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Registration
Information
REGISTRATION DEADLINE:March 15, 2014
Training Cost: $20Payment must be made by check.
No other forms of payment will be accepted.
Make checks payable to:
Upper New York Annual Conference or UNYAC
Please complete and return the attached
registration form and payment to:Cornerstone District Office
ATTN: Lay Servant Training663 Lakeview Ave
Jamestown, NY 14701Phone 716-665-2423Fax: 716-665-3763
E-mail: [email protected]
The registration fee must be paid in full for
you to be considered registered. Because of
the course preparation needed, walk in
registrations will not be accepted
Cