2023 Day of Discovery for Certified Lay Ministry

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.

Sound District: Basic Course in Lay Servant Ministries

Cherry Point UMC 103 Methodist Drive, Havelock, North Carolina

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. Participants choose whether to join in person or online.

$15 – $25

Living Our United Methodist Beliefs (UM History) on Zoom

This 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.

$15

Life Together in the UM Connection (Polity) on Zoom

This 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.

$15

Corridor District: Soul Reset

Orange UMC 1220 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, NC 27514-6600, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

This course is open to all laity and can be used as the continuing education requirement for certified lay servant, certified lay speakers, and certified lay ministers. It can also count as the advanced course requirement for becoming a certified lay servant.

$25

Corridor District: For the Common Good

Orange UMC 1220 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, NC 27514-6600, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

This course is open to all laity regardless of interest in certifications. In addition, it meets the spiritual gifts requirement to become a certified lay speaker. It also counts as an advanced course toward becoming a certified lay servant or renewing any of the Lay Servant Ministry certifications.

$25

Corridor District: Justice in Everyday Life

Orange UMC 1220 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, NC 27514-6600, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

This course takes an in-depth look at the Social Principles of The United Methodist Church — the church’s attempt to speak on contemporary issues with which it is confronted today. The course covers topics such as the following: Natural World, Social Community, Economic Community, and Political Community.

$25

Harbor District: Called to Preach

Ocean View UMC 8400 E Oak Island Dr, Oak Island, North Carolina

This course is designed for those who have not completed formal preaching training, for pastors seeking a basic refresher course, and for others who are called upon to preach in a pastor’s absence.

$25

Gateway District: Sacraments

Galilee UMC 941 McGirts Bridge Rd, Laurinburg, North Carolina

This advanced course with a leader’s guide by Rev. Beth Galbreath crystalizes her unique focus in the online Be A Disciple courses on Baptism and Holy Communion. Here Rev. Galbreath combines her approach with the key insights of two books on our sacramental life: By Water and the Spirit and This Holy Mystery, by the late Gayle Carlton Felton.

$25
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