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Sermon drafts for Thanksgiving, Advent and Christmas
Seven sermon drafts for the season: Thanksgiving, one for each Sunday of Advent, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Three more cover the new year, funerals and weddings. Each comes with an outline, small group questions and prayer points, and each was drafted in Prepser from a short brief. Prepser is an AI second brain for pastors: with your own sermons and notes in it, the same brief draws on what you have already preached.
| Week | Date (2026) | Sermon | Passage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thanksgiving | Sunday, November 22, or Thursday, November 26 | Thanksgiving: Ten Were Healed—One Came Back | Luke 17:11–19 |
| Advent 1 | Sunday, November 29 | Hope: The Light Has Come | Isaiah 9:2–7 |
| Advent 2 | Sunday, December 6 | Peace: The Peace We Cannot Make | Isaiah 11:1–10 |
| Advent 3 | Sunday, December 13 | Joy: Joy in the God Who Keeps His Promises | Luke 1:39–56 |
| Advent 4 | Sunday, December 20 | Love: The Love That Came Down | John 3:16–17 |
| Christmas Eve | Thursday, December 24 | The Word Came Near | John 1:1–14 |
| Christmas Day | Friday, December 25 | Good News of Great Joy for All the People | Luke 2:1–20 |
Planning the four Sundays as one series? Start with the Advent sermon series: hope, peace, joy and love.
Sermons for the new year, funerals and weddings
| Occasion | When | Sermon | Passage |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Year | Thursday, December 31, 2026, or Sunday, January 3, 2027 | Pressing On in the New Year | Philippians 3:12–14 |
| Funeral | A funeral or memorial service | A Home Beyond the Grave | John 14:1–6 |
| Wedding | A wedding ceremony | Clothed in Christ: The Shape of Love in Marriage | Colossians 3:12–17 |
Frequently asked
Can I preach these drafts?
They are starting points. Read the passage first, keep what serves your people, cut what doesn't and add your own illustrations. A draft you have studied and rewritten preaches better than one read as it came.
How were they written?
Each one was generated by Prepser's Draft a sermon in the iPhone and iPad app from a short brief: passage, theme, a mixed congregation and a length. You can see here the kind of draft the app gives you.
When does Advent start in 2026?
On Sunday, November 29, 2026. The four Sundays are November 29, December 6, December 13 and December 20; Christmas Day is a Friday.
Updated November 4, 2026.