Gobierno y Política de la Iglesia | LAY SERVANT HISPANIC MINISTRIES: UM Polity 2025

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December 2025 – Lunes/Mondays
Lunes, Diciembre 1, 8, 15, 2025, 6:45 PM – 8:45 PM California (PST); Sábado, Diciembre 20, 2025 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM California (PST).
Zoom Online Platform and In Person|Por Zoom y en Persona

Cost $30.00 and you must provide your own book (see below). Please note the class size will max at 15 participants and registration will close if that number is reached before the registration deadline.

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About the Class:

• About the Course: Este curso ayudará al estudiante a conocer y a entender el Gobierno y Doctrinas de la Iglesia Metodista Unida. Al finalizar el curso, los estudiantes comprenderán las principales doctrinas de la Iglesia Metodista Unida, incluyendo su cristología y teología sacramental. Conocerán la estructura de gobierno a nivel local, distrital, anual, jurisdiccional y general, así como la función de sus conferencias y agencias. Además, identificarán la importancia de la ordenación, los pasos para responder al llamado al ministerio (presbítero, diácono o pastor local), las responsabilidades del pastor y del laicado, y los documentos requeridos para la Conferencia de Cargo, con el fin de servir de manera informada y comprometida en la Iglesia Metodista Unida. By the end of this course, students will understand the main doctrines of The United Methodist Church, including its Christology and sacramental theology. They will become familiar with the structure of church governance at the local, district, annual, jurisdictional, and general levels, as well as the function of its conferences and agencies. In addition, they will identify the importance of ordination, the steps required to respond to God’s call to ministry (as an elder, deacon, or licensed local pastor), the responsibilities of both clergy and laity, and the documents required for the Charge Conference, in order to serve in an informed and committed way within The United Methodist Church. 
• Provide your own book: All participants will need a copy of The Book of Disciplines 2024/El Libro de las Disciplinas 2024 and “Preguntas y Respuestas sobre la Iglesia Metodista Unida” por Thomas S. McAnally $6 aquí en el enlace Preguntas y respuestas (Spanish Edition): McAnnally, Thomas S: 9781501879999: Amazon.com: Books *Opcional: “Living Our Beliefs” The UM Way by Kenneth Carder $13.00 Por favor compre su libro antes de clase, usando el enlace previo.
• The instructor Rev. Jose Vindel.
• Classes are open to participants from all districts, and the class will be in an online format and in person at North Hills UMC.
• Need-based scholarships are available. Participants must ask the pastor of their home church before requesting a scholarship from the Conference. If a scholarship is needed and not available from the local church, please complete the brief scholarship application below in the registration form.
• Attendance is required at all sessions for credit. To complete the 10 hour course requirement, outside assignments will also need to be completed.
• About Certified Lay Servant (CLS) and Certified Lay Speaker status: All those seeking certification as a Certified Lay Servant are invited to attend. The BASIC class and one Advanced Class is required to successfully apply for Certified Lay Servant status. If you have taken the Basic Lay Servant Class within the last three years, taking this advanced class will qualify you as a Certified Lay Servant. If you want to continue on to being a Certified Lay SPEAKER, you will need to take the following advanced classes: Preaching, Leading or Planning Worship, Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts, Leading Prayer, United Methodist Heritage or History, and United Methodist Polity. For more information about Lay Servant Ministries, click here.
• Technical requirements for Zoom participants: 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. 
• Zoom information is included in your submission message and confirmation email.

Para mas informacion contacte a: Ervin Aguilon at pastorervin2010@gmail.com, (818) 770-1710 or Cathy Wilson, Associate Director of Lay and Clergy Credentialing and Development at cwilson@calpacumc.org, (626) 824-2284.

LSM ADVANCED COURSE DISCOVERING YOUR SPIRITUAL GIFTS IN KHMER 2026

This class will be conducted entirely in the Khmer language. If you are looking for classes in English, please see listings that say “LSM ENGLISH.”
Sundays, January 18, 25, February 1, 8, 15, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM California PST
Santa Ana UMC, 2121 N Grand Ave, Santa Ana CA 92705

REGISTER NOW AT THIS LINK

Cost & Deadlines: $20.00 and you must provide your own book (see below). Please note the deadline to register is Friday, January 16, 2026.

