UPCOMING LAY SERVANT CLASSES:
Christianity's Family Tree (6 week advanced "other" class)
Taught by Rev. Cindy Boggs
Mondays, February 7 - March 14, 6:30 - 8:30 PM; via ZOOM and in person
at First UMC Shinnston
This is a 6 week course that will enhance your knowledge of other denominations through out America and we will have a week to talk about World Religions also. Students ask…what do other denominations believe? Here is our opportunity to learn just what we always wanted to know. The traditions we will examine are Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Lutheranism, Presbyterianism, Anglicanism, Baptists, Pentecostalism, and Methodism.
Registration deadline extended.
Click here for a printable registration form. Click here to register on-line.
Five Marks of a Methodist (6 week advanced "other" class)
Taught by Rev. Cindy Boggs
Mondays, March 21 - April 18, 6:30 - 8:30 PM; via ZOOM and in person
at First UMC Shinnston
Five clear practices for anyone who identifies as a Christian. This concise and compelling summary helps every United Methodist learn and remember the five identifiers that John Wesley set forth in The Character of a Methodist. This class will help to answer, "How should United Methodists live?" and provides the students called Methodists with a clear and memorable unifying focus. As followers of Jesus who reach out to serve their neighbors, United Methodists:
• Love God • Rejoice in God • Give thanks • Pray always • Love others
This class with be a perfect opportunity for explaining what it means to live in the United Methodist way
Class size is limited to 12 students. Registration deadline is Monday, February 21st.
Click here for a printable registration form. Click here to register on-line.
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SAVE THE DATE for our Spring Lay Academy on APRIL 2nd
(Leadership 101 will also be offered at each site)
Worship (PW 101) - Judy Farley – Shinnston UMC
Participant book – Worshiping with United Methodists by Hoyt HIckman
Prayer (LP 101) – Lisa Fox – Reedsville UMC
Shaping for Prayers of the People: The Art of Intercession by Samuel Wells and Abigail Kocher
Heritage - Living our Beliefs: The United Methodist Way (H 101) - Tim Edin - Bruceton Mills UMC
book by Kenneth L. Carder
Other Advanced:
(LSCT 201) Lay Servants as Christian Transformational Leaders – Larry Buckland - Life UMC
book by Marc Brown, Kathy Merry and John Briggs
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Check back for open registration for these upcoming classes:
The Worship Workbook (5 week advanced class)
Taught by Rev. Cindy Boggs
Mondays, April 25 - May 23, 6:30 - 8:30 PM; via ZOOM and in person
at First UMC Shinnston
Click here to view the
2021 LAY SERVANT MINISTRIES COURSE CATALOG
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If you have suggestions, please contact our MonValley District Lay Servant Coordinator,
Mary Bane, at 304-692-0003 or crazymcb1@gmail.com