{"id":11841,"date":"2025-12-02T11:26:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=11841"},"modified":"2026-02-10T11:44:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T16:44:55","slug":"nc-conference-leadership-training-lay-leader","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/event\/nc-conference-leadership-training-lay-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"NC Conference Leadership Training: Lay Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-columns gb-layout-columns-2 gb-2-col-equal has-dark-gray-background-color has-theme-secondary-color gb-columns-center alignfull\" style=\"padding-top:10%;padding-right:5%;padding-left:5%\"><div class=\"gb-layout-column-wrap gb-block-layout-column-gap-5 gb-is-responsive-column\" style=\"max-width:1140px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-theme-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d935357c71fb01a8a27be07b640d1f21\"><strong>The Center for Leadership Excellence presents the 2026 Lay Leader training<\/strong>&#8230;<\/h4>\n\n\n<div  class=\"tribe-events-schedule tribe-clearfix\" >\n\t<p class=\"tribe-events-schedule__datetime\">\n\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__date tribe-events-schedule__date--start\">\n\t\t\tJanuary 25\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__separator tribe-events-schedule__separator--date\">\n\t\t\t\t @ \t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__time tribe-events-schedule__time--start\">\n\t\t\t\t3:15 pm\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__separator tribe-events-schedule__separator--time\">\n\t\t\t\t\t &#8211; \t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__time tribe-events-schedule__time--end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t4:15 pm\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\"tribe-block tribe-block__venue tribe-clearfix\" >\n\t\n\t\n<div class=\"tribe-block__venue__meta\">\n\t<div class=\"tribe-block__venue__name\">\n\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/venue\/zoom\/\" title=\"Zoom\">Zoom<\/a><\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\"tribe-block tribe-block__event-price\" >\n\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-block__event-price__cost\"> Free <\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Join the Lay Leader training, led by <a href=\"#presenter\">NC Conference Lay Leader John Hall<\/a>. <\/strong>Whether you are starting a new leadership role or have been serving in church leadership for years, this training will prepare you for your much-needed ministry. You may register for any of the six virtual workshops designed to equip you to serve in your local church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-secondary-color has-text-color\"><strong>How It Works<\/strong><br>We will host six Zoom meetings, and registrants can choose the topics that they need. If you cannot make it during the scheduled time, no worries, we will send the recordings for <em>all <\/em>the sessions in early February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-secondary-color has-text-color\"><strong>Who Can Register?<\/strong><br>Anyone! We send invitations to the chair of each committee and church lay leaders. However, we recommend that all committee members attend the training to receive the same information. 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