Chapel Talk Writing Outline

Chapel Talk Writing Outline

Your goal is to write a talk which will both inspire your hearers to love God with all their heart, soul, mind and strength (inspiration) and to compete greatly (motivation).

· Introduction
o Brief reference to the day’s situation, the recent experiences of the team, etc… Begin where the team is, in the context of their lives in sport.
· Bridge to Scripture
o One sentence to bridge the team’s situation to a similar situation or principle in the Bible.
· Read the text of Scripture
· Induce principles from the Scripture
o Briefly describe simple truths from the Bible text
o Two to three simple points work best
· Apply principles from the text to the team’s life and today’s competition
o Same principles from the previous point
o Directly applied to the upcoming competition
o Directly applied to life beyond sport
· Summarize and challenge with prayer

This format works well for a 5-7 minute talk. It can also be employed for longer talks, allowing more time for more detailed illustrations and stories.

The key to this format is to start with the team’s situation and then to see a similar situation in a scriptural narrative or biblical principles which directly address their situation. Then one applies those scriptural principles to the life of the team for their upcoming competition and beyond.