About the Course:

• The purpose of the class is for the participants to discover and use their spiritual gifts to serve God in their own community. We will discuss the following topics. There will be break-out sessions for group activities.
  • 1. Why Spiritual Gifts matters to us and our ministry
  • 2.Clarity and relationship in the Community of faith
  • 3. Identifying each participant spiritual gifts
  • 4.”The call to Ministry of all The Baptized”
  • 5. Expanding our profile (spiritual gift, personality, ability)
  • 6. Activating our gifts
  • 7. Increasing the impacts – leadership development
• Classes are open to participants from all districts.
• Attendance is required at all sessions for credit and you must have your camera on to get credit for the course.  
• About Certified Lay Servant (CLS) and Certified Lay Speaker status: All those seeking certification as a Certified Lay Servant are invited to attend. The BASIC class and one Advanced Class is required to successfully apply for Certified Lay Servant status. If you have taken the Basic Lay Servant Class within the last three years, taking this advanced class will qualify you as a Certified Lay Servant.  If you want to continue on to being a Certified Lay SPEAKER, you will need to take the following advanced classes: Preaching, Leading or Planning Worship, Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts, Leading Prayer, United Methodist Heritage or History, and United Methodist Polity. For more information about Lay Servant Ministries, click here.
• Technical requirements for Zoom participants: 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. Zoom information will be sent to you later by the instructor. 

For more information about this course, contact Cathy Wilson at cwilson@calpacumc.org.

REGISTER NOW AT THIS LINK

LSM ADVANCED COURSE DISCOVERING YOUR SPIRITUAL GIFTS IN KHMER 2026

This class will be conducted entirely in the Khmer language. If you are looking for classes in English, please see listings that say “LSM ENGLISH.”
Sundays, January 18, 25, February 1, 8, 15, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM California PST
Santa Ana UMC, 2121 N Grand Ave, Santa Ana CA 92705

REGISTER NOW AT THIS LINK

Cost & Deadlines: $20.00 and you must provide your own book (see below). Please note the deadline to register is Friday, January 16, 2026.

About the Course:

• The purpose of the class is for the participants to discover and use their spiritual gifts to serve God in their own community. We will discuss the following topics. There will be break-out sessions for group activities.
  • 1. Why Spiritual Gifts matters to us and our ministry
  • 2.Clarity and relationship in the Community of faith
  • 3. Identifying each participant spiritual gifts
  • 4.”The call to Ministry of all The Baptized”
  • 5. Expanding our profile (spiritual gift, personality, ability)
  • 6. Activating our gifts
  • 7. Increasing the impacts – leadership development
• Classes are open to participants from all districts.
• Attendance is required at all sessions for credit and you must have your camera on to get credit for the course.  
• About Certified Lay Servant (CLS) and Certified Lay Speaker status: All those seeking certification as a Certified Lay Servant are invited to attend. The BASIC class and one Advanced Class is required to successfully apply for Certified Lay Servant status. If you have taken the Basic Lay Servant Class within the last three years, taking this advanced class will qualify you as a Certified Lay Servant.  If you want to continue on to being a Certified Lay SPEAKER, you will need to take the following advanced classes: Preaching, Leading or Planning Worship, Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts, Leading Prayer, United Methodist Heritage or History, and United Methodist Polity. For more information about Lay Servant Ministries, click here.
• Technical requirements for Zoom participants: 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. Zoom information will be sent to you later by the instructor. 

For more information about this course, contact Cathy Wilson at cwilson@calpacumc.org.

REGISTER NOW AT THIS LINK

LSM ADVANCED COURSE DISCOVERING YOUR SPIRITUAL GIFTS IN KHMER 2026

This class will be conducted entirely in the Khmer language. If you are looking for classes in English, please see listings that say “LSM ENGLISH.”
Sundays, January 18, 25, February 1, 8, 15, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM California PST
Santa Ana UMC, 2121 N Grand Ave, Santa Ana CA 92705

REGISTER NOW AT THIS LINK

Cost & Deadlines: $20.00 and you must provide your own book (see below). Please note the deadline to register is Friday, January 16, 2026.

About the Course:

• The purpose of the class is for the participants to discover and use their spiritual gifts to serve God in their own community. We will discuss the following topics. There will be break-out sessions for group activities.
  • 1. Why Spiritual Gifts matters to us and our ministry
  • 2.Clarity and relationship in the Community of faith
  • 3. Identifying each participant spiritual gifts
  • 4.”The call to Ministry of all The Baptized”
  • 5. Expanding our profile (spiritual gift, personality, ability)
  • 6. Activating our gifts
  • 7. Increasing the impacts – leadership development
• Classes are open to participants from all districts.
• Attendance is required at all sessions for credit and you must have your camera on to get credit for the course.  
• About Certified Lay Servant (CLS) and Certified Lay Speaker status: All those seeking certification as a Certified Lay Servant are invited to attend. The BASIC class and one Advanced Class is required to successfully apply for Certified Lay Servant status. If you have taken the Basic Lay Servant Class within the last three years, taking this advanced class will qualify you as a Certified Lay Servant.  If you want to continue on to being a Certified Lay SPEAKER, you will need to take the following advanced classes: Preaching, Leading or Planning Worship, Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts, Leading Prayer, United Methodist Heritage or History, and United Methodist Polity. For more information about Lay Servant Ministries, click here.
• Technical requirements for Zoom participants: 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. Zoom information will be sent to you later by the instructor. 

