Connection – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Pretending

Connection, Culture, Fake, lies, pretend, Truth

Loneliness is a universal human experience. The popular musical Dear Evan Hansen has been so well received in part because its story centers on how loneliness…

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…

Connection And Encouragement

Connection, Encouragement, Following God, Love One Another, Mission

At the end of the film Paterson (directed by Jim Jarmusch, Bleecker Street, 2016), the protagonist has given up his dreams of being a…

Christ-Centered Friendships

Christ centered, Connection, Friendship, Venn Diagram

Think back to middle school math class. A Venn diagram is a graphic representation in which two or more sets of information are positioned…

Closing the Gaps

Community, Connection, Division, Unity

Artist Hunter Franks traveled across the country, intentionally designing interventions to help close gaps in racially and economically divided cities by sending postcards to…

Connected

Community, Connection, Health, The Body of Christ, The Church

“Within a shrouded New Zealand forest, a tree stump keeps itself alive by holding onto the roots of its neighboring trees, exchanging water and…

Costume Party

Church, Community, Connection, Vulnerability

Can you imagine hosting a dinner party where instead of having friends come over and share their lives with you, they came dressed for…

Sturdy Bridge

1 Peter 2:5, 2 Corinthians 6:16, Acts 4:32-33, Bridge, Building, Community, Connection, Deficient, Ephesians 2:21-22, Gaps, Illustration, John 4:23, Remain, Strength, Structure

According to a 2013 study by Transportation for America, 1 in 9 bridges remain structurally deficient. Churches, like many bridges in our country, can…

The Prodigal Returns

2 Corinthians 5:19, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Colossians 1:21, Connection, Enemy, Grace, Love, Luke 15:24, Mercy, Prodigal, Repentance, Romans 5:10, Sin, Support, Welcome

A recent episode of the podcast Invisibilia covered a story of how one small Danish town responded to young Muslim men leaving to go…