Your Lay Servant Ministries team is pleased to announce six courses for our 2024-2025 Winter Quarter. Winter is the perfect season to settle in with a warm drink and deepen your learning from home. Five of our six classes are online, including a self-paced course. Soul Reset will be offered as a two-week journey that invites you to slow down, look inward, and reconnect with God. For those who prefer in-person learning, join us for the UM History class in the Capital District, or take a peek at the in-person courses being planned for our spring quarter (below).
Whether you’re pursuing certification or simply want to grow and fellowship alongside other UMC laity, we have a class for you!
Make a plan to begin the new year with connection and learning—register for a class today!

Basic Course in Lay Servant Ministries
with Ken Ripley
Saturday, January 11, 2025
Zoom

Soul Reset
with Anggie Thompson
Monday, January 13, 2025
through January 24, 2025
Zoom, Self-paced online

Sharing Your Faith
with Ken Ripley
Saturday, January 18, 2025
Zoom

Living Our United Methodist Beliefs (UM History)
with Greg Van Buskirk
Saturday, February 8, 2025
in-person (Raleigh)

Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course
with Tom Santa
Saturday, February 15, 2025
Zoom

Living Our United Methodist Beliefs (UM History)
with Tom Santa
Saturday, February 22, 2025
Zoom
What is planned for the Spring quarter (March-May 2025)?
Zoom
- Embracing Personal Prayer, March 22 (registration open!)
- Leading Worship, date TBD
- Life Together in the UMC (Polity), date TBD
In Person
- Aging and Ministry, Capital district, date TBD
- Called to Preach, Beacon district, date TBD
- Soul Reset, Gateway district, date TBD
