1. Hand out a fill-in-the-blank testimony sheet each Sunday and ask those whose life has been changed to fill in their story. Then compile the testimonies by themes so that they could quickly be located to support a particular sermon. You might also put a form on your website for submitting personal stories. When you need a personal, real story to support the worship theme, you can ask the person if they would tell their story on video so it could be shown in worship. This way you can control the length as well as help the person deal with their fear of standing in front of a congregation.

2. Have a form for each of your small groups where they can record life transformational stories and sent in to be placed in files by theme.

Send out an email to all of the leaders of the church to collect the same personal stories as below.