For more information about this course, contact Cathy Wilson at cwilson@calpacumc.org.

REGISTER NOW AT THIS LINK

LSM ADVANCED COURSE DISCOVERING YOUR SPIRITUAL GIFTS IN KHMER 2026

This class will be conducted entirely in the Khmer language. If you are looking for classes in English, please see listings that say “LSM ENGLISH.”
Sundays, January 18, 25, February 1, 8, 15, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM California PST
Santa Ana UMC, 2121 N Grand Ave, Santa Ana CA 92705

REGISTER NOW AT THIS LINK

Cost & Deadlines: $20.00 and you must provide your own book (see below). Please note the deadline to register is Friday, January 16, 2026.

About the Course:

• The purpose of the class is for the participants to discover and use their spiritual gifts to serve God in their own community. We will discuss the following topics. There will be break-out sessions for group activities.
  • 1. Why Spiritual Gifts matters to us and our ministry
  • 2.Clarity and relationship in the Community of faith
  • 3. Identifying each participant spiritual gifts
  • 4.”The call to Ministry of all The Baptized”
  • 5. Expanding our profile (spiritual gift, personality, ability)
  • 6. Activating our gifts
  • 7. Increasing the impacts – leadership development
• Classes are open to participants from all districts.
• Attendance is required at all sessions for credit and you must have your camera on to get credit for the course.  
• About Certified Lay Servant (CLS) and Certified Lay Speaker status: All those seeking certification as a Certified Lay Servant are invited to attend. The BASIC class and one Advanced Class is required to successfully apply for Certified Lay Servant status. If you have taken the Basic Lay Servant Class within the last three years, taking this advanced class will qualify you as a Certified Lay Servant.  If you want to continue on to being a Certified Lay SPEAKER, you will need to take the following advanced classes: Preaching, Leading or Planning Worship, Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts, Leading Prayer, United Methodist Heritage or History, and United Methodist Polity. For more information about Lay Servant Ministries, click here.
• Technical requirements for Zoom participants: 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. Zoom information will be sent to you later by the instructor. 

For more information about this course, contact Cathy Wilson at cwilson@calpacumc.org.

REGISTER NOW AT THIS LINK

LSM ADVANCED COURSE DISCOVERING YOUR SPIRITUAL GIFTS IN KHMER 2026

This class will be conducted entirely in the Khmer language. If you are looking for classes in English, please see listings that say “LSM ENGLISH.”
Sundays, January 18, 25, February 1, 8, 15, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM California PST
Santa Ana UMC, 2121 N Grand Ave, Santa Ana CA 92705

REGISTER NOW AT THIS LINK

Cost & Deadlines: $20.00 and you must provide your own book (see below). Please note the deadline to register is Friday, January 16, 2026.

About the Course:

• The purpose of the class is for the participants to discover and use their spiritual gifts to serve God in their own community. We will discuss the following topics. There will be break-out sessions for group activities.
  • 1. Why Spiritual Gifts matters to us and our ministry
  • 2.Clarity and relationship in the Community of faith
  • 3. Identifying each participant spiritual gifts
  • 4.”The call to Ministry of all The Baptized”
  • 5. Expanding our profile (spiritual gift, personality, ability)
  • 6. Activating our gifts
  • 7. Increasing the impacts – leadership development
• Classes are open to participants from all districts.
• Attendance is required at all sessions for credit and you must have your camera on to get credit for the course.  
• About Certified Lay Servant (CLS) and Certified Lay Speaker status: All those seeking certification as a Certified Lay Servant are invited to attend. The BASIC class and one Advanced Class is required to successfully apply for Certified Lay Servant status. If you have taken the Basic Lay Servant Class within the last three years, taking this advanced class will qualify you as a Certified Lay Servant.  If you want to continue on to being a Certified Lay SPEAKER, you will need to take the following advanced classes: Preaching, Leading or Planning Worship, Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts, Leading Prayer, United Methodist Heritage or History, and United Methodist Polity. For more information about Lay Servant Ministries, click here.
• Technical requirements for Zoom participants: 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. Zoom information will be sent to you later by the instructor. 

For more information about this course, contact Cathy Wilson at cwilson@calpacumc.org.

REGISTER NOW AT THIS LINK