The Fairway district Lay Servant Ministries team presents Life Together in the UM Connection. This advanced course meets the polity requirement for those who wish to become certified lay speakers or certified lay ministers. It also counts as an advanced course for certified lay servants and renewals. All are welcome!
The Gateway district LSM team is pleased to present this course on personal prayer, open to all UMC laity. This course helps participants to examine their own prayer lives, and features practical suggestions to learn deeper approaches to personal prayer.
The Harbor district LSM team is pleased to present this course, open to all UMC laity. Anyone who is called upon to lead public prayer may feel anxious and possibly inadequate for such a task. This course offers help for novices as well as veteran leaders of prayer as they create and deliver appropriate prayers in public settings.
The Beacon District is offering a discount to anyone who registers for both this course and the basic course offered the prior week. This Zoom course is open to all laity. In addition, it meets the UM History requirement for those seeking to become certified lay speakers or certified lay ministers. This course also counts as an “advanced course” for certified lay servants or anyone in need of continuing education to renew their certification.
This Zoom course is open to all laity. The Beacon district is offering a discount to anyone who registers for both this course and Living Our United Methodist Beliefs(UM History) the following week. Anyone who completes both courses will have all the needed coursework to become a certified lay servant.
This Zoom course is open to all laity. The Heritage district is offering a discount to anyone who registers for both this course and the Basic course offered the prior week. Anyone who completes both courses will have all the needed coursework to become a certified lay servant.
This Zoom course is open to all laity. The Heritage district is offering a discount to anyone who registers for both this course and Sharing Your Faith the following week. Anyone who completes both courses will have all the needed coursework to become a certified lay servant.
The Harbor district LSM team is pleased to present this spiritual gifts course, open to all UMC laity. This course reminds us that the Holy Spirit gives each Christian one or more spiritual gifts to be used for the common good. It guides readers to discover their own particular gifts and learn to use their gifts to serve others.
The Corridor district LSM team is pleased to present this course, open to all UMC laity. This course is designed to help laity and clergy deepen their understanding of persons living with dementia and help all maintain their identity and worth as beloved children of God.
This course will explore the special gifts of theology, witness, and organization that The United Methodist Church brings to the church universal, how we got where we are today, and how our distinctive emphases are still needed in the 21st-century church.
The Harbor district LSM team is pleased to present this preaching course, open to all UMC laity. This course will expand upon basic public speaking and the foundations necessary for preparing an engaging sermon. Included are various types of sermons – from exegetical to topical to children’s sermons – as well as how to find a story, use the hymnal, and how to move from communication on paper to beyond the paper.
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