Course Dates: April 20 – May 1, 2026 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…
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: Not Currently Enrolling 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 are often trapped…
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: February 9 – 20, 2026 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…
Course Dates: Not Currently Enrolling Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted All participants in the Body of Christ depend on the spiritual gifts God has given them. Those gifts differ but they provide the foundation for whatever ministry we do. Learn more about your spiritual gifts – and how to help…
Course Dates: March 2 – 20, 2026 Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted This course exploring the history, heritage, beliefs, mission and culture of the United Methodist Church is for anyone – newcomer or longtime member – who wants to know what’s distinctive about being a United Methodist Christian. Learners will…
Course Dates: February 23 – March 13, 2026 Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted It’s 2026, heading into the second year after the dramatic General Conference of 2024, and there is a big change in the global structure of the United Methodist Church: the Regionalization constitutional amendments have been ratified. Details…
Course Dates: March 9 – 21, 2026 Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted Learning the sacred stories of Scripture by heart and sharing them with others is both an ancient-future art and a powerful spiritual practice. This course’s methods, developed by the Network of Biblical Storytellers International (NBSI), are for everyone…
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