, and mental rest and spiritual refreshing in God.

    4 Weeks
12. 

    This Is Our Community

    This four-week sermon series titled, This is Our Community, highlights the biblical responsibility we have in loving our neighbors, and how the treatment we give them affects our city or community as well. When we share an occupied space with others, we begin to see how people prosper when our city or our community prospers, and how we become unhealthy when the city or community is unhealthy. This series bundle includes media with the verbiage “City” and “Community”—pastors may use the wording that fits right for their local context.

    4 Weeks
13. 

    This Is Our City

    This four-week sermon series titled, This is Our City, highlights the biblical responsibility we have in loving our neighbors, and how the treatment we give them affects our city or community as well. When we share an occupied space with others, we begin to see how people prosper when our city or community prospers, and how we become unhealthy when the city or community is unhealthy. This series bundle includes media with the verbiage “City” and “Community”—pastors may use the wording that fits right for their local context.

    4 Weeks
14. 

    Staycation

    This five-week “Staycation” sermon series reminds us that we don’t have to go across the world to serve God. Being on mission doesn’t require airfare or luggage. While mission trips can be beneficial, often the greatest ministry a person can have is in their own community. “Staycation” encourages the church to serve and love others right where they are and to view life’s interruptions as opportunities, like Jesus did.

    5 Weeks
15. 

    Christmas In July: The Story Continues

    This four-week sermon series emphasizes the real message of “Christmas in July” and how the birth of our Lord is relevant all year long. It’s a fun and informative way to bring the incarnation of our Lord to the forefront of our minds everyday, not just in December. This is also a series that can be visually enhanced by traditional Christmas decorations, games, and celebrations for a fun way to bring the topics of incarnation and immaculate birth to the forefront of your student’s minds.

    4 Weeks
16. 

    None Greater: The Undomesticated Attributes of God

    This four-week series, based on the book None Greater by Matthew Barrett, will enlighten and deepen our understanding of God. Because we as humans are finite, we naturally think in those terms. When we talk about and attempt to understand God, however, we cannot think in the same way, lest we inadvertently attempt to domesticate him. Challenging our imagination, this series will help us understand there is no one like our God. Based on None Greater: The Undomesticated Attributes of God by Matthew Barrett, Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group, 2019. Used by permission. Cover artwork is limited to use with the sermon series None Greater: The Undomesticated Attributes Of God and may not be edited without the expressed written permission of Baker Publishing Group. http://www.bakerpublishinggroup.com

    4 Weeks
17. 

    Summer Reading

    The summer is a great time to encourage your congregation to jump into a new book that will foster and encourage their faith. This four-week series pulls content from four books to provide you with message material that touches on the topics of grace, identity, calling, and hope. The four books featured are: Failing Faith by Wade Bearden Fully You by Joël Malm Be the Switch by Jonathan Pearson The Hidden Option by Jonathan Malm

    4 Weeks
18. 

    Summer Love

    Far too often, when we talk about “Summer Love,” there is the imagery of a fleeting love that can be lost at any moment. God’s love and his producing of that very love in our lives for others is far better and deeper than the alternatives typically presented. This four-week series will examine some of the ways we can understand God’s love better so that we can live a life that reflects this love.

    4 Weeks
19. 

    God On Film

    This four-week sermon series discusses what it’s like to live in the “in-between.” How do we prepare for the resolution to God’s great story? How do we live out the resurrection of Jesus today? As the Bible makes clear, God’s work in the world brings us into right relationship with him and empowers us to live out that redemption to others. Each message in this “God on Film” series comes with a biblical text and a description of an upcoming spring or summer 2020 film to illustrate some of the issues discussed in that passage. Not only will this series be an exciting change of pace, it will also help your group better understand and apply the teachings of Scripture.

    4 Weeks
20. 

    God On Film

    This four-week sermon series discusses what it’s like to live in the “in-between.” How do we prepare for the resolution to God’s great story? How do we live out the resurrection of Jesus today? As the Bible makes clear, God’s work in the world brings us into right relationship with him and empowers us to live out that redemption to others. Each message in this “God on Film” series comes with a biblical text and a description of an upcoming spring or summer 2020 film to illustrate some of the issues discussed in that passage. Not only will this series be an exciting change of pace, it will also help your group better understand and apply the teachings of Scripture.

