

2024-2025 calendar.
Note: this calendar is tentative
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Module 1
September 22
Mentor planning/training
September 23
Preaching slam
September 23-25
In-person gathering in Des Moines
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Module 2
October 9
All-cohort Zoom meeting
Speaker: Julie Smith, Lutheran Congregations in Mission with Christ
Topic: Preaching the Law
October 15
Guide check-in with individual fellows
Week of October 20
Small group Zoom meetings
October 29
Congregational sermon feedback
Sermon whisperers feedback on lament psalms
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Module 3
November 13
All-cohort Zoom meeting
Speaker: Hans Wiersma, Augsburg University
Topic: Bondage of the Will
November 12
Guide check-in with individual fellows
Week of November 17
Small group Zoom meetings
Week of November 24
Congregational sermon feedback
Sermon whisperers feedback on trust psalms
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Module 4
December 4
All-cohort Zoom meeting
Speaker: Kristin Wiersma, Focus Consulting MSP
Topic: Complexity Science as a Way to Understand Preaching
December 10
Guide check-in with individual fellows
Week of December 15
Small group Zoom meetings
Week of December 24
No sermon feedback
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January 2025
January 14
Congregational sermon feedback
Sermon whisperers feedback on imprecatory psalms
January 20-21
In-person gathering in Corona del Mar, California​
Speaker: David Zahl, Mockingbird Ministries
Topic: Every Encounter Is a Preaching Opportunity
Speaker: Jacob Smith, Calvary-St. George's Parish, New York
Topic: The Care and Feeding of the Preacher
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Module 5
February 5
All-cohort Zoom meeting
Topic: Picking the brain of the Preacher in Residence
Week of February 9
Small group Zoom meetings
Week of February 16
Guide check-in with individual fellows
February 26
All-cohort Zoom meeting
Speaker: Dr. Johanna Hartelius, University of Texas at Austin
Topic: The rhetoric of preaching
Note: Sermon feedback and all-cohort Zoom meeting are switched due to Ash Wednesday
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Module 6
Week of March 2
Congregational sermon feedback
Sermon whisperers feedback on ascent psalms
Week of March 9
Small group Zoom meetings
Week of March 16
Guide check-in with individual fellows
Week of March 23
Congregational sermon feedback
Sermon whisperers feedback on royal psalms
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Module 7
March 26
All-cohort Zoom meeting
Week of April 6
Small group Zoom meetings
April 13-19
Holy Week: no Project activities
April 20
Deliver the goods: it's Easter Sunday indeed!
Week of April 20
Guide check-in with individual fellows
Week of April 27
Congregational sermon feedback
Sermon whisperers feedback on covenant and salvation history psalms
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Module 8
May 1
Applications for 2025-2026 cohort open
May 1-3
Mockingbird New York City event*
May 7
All-cohort Zoom meeting
Week of May 11
Small group Zoom meetings
Week of May 18
Guide check-in with individual fellows
Week of May 27
Congregational sermon feedback
Sermon whisperers sermon feedback on praise psalms
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June 2025
June 9-11
In-person celebration gathering in Charlottesville, Virginia
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*Partner event separate from Iowa Preachers Project activities