Course Dates: September 8 – 19, 2025 Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted “John and Charles Wesley and the early Methodists understood the importance of Christian community, lay leadership in ministry, small groups, and mutual accountability, and supporting the work of Christian formation. Men and women learned the basic practices of…
Course Dates: August 11 – 22, 2025 Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted Are you searching for greater intimacy in your devotional life? As a Christian servant, you are called to practice the disciplines of daily prayer and Bible study as you grow in discerning God’s presence in your life. This…
Course Dates: Not Currently Enrolling Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted Are you ready to move toward more effective small groups? John and Charles Wesley considered small groups a vital component of Methodist discipleship. These groups, which provided support and accountability, also included active mission —not simply attending or studying, but…
Course Dates: July 7 – 18, 2025 Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted Are you ready to take your Bible Study group or adult Sunday School class to a deeper level? This Advanced Lay Servant course might be just what you need! Through daily discussion board questions and private journals, you’ll…
Course Dates: November 10 – 21, 2025 Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted Stewardship feels like a dirty word in most churches. Pastors preach about it knowing they must while members sit uncomfortably through the “it’s-that-time-again” sermons and other appeals. But it doesn’t have to be that way! Stewardship really means…
Course Dates: Not Currently Enrolling Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted What do you yearn to experience in worship? How has — or might — ritual action shape your life, ethics and witness to the Word? What unleashes the power and grace to worship? In six three-day segments we will read Patterned by…
Course Dates: September 15 – October 17, 2025 Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted Christians, Jews, Muslims – all members of faiths that claim descent from Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar, in whose family God promised “all the families of the earth will be blessed.” Five thousand years later their spiritual descendants…
Course Dates: Not Currently Enrolling Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted For many lay speakers, the prospect of leading worship can be an intimidating. This course will help you prepare to lead worship or do “pulpit supply” with confidence. It fulfills requirements for “Leading Worship” and “Planning Worship” needed for Lay…
Course Dates: Not Currently Enrolling Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted Try something fun with a lot of new ideas for using biblical storytelling in worship and teaching! This workshop expands on the methods taught in Biblical Storytelling I . It explores a number of storytelling genres as well as telling the…
Course Dates: June 2 – 13, 2025 Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted As a Lay Speaker/Servant/Leader, you may find yourself leading prayer in worship services as well as in other settings. Since people learn to pray by listening to others, the prayers they hear in church and Sunday school have a…
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