Community – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Freedom in Unlikely Friendship

Community, Freedom, Friends, opportunities, Relationships, sidekick, Unlikely

The friendship between Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg has to be one of the unlikeliest. “‘When you work with someone like Snoop, it’s like…

Faith Not Luck

Acceptance, Community, experience forgiveness, Faith, have faith, Love

In his novel The River We Remember, William Kent Krueger explores the pasts of multiple characters and how in the present they struggle with…

Fruit Producing Branches

Branch, Community, Fruit, isolation, Jesus

Followers of Jesus need to be connected to the vine, but not in singularity. To bear fruit, the fruit-producing branches need other fruit-producing branches….

Picture of the Church

Community, nurtured, table, welcomed

In David Brooks’s book The Second Mountain, he describes the dinner table of Kathy Fletcher and David Simpson, where “on any given Thursday night there…

Coffee and Donuts

build the Church, Community, Discussion, Fellowship, socialize

In many churches, the term “fellowship” has been reduced to the title of a committee that serves coffee and punch after worship. Yet, those…

Made For Community

ALone, commit to living, Community, isolation, team work, unstoppable, work together

Isolation is one of the worst positions a basketball player can find himself in on defense. When the other player is skilled, you can…

Alone

Afraid, ALone, Challenges, Community, Home, Loneliness

In a game show called Alone, contestants are dropped in the middle of nowhere with only a handful of survival items. As the show…

Separation in Community

Community, Connection, Division, remember the titans, segregation, separation, The Church

Every church is made up of people who have a past. There is no escaping this reality. The past we think about is often…

Cry for Help

Community, Hard times, Help, obstacles

Create a buddy system obstacle game in which pairs are established and cell numbers are shared. Blindfold one buddy while the other one leads…

Quilted Together by God

Community, God the Father, Serve, Worship

The African American quilt artist Faith Ringgold created her quilt entitled ChurchPicnic in 1988 to depict a time of optimism within the African Americancommunity…

Our Best Work is Together

Community, Teamwork, Working Together

Your right hand is only most useful when you also have a left. Although you cando a lot with only one hand, hands work…

Vulnerable and Lonely

Community, Loneliness, Lonely, Vulnerable

“Our report suggests that 36% of all Americans—including 61% of young adultsand 51% of mothers with young children—feel ‘serious loneliness.’ Notsurprisingly, loneliness appears to…

See Them, Serve Them, Love Them

Community, Grace, Jesus, Love, Serve, Service

In China Miéville’s The City & The City, two cities coexist at the same time andplace. The residents of each dislike the other and…

Faith More Than A Hobby

Church Life, Community, Defense, Faith

In a soccer game, one team was winning by a significant margin. The reason thegame was so lopsided wasn’t clear at first. The losing…

Accidental Treasures

Community, Kingdom of God, Parables, Personal Commitment, Treasure

Here is a link to a YouTube video that has compiled a list of amazing treasures people found by accident: https://youtu.be/HWVpPer4vtg. It is a grouping…

You’ve Got a Friend in Community

Community, Forgiveness, Friendship, Unity

You got a friend in me” The Randy Newman song can be heard throughout every Toy Story movie. The original movie, Toy Story (directed…

Unity isn’t Walking Alone

Community, Unity

We aren’t meant to walk alone: “Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart / And you’ll never walk alone.” These lyrics from…

Church DNA

Church Family, Community, Culture, Ethics

DNA is the code of life. Your DNA defines (physically) who you are. It not only defines who you are but also tells where…

Community Teamwork

Community, team, Unity

One of the most powerful examples of a community is a team. Whether it is a World Cup soccer team or fictional superheroes like…

Willing and Available

Available, Community, Selfless, Willing

The school lunch table. So much happens in cafeterias. One thing that many did and still do is trade or share lunches. Maybe you…