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Garner, NC 27529

Tag: Board of Laity

  • Heritage District: Sharing Your Faith

    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.

  • Fairway District: Basic Course

    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

  • Fairway District: Called to Preach

    This course is open to all laity. In addition, it meets the preaching requirement for those seeking to become certified lay speakers. This course also counts as an “advanced course” for certified lay servants or anyone in need of continuing education to renew their certification.

  • Certified lay speakers are laity who are ready to answer the call to fill a pulpit for a pastor who is sick or is otherwise in need of a substitute preacher. In the North Carolina Conference, we have more than fifty laity who are trained and ready to be serve (Meet Our Lay Speakers).  If…

  • Are you interested in an official name badge from the NC Conference? We are placing an order for magnetic name badges for certified lay servants, certified lay speakers, and certified lay ministers. The deadline to order your name badge is January 10, 2024. If you are unsure whether your certification is active, please reach out…

  • CANCELED – Beacon District: Leading Worship

    This in-person course is open to all laity and meets the worship requirement for those seeking to become certified lay speakers. This course also counts as an “advanced course” for certified lay servants or anyone in need of continuing education to renew their certification.