LSM Advanced Course: UM Heritage – Living Our United Methodist Beliefs 2023 (Leadership)

Dates:

• California & Hawaii: Wednesdays, August 2-30, 2023 (7 PM – 9 PM PDT | 4 PM – 6 PM HST)
• Guam & Saipan: Thursdays, August 3-31, 2023 (Noon – 2 PM ChST)

Location: Zoom

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Cost: $15. The purchase of a book is also required.

Registration due: August 1, 2023

This class is open to participants from all Cal-Pac districts.

About the Class:

• Living Our Beliefs: This course will explore the special gifts of theology, witness, and organization that The United Methodist Church brings to the church universal, how we got where we are today, and how our distinctive emphases are still needed in the 21st-century church.
• The course is being organized by North District Lay Servant Ministries Director Rev. Kalesita Tu’ifua and will be taught by a collaborative team of Lay Servant Ministries District Directors, including West District Lay Servant Ministries Co-Director Caydene Monk.
• Provide your own book: Living Our Beliefs: The United Methodist Way by Kenneth L. Carder (Amazon, Cokesbury, Upper Room)
• Attendance is required at all sessions for credit. 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.
  • About Certified Lay Servant (CLS) status: After you take the Basic Lay Servant Class, you have 3 years to take an advanced class to 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: Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts, Leading Prayer, Planning Worship, Leading Worship, United Methodist Heritage, United Methodist Polity and Preaching. For more information about Lay Servant Ministries, click here.

Zoom information will be sent to you later by the instructor.

• 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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For questions, contact Rev. Kalesita Tu’ifua at kutuifua@yahoo.com.