IF YOU USE THE LECTIONARY , you have probably looked at the lessons for the week and wondered, "WHAT CAN I SAY that is faithful to these texts and relevant to my congregation?"

SERMONWRITER HELPS YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION. We provide abundant materials to spark your imagination –– to get you started –– and to save you time.

EACH WEEK we send subscribers an email with the following for the Gospel lesson:

• Scripture
• Exegesis (very thorough –– take a look –– see for yourself!)
• Sermon title
• The sermon in a sentence
• Children's sermon
• Sermon
• A true story especially chosen to fit the text
• A bit of humor (when we can find humor that fits)
• Thought Provokers (quotations to add punch to your sermon)
• Hymns

OLD TESTAMENT EXEGESIS: While our primary materials are based on the Gospel lesson each week, we have also started work on the Old Testament exegesis, and can provide it for about half the Sundays –– and we expect to improve on that as time passes.

SERMONWRITER FOLLOWS THE REVISED COMMON LETIONARY, but we have a number of satisfied subscribers who follow the Catholic Lectionary, the Anglican Lectionary, the Episcopal Lectionary, and the Lutheran Lectionary. While we cannot promise to cover all the bases for every lectionary, we are often able to send a second mailing with helpful resources for those who use denominationally-specific lectionaries. If you follow a lectionary other than the Common Lectionary, request free samples and see whether they work for you.

SEE FOR YOURSELF. Click Back Issues to see four representative issues of SermonWriter -- the actual materials that we sent to subscribers for those weeks. (Our back issues don't include "A bit of humor," which is a new feature.)

FREE SAMPLES. We offer four free samples to give you "hands on" experience using SermonWriter materials. Try them for four weeks, free of charge. Click Free Samples to submit your request for free samples.

OUR PRIVACY POLICY. We respect your privacy. We will not share, rent, or sell your name to anyone, anytime –– period!

TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE. We post the materials two weeks in advance of the Sunday for which they are intended.

VARIOUS LECTIONARIES. We follow the Revised Common Lectionary. If you follow one of the other lectionaries (Roman Catholic, Episcopal, or Lutheran), there will be weeks when the Gospel lesson is different. Many times (but not always), we will have materials from an earlier issue that fit your text. If so, we will provide those free of charge at the time that you need them.

WHO ARE WE? Click Our Story to get an idea who we are and why we are publishing SermonWriter.

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING ABOUT SERMONWRITER. Click What they are saying to see what our subscribers have to say about us.

WHO FINDS SERMONWRITER HELPFUL?

Those who follow a lectionary -- any lectionary: While we follow the Revised Common Lectionary, we have a number of satisfied subscribers who follow the Anglican Lectionary, the Episcopal Lectionary, The Catholic Lectionary, and the Lutheran Lectionary. Our subscribers come in large measure from the following denominations, which are denominations that favor the lectionary, but we have a number of subscribers from other denominations as well:

Methodist, to include United Methodist

Episcopal and Anglican

Lutheran, including Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)

Catholic, especially Roman Catholic, but including other Catholics as well.

Presbyterian, including PCUSA and other Presbyterians around the world.

Disciples of Christ and United Church of Christ (UCC)

United Church of Canada

Uniting Church of Australia

Baptist –– primarily Baptists who use the lectionary.

In addition to these denominations, who constitute the bulk of our readership, we have subscribers from a wide variety of other denominations, most of whom follow the lectionary, but some of whom do not.

SUBSCRIPTIONS. If, after trying SermonWriter, you would like to subscribe, we offer a one-year subscription (52 weekly issues) for only $49.95 (U.S. dollars only please). Click How to Subscribe.

GUARANTEED. At any time that you are not satisfied with the SermonWriter materials, let us know. We will cancel your subscription and issue a refund for the issues which have not yet been sent or posted.

Thanks,

Dick Donovan
SermonWriter