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.
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.
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 for those on whose behalf the prayer is offered.
The Beacon and Sound district LSM teams are pleased to present this new advanced course, open to all UMC laity. This course helps lay servant leaders understand and adapt an intentional discipleship plan for their church context using resources from the See All The People movement.
The Capital 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 North Carolina Conference Lay Servant Ministries team will sponsor an information session on Certified Lay Ministry (CLM) at the North Carolina Conference building in Garner.
The Harbor district LSM team is pleased to present United Methodist polity, revised and updated after the most recent General Conference! This course is open to all UMC laity. Note that it takes place on two Sunday afternoons. You must attend both days to receive course credit!
The Corridor district LSM team is pleased to present this course on climate justice, open to all UMC laity. This course empowers lay participants to engage local churches in creation care and environmental justice.
The Capital district Lay Servant Ministries team presents this advanced course, open to all UMC laity. This course will guide lay servants seeking to be more empowered to lead their congregations toward vitality.
This course is open to all laity and is a great way to learn about the many ways laity can answer their call to ministry in the UMC. This course is required for all laity seeking certification as a lay servant, lay speaker, or lay minister.
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.
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.
