New classes are added regularly. Keep checking back and reach out to your district director if you need a course that you do not see listed.
- All classes include a book that you must order and read prior to the class. Links to purchase books are available when you register or on our course descriptions page.
- All courses (zoom and in person) are open to anyone across the conference. Classes presented by districts are not limited to participants from that district.
- Courses that meet requirements to became a certified lay speaker are marked with an asterisk (*).
Recent and Upcoming Classes
| Course Title | District (click to register) | Location | Facilitator | Cost | Registration Closes | Course Date |
| Basic Course in Lay Servant Ministries* | Sound | Zoom | Roxie Cauley | $15 | 1/29/2023 | 2/11/2023 |
| Called to Preach* | Beacon | Columbia | Ginny Crocker and David Blackman | $25 | 1/8/2023 | 1/14/2023 |
| Basic Course in Lay Servant Ministries* | Beacon | Edenton | Tom Santa | $25 | 11/28/2022 | 12/3/2022 |
| Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts* | Harbor | Wesley Memorial UMC (Wilmington | Sandy Core and Ernest Leatherman | closed | 11/19/2022 | |
| Soul Reset | Corridor | Zoom | Anggie Thompson | closed | 11/5/2022 | |
| Devotional Life in the Wesleyan Tradition | Beacon | Hybrid: Zoom and Elizabeth City | Jo Drago | closed | 11/5/2022 | |
| Basic Course in Lay Servant Ministries* | Beacon | Hybrid: Zoom and Elizabeth City | Tom Santa | closed | 11/5/2022 | |
| Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts* | Beacon | Hybrid: Zoom and Elizabeth City | Jim Jones and Suzanne Nelson | closed | 11/5/2022 | |
| Accountable Discipleship | Corridor | Durham | Belton Joyner | closed | 10/22/2022 | |
| Leading Bible Study | Center for Leadership Excellence | Zoom | Alan Felton | closed | 9/29/2022-10/20/2022 | |
| Life Together in the United Methodist Connection* (Polity) | Gateway | Zoom | Steve Taylor | closed | 8/13/2022 | |
| Leading Worship* | Harbor | Wilmington | Sandy Core and Ernest Leatherman | closed | 8/13/2022 | |
| Basic Course in Lay Servant Ministries* | Gateway | Zoom | Gypsie Murdaugh | closed | 6/11/2022 | |
| Basic Course in Lay Servant Ministries* | Fairway | Sanford | Mamie Alley | closed | 5/21/2022 | |
| Living Our United Methodist Beliefs* (UM History) | Fairway | Sanford | Dena White | closed | 5/21/2022 | |
| Called to Preach* | Fairway | Sanford | Eddie Hill | closed | 5/21/2022 | |
| Living Our United Methodist Beliefs* (UM History) | Beacon | Zoom | Tom Santa | closed | 5/14/2022 | |
| Basic Course in Lay Servant Ministries* | Corridor | Zoom | Allen Burden | closed | 5/14/2022 | |
| Life Together in the United Methodist Connection* (Polity) | Sound | Zoom | Taylor Mills | closed | 4/30/2022 | |
| Devotional Life in the Wesleyan Tradition | Corridor | Zoom | Darcy Knight | closed | 4/9/2022 | |
| From Your Heart to Theirs: Delivering an Effective Sermon | Harbor | Hybrid: Zoom and Oak Island | Mike Macdonald | closed | 3/19/2022 | |
| Basic Course in Lay Servant Ministries* | Sound | Zoom | Jackie Attaway, Bobby Meadows and Roxie Cauley | closed | 3/5/2022 | |
| Lay Servants Lead Conflict Resolution | Heritage | Zoom | Ken Ripley | closed | 2/19/2022 | |
| Transforming Evangelism | Heritage | Zoom | Ken Ripley | closed | 2/5/2022 | |
| Basic Course in Lay Servant Ministries* | Heritage | Zoom | Ken Ripley | closed | 1/22/2022 |