Ditch Your Cape

Ditch Your Cape: Discovering the Real Hero of the Parable of the Good Samaritan is a three-week sermon series and small group study that invites congregations to read a familiar story in a new way. Rather than casting ourselves as the Good Samaritan, the series explores what it means for Jesus to be the hero of the story, the one who offers healing, wholeness and belonging, while we find ourselves in the ditch. This shift reshapes how we understand both our need for grace and the church’s mission. Each week focuses on one part of the passage in Luke 10: Ditch Your Assumptions, Ditch Your Cape and Ditch Your Agenda. The resource includes sermon building points, worship promos, liturgical elements, small group questions, weekly spiritual practices that help people get to know and pray for their neighbors, music recommendations, further reading and series graphics.

Use the series in worship, in small groups or both, adapting the material to fit your context.