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Your Lay Servant Ministries team is pleased to announce four courses for our “winter quarter.” These classes are open and available to all UMC laity, whether or not you have taken a class with us before.

Invite a friend to join you, and get ready to deepen your UMC knowledge alongside other laity from across the conference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Registration is open. Claim your spot today!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life Together in the United Methodist Connection (UM Polity)<\/strong><\/a>
Facilitated by Taylor Mills
January 20, 8:30am-5pm
Zoom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leading Worship<\/strong><\/a>
Facilitated by Anne Sims
February 3, 8:30am-4:30pm
Zoom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Basic Course in Lay Servant Ministries<\/strong><\/a>
Facilitated by James Bernstein
February 10, 8:30am-5pm
in-person (Raleigh)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Living Our United Methodist Beliefs (UM History)<\/strong><\/a>
Facilitated by Tom Santa
February 17, 8am-5pm
Zoom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interested in Other Courses?<\/strong>\u00a0We are actively planning classes for the spring (March-May) and summer (June-August) quarters. If there is a specific class you need, let us know!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We hope to see you at a Lay Servant Ministries class soon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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View All Upcoming Courses<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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