Growing Households of Faith Through A Sermon Series
Lutheran Hour Ministries has created convenient resources to meet people right where they are to connect with Jesus and spread hope and faith throughout their community. In addition, we have a long history of partnering with congregations to implement outreach activities that align with their Gospel-proclamation mission.
Pastors of St. John’s Church (LCMS) in Denver, Colorado, shared how they have used LHM resources based on research done in partnership with Barna Group.
“Our Campus Pastor, PJ Aarsvold, read the book, The Spiritually Vibrant Home, prior to accepting the call to our church and recommended it to us,” says Lead Pastor Andrew Farhat. “I had a conversation surrounding the book with our Director of Outreach and Discipleship, AJ Vega, and it resonated with us regarding our vision to raise up everyday missionaries and a family discipleship pathway: Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Conversations, Hospitality.”
They created a four-part sermon series based on this pathway, along with a summary sermon. Each week, members of the congregation were encouraged to read the appropriate chapter from The Spiritually Vibrant Home book before each sermon. “We also encouraged our Life Groups during the series to watch the supporting videos from LHM online,” says Farhat. “In addition, we began a three-part course called ‘Spiritually Vibrant Homes’ that was inspired by the book and the Households of Faith slide deck.”
“The sermon series was for our two campuses since we are a multi-site church,” says Farhat. “An average of 402 people (in person and online) tuned in to our worship services for that sermon series. The “Spiritually Vibrant Homes” course will be ongoing and will serve as our Evangelism plan.”