    4 Weeks
21. 

    God and Country

    Are we seeking the kingdom of God or the kingdom of the United States of America? With elaborate patriotic worship services and flags flying, it can become confusing to discern which kingdom we are truly living for. This one-week adult message helps the believer understand that it takes humility, honesty, and a heart turned toward God to maintain a healthy perspective of our earthly purposes. This message can be used immediately following the “God and Justice” series and/or prior to Independence Day.

    1 Weeks
22. 

    The Games

    This four-week series examines how the Bible uses several different sports metaphors to describe the Christian life. As followers of Jesus, we are called to seek after an eternal crown through faithfully running the race God has set before us, by fighting the good fight of faith, and by working together with other believers to advance the kingdom of God.

    4 Weeks
23. 

    The Summer of the Other

    This four-week series is aimed at mobilizing young people to use the summer as a way to show God’s love to the most vulnerable in society. Loving our neighbor is not an option we are called to simply tack onto life. Rather, it must hold a central purpose within our faith in Christ.

    4 Weeks
24. 

    Therefore, Go

    The resurrection ignites the Christian church to spread the message of Jesus. This four-week series looks at the Great Commission and the first few chapters of Acts to help listeners understand and participate in the mission of God.

    4 Weeks
25. 

    The Forgiveness Cycle

    This four-week series explores the importance of forgiveness in the life of the believer. God’s forgiveness is a merciful gift that influences the believer’s life and transforms how they deal with their own sin and that of others. God’s delicate balance of justice and forgiveness teaches the believer how to confess, repent, forgive, and restore as they live out his call to forgive as God in Christ forgave.

    4 Weeks
26. 

    When Life Gives You…

    When Life Gives You… is a four-week sermon series meant to strengthen our faith and trust in God. Using situations and passages in the Bible, this sermon series shows how God can use our difficulties to produce growth in our lives. By persevering, trusting God, forgiving others, and serving others we can squeeze lemonade from the lemons that life throws at us. This is demonstrated best in the story of Joseph. God took his pain and suffering and turned it into salvation for all Joseph’s people. Can you see where God has turned your suffering into something miraculous?

    4 Weeks
27. 

    Family Vacation: A Journey of Grace and Love

    Often, during the spring and summer, many families use their time off to take a vacation. These trips can be a great opportunity for families to spend time together, show each other love, and model grace to the world. But what if we took this same approach even when we aren’t able to travel together? This three-week sermon series discusses both the importance of family relationships, and how parenting is a way for parents to help their children understand God’s grace and love.

    3 Weeks
28. 

    Summer Slump

    This four-week series captures the attention of those who are feeling the heaviness of the summer, whether due to social upheaval, the responsibilities that increase as the help decreases, the stress of keeping up with the family down the street and their big summer vacation, or past experience of difficult summers. We will meet some people from the Bible who have fallen into a slump, and then see how God meets them in their lowest moments.

    4 Weeks
29. 

    Summer Playlist

    During the summer, students often meet new challenges. Life changes. New friends come, and old friends go. How does the Bible speak to the emotions we routinely face throughout life? This four-week youth series (each week highlighting a different emotion in a psalm) helps students bring their feelings and experiences to God.

    4 Weeks
30. 

    Summer Stories

    Even if we don’t remember it, most of us recognize that we saw the world and people differently when we were young. We learned lessons that we would be wise to remember today. This four-week series looks at lessons we learned when we were young and sees how they were related to the teachings of Jesus.

    4 Weeks
31. 

    God On Film

    This four-week series uses Scripture and scenes from blockbuster movies over the last few decades to remind us that we all play an important part in the story of God’s plan of salvation for the world. Whether through public demonstrations of our faith, or creating a place of belonging for the lost, we are called to participate in the story of God’s love for this world. This series is designed to pull films from across various decades. Movies can be substituted based on the needs of the group.

    4 Weeks
32. 

    Summer Stories: Testimonies of Radical Change

    This four-week series explores the lives of four people who had profound, life-changing encounters with Jesus. We will connect their stories to people we know in our own congregations and other modern-day individuals who have had similar experiences.

    4 Weeks
33. 

    Summer Reading

    This four-part series works through important lessons found in the book of Proverbs. The series looks at what Proverbs has to say to young people about wisdom, learning, self-discipline, and relationships.

    4 Weeks
34. 

    Summer Collection

    This four-part series works through important lessons found in the book of Proverbs. The series looks at what Proverbs has to say to young people about wisdom, learning, self-discipline, and relationships.

    4 Weeks
35. 

    Don’t Waste Your Summer

    This three-week series encourages us to take advantage of the summer weeks by intentionally using the downtime for spiritual growth. We will learn about a few spiritual disciplines and not let the summer pass without practicing a few of them.

