From Your Heart to Theirs is for laity and clergy who are striving to build their preaching skills. It is a two-week course with insights into the connection of scripture with events and experiences, even if you haven’t preached that way before, while offering a safe space to practice those skills, and without leaving home.
This is a course designed to help you learn about grace while exploring the practices that help you nurture and watch over one another in love. Participating in the means of grace (works of mercy and works of piety), you are better able to help others understand the power of grace so that you grow in love of God and neighbor, modeling grace and mentoring as you pass this knowledge on to others.
There is a big change in the global structure of the United Methodist Church: the regionalization constitutional amendments have been ratified. Details of what that means for the church in the United States are being worked out, and it’s an exciting time to be studying our church polity! This course will cover where we are now, what comes next for our denomination, and what will not change at all for our congregations. It will help church leaders and longtime members lead and help newcomers get their bearings. Our goal will be to understand how we serve and fulfill God’s call through Wesleyan organizational principles and connections with our local annual conferences. We’ll explore how such principles help our congregations be a place and a people that embody the Kingdom of God.
This third Certified Lay Ministry (CLM) module covers the basics of leadership, administration, and congregational development, and how to maximize leadership, organization, and resources in various kinds of congregations.
This second Certified Lay Ministry (CLM) module explores basic skills needed by the Certified Lay Minister, including leading worship, preaching and sharing faith, forming discipleship ministries, and providing congregational care.
Called to Preach is for laity and clergy who are striving to build their preaching skills. It is a two-week course that provides learning and practice with specific sermon structures, research resources for sermon content, and the opportunity to present a sermon, all in a safe space for practicing skills.
Leading Worship is a two-week foundational course on worship for laity and clergy who want to build their leadership confidence. Focus is on the Basic Pattern of Christian worship and on the dynamics of energy, presence, and flow, giving learners the opportunity to practice and improve those elements with feedback from the instructor and from their peers.
From Your Heart to Theirs is for laity and clergy who are striving to expand their preaching abilities. It is a two-week course with insights into the connection of scripture with events and experiences, even if you haven’t preached that way before, while offering a safe space to practice those skills, and without leaving home.
Are you called to Certified Lay Ministry? Are you called to lead discipleship programs, accountability groups, or even to help serve small membership churches? CLM Module One: Call and Covenant for Ministry examines United Methodist theology and ordering of ministry, along with the role of the Certified Lay Minister and other leadership concerns. Alongside fellow students, you will discover how CLMs “fit” into the big picture of ministry in the United Methodist Church and, through conversation with your fellow students and with instructor guidance, you’ll begin the process of discerning your own call.
This six-week course is designed for learners who want to read William P. Brown’s book Sacred Tension in community with an instructor and other learners. The course will provide a schedule for reading the book so you can read and reflect on the material throughout the week, then share your reflections with others. It may be of special interest if you have taken the “Teaching Sacred Tension to Local Congregations” course, allowing you to familiarize yourself with the whole book before leading a course in your local church.
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