Welcome to the Preach360 Community! It’s a huge honor to have you here. Our goal is to help you preach grace as fuel for new life so that your people come alive to the wonder, beauty, and transforming power of the gospel. ☕️ A Community vs a Library Preach360 is designed to be a pastoral community, not just a personal library. Real growth happens when we learn together, share wins, acknowledge challenges, and genuinely engage with one another. To encourage participation, I'm going to use the "gamification" features built into Skool's "leaderboard," not to pressure anyone, but to facilitate connection in a fun way. How to Level Up on the Board. It’s simple. Introduce yourself, ask questions, and encourage others. Engagement is our way of ensuring this remains a vibrant, supportive fellowship of pastors, rather than a quiet library. 👋 In case you don't know me. My name is McKay Caston. Over 30+ years as a pastor, author, and seminary professor, I've served different-sized churches in urban, suburban, rural, and college town contexts, with my last pastoral call as a church planter in Dahlonega, GA. My life mission is to help pastors preach cross-tethered sermons and live cross-tethered lives. I've been married for almost 35 years, with three adult children. When not here, I enjoy time at home and hiking the mountains of north Georgia. 🚦 Basic community "guidelines." 1. This is a safe place. 2. This is not a place for political rants. 3. Be constructive. 4. Honor confidentiality. 5. No solicitation or spam. Here are your next steps... ✅ Step 1: Introduce yourself in the comments section below 1. Who are you & where are you serving? (City/State/Country) 2. What is your current preaching context? (Solo pastor, church planter, staff, student?) 3. What is your biggest challenge with sermon prep right now? 4. Drop a link to your church website and/or sermons (optional). ✅ Step 2: Comment on at least 2 other people's introductions or posts ✅ Step 3: Explore the Classroom

So glad you made it in! See more👇. What to do right now: 1. Update your profile: Please upload a photo so we aren’t talking to blank avatars. It helps us feel like a real community. 2. Look around: Click on the "Classroom" tab and the "Calendar" tab. How does it feel compared to what we have on Circle? 3. On a scale of 1-10, how easy was it to get in and set up your profile? Let me know below! NOTE: As I mentioned in the email, we are test-driving this platform to see if Skool will provide a simpler, more focused space for us to connect and grow together.