UPCOMING EVENTS
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***Update [5/7/2024]: The starting date of this course has been changed from May 14 to October 29. The Hawai`i District will be affected by daylight savings time ending in California
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***Update [5/7/2024]: The starting date of this course has been changed from May 14 to October 29. The Hawai`i District will be affected by daylight savings time ending in California on November 3.***
Dates: five Tuesdays, October 29, 6 PM – 8 PM PDT (3 PM HST/11 AM Wednesdays ChST) & November 5-26, 2024, 6 PM – 8 PM PST (4 PM HST/Noon Wednesdays ChST)
Location: online (Zoom)
Cost: $20 + provide your own book (see below)
This class is open to participants from all Cal-Pac & Cal-Nev districts and others. To view the 2024 Tongan LSM Course series schedule, click here.
Prerequisite: Basic LSM
How do we walk with people experiencing pain, grief, and loss? As people of faith committed to wholeness and healing, we are called to a ministry of compassion and care. This course helps build foundational knowledge and skills to engage in this vital ministry of the church. This course can be counted toward recertification.
- All those seeking certification as a Certified Lay Servant are invited to attend. To learn more about Lay Servant Ministries, click here.
- Attendance is required at all sessions for credit.
- Provide your own book: Basic Course Participant’s Book by Sandy Jackson and Brian Jackson
You will receive the Zoom link in your registration confirmation.
- Technical requirements: To participate in Zoom meetings, participants must have a reliable Internet connection, and a laptop, tablet, or smartphone device that can download and install the Zoom app. A web or phone camera and a microphone are highly recommended, although some users may call in via phone if a mic is not available.
If you have any questions, please email Kalesita Faasisila (kalesita.f@cnumc.org).
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Dates: Tuesdays, June 25 - July 23, 2024, 6 PM - 8 PM PDT (3 PM HST/11 AM Wednesdays
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Dates: Tuesdays, June 25 – July 23, 2024, 6 PM – 8 PM PDT (3 PM HST/11 AM Wednesdays ChST)
Location: online (Zoom)
Cost: $20 and you must acquire your own reading materials (see below)
This class is open to participants from all Cal-Pac & Cal-Nev districts and others. To view the 2024 Tongan LSM Course series schedule, click here.
Prerequisite: Basic LSM
The best book in the world is not the easiest book to read. This course is designed for individuals seeking to deepen their comprehension of the Bible and to give them tools to enhance their joy and discovery in reading it.
This class is required for Lay Speaker certification.
- All those seeking certification as a Certified Lay Servant are invited to attend. To learn more about Lay Servant Ministries, click here.
- Attendance is required at all sessions for credit.
- Provide your own book: Introduction to the Class (PDF) & Deeper into the Bible PDF
You will receive the Zoom link in your registration confirmation.
- Technical requirements: To participate in Zoom meetings, participants must have a reliable Internet connection, and a laptop, tablet, or smartphone device that can download and install the Zoom app. A web or phone camera and a microphone are highly recommended, although some users may call in via phone if a mic is not available.
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Dates: Tuesdays, August 6 - September 3, 2024, 6 PM - 8 PM PDT (3 PM HST/11 AM Wednesdays
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Dates: Tuesdays, August 6 – September 3, 2024, 6 PM – 8 PM PDT (3 PM HST/11 AM Wednesdays ChST)
Location: online (Zoom)
Cost: $20 + you must acquire your own books (see below)
This class is open to participants from all Cal-Pac & Cal-Nev districts and others. To view the 2024 Tongan LSM Course series schedule, click here.
Prerequisite: Basic LSM
This course focuses on the ministry of the lay servant who either regularly or occasionally leads a group or congregation in worship.
This class is required for Lay Speaker certification.
- All those seeking certification as a Certified Lay Servant are invited to attend. To learn more about Lay Servant Ministries, click here.
- Attendance is required at all sessions for credit.
- Provide your own book:
- Worshipping with United Methodists (available at The Upper Room) &
- Shaping the Prayers of the People: The Art of Intercession (available at Cokesbury)
You will receive the Zoom link in your registration confirmation.
- Technical requirements: To participate in Zoom meetings, participants must have a reliable Internet connection, and a laptop, tablet, or smartphone device that can download and install the Zoom app. A web or phone camera and a microphone are highly recommended, although some users may call in via phone if a mic is not available.
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Dates: Tuesdays, September 17 - October 15, 2024, 6 PM - 8 PM PDT (3 PM HST/11 AM Wednesdays
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Dates: Tuesdays, September 17 – October 15, 2024, 6 PM – 8 PM PDT (3 PM HST/11 AM Wednesdays ChST)
Location: online (Zoom)
Cost: $20 + provide your own book (see below)
This class is open to participants from all Cal-Pac & Cal-Nev districts and others. To view the 2024 Tongan LSM Course series schedule, click here.
Prerequisite: Basic LSM & Deeper Into the Bible
This is a beginning course on preaching that covers the process of discerning the message of the Biblical text for your context, sermon preparation, and delivery, including tips for in-person and hybrid worship.
This course offers practical tips for persons who are called on to preach occasionally but are not formally trained as pastors. Uses text: “From Pew to Pulpit”
Learners will:
- Examine the role of the sermon in the Service of Worship and see it as a proclamation of the Good News;
- Work through the stages in sermon preparation from; message topic to final manuscript;
- Learn how to assess the congregation’s profile as it impacts sermon creation and delivery;
- Examine technical issues of grammar, language, word selection, and humor and their impact on delivering the sermon.
This class is required for Lay Speaker certification.
- All those seeking certification as a Certified Lay Servant are invited to attend. To learn more about Lay Servant Ministries, click here.
- Attendance is required at all sessions for credit.
- Provide your own book: From Pew to Pulpit: A Beginner’s Guide to Preaching by Clifton F. Guthrie (available at The Upper Room)
You will receive the Zoom link in your registration confirmation.
- Technical requirements: To participate in Zoom meetings, participants must have a reliable Internet connection, and a laptop, tablet, or smartphone device that can download and install the Zoom app. A web or phone camera and a microphone are highly recommended, although some users may call in via phone if a mic is not available.
If you have any questions, please email Kalesita Faasisila (kalesita.f@cnumc.org).