    3 Weeks
36. 

    Travel Light: Summer Essentials For Spiritual Growth

    All of life is a journey of sorts and every journey has certain expectations. We need to know where we are heading, why we are going that way, what we need along the way, and how to know when we have arrived. This four-week series will focus on the idea of traveling along the path of spiritual growth through four passages that help us to answer the key questions of why, where, what, and how.

    4 Weeks
37. 

    The Summer Blues

    This four-week series looks at the struggle everyone can have with the “post-event” blues. Whether it’s a camp, conference, or the end of an amazing experience, we can struggle to move forward. Through looking at the unchanging nature of God, the seasons of life, and the dangers of nostalgia, we can move our walk with God beyond high moments to an everyday renewal of the Christian life.

    4 Weeks
38. 

    Free Indeed

    This single message, intended for use on Independence Day in the United States, explores the reality that in the resurrection, Christ has made believers free from the bondage of sin and free to live in his fullness.

    1 Weeks
39. 

    Free Indeed

    This single message, intended for use on Independence Day in the United States, explores the reality that in the resurrection, Christ has made believers free from the bondage of sin and free to live in his fullness.

    1 Weeks
40. 

    Summer At The Movies

    This “God on Film”–inspired series for youth and adults pulls biblical truths from summer blockbusters and summer-themed movies.

    5 Weeks
41. 

    The Summer of Love

    This four-week series examines the four types of love as described in C. S. Lewis’s famous work The Four Loves. The four loves are storgē (affection), philia (friendship), eros (romance), and agapē (charity). Through analyzing biblical passages, we can find the relationship among these words and the Christian virtues and character that they reflect. In a culture that is misinformed about love, Lewis reveals how Scripture points to the various aspects of love that ultimately glorify God and reveal him to the world.

    4 Weeks
42. 

    Let Freedom Ring

    This sermon can be preached around the US holiday of Independence Day. It points us beyond our fixation with earthly freedom and political power to the greatest freedom ever secured: freedom in Christ. The sermon highlights the fact that we are all in bondage to sin and need to experience the freedom offered only by the Son of God.

    1 Weeks
43. 

    Summer Survival Guide

    This four-week series helps students prepare for the summer by providing helpful tips for challenges they might face during the summer months such as boredom, loneliness, temptations, and worry about the future. We will look at people form the Bible who faced similar challenges and learn how they handled them with God’s help.

    4 Weeks
44. 

    Summer Slow Down

    This four-week series for youth and adults encourages people to use the summer as an opportunity to slow down and disconnect. The series does not make slowing down an end in itself, but rather, a means to create space for God and others.

    4 Weeks
45. 

    The Greatest Summer Ever

    This four-week series looks at Jesus’s lessons on greatness and encourages us to seek opportunities to be “great” in the kingdom by serving, loving, and following the example of our humble King.

    4 Weeks
46. 

    Summer Break: Breaking From Bad Theology

    This four-week series looks at some misunderstandings of theology and challenges us to break the bad thinking before it breaks us. We will discuss commonly used phrases or assumptions that are not only unbiblical but that turn people away from a welcoming relationship with Christ.

    4 Weeks
47. 

    Summer On The Mount: The Kingdom Manifesto

    This eight-week sermon series will take the congregation on a journey through Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount. Throughout this series, the congregation will hear Jesus invite them to follow him as he preaches about the coming of the kingdom of God.

    8 Weeks
48. 

    Summer Baggage

    This four-week series uncovers some of the heaviest baggage we carry and invites us to exchange it for the peace Jesus offers. We learn that our luggage is often filled with emotions we might be unaware we feel, but God invites us to release the burdens and trust him to restore our brokenness and help us experience the freedom he offers.

    4 Weeks
49. 

    Summer Fest

    From Coachella to the backyard barbecue, warm weather brings out the celebration in all of us. This five-week series introduces students to some of the significant feasts and festivals in the Bible, starting with the Passover in Exodus and ending with the marriage supper of the Lamb in Revelation. Unlike many of our celebrations, these celebrations gathered people for the purpose of giving glory to God and growing together in faith.

    5 Weeks
50. 

    A Summer’s Journey: Following The Apostle Paul Through His Missionary Journeys

    The apostle Paul took three major missionary journeys throughout the Roman Empire. This four-week series will look at each of these trips from a high overview and then in the last week examine the overlapping themes present for each of them as we explore what it means to be a missionary today.

    4 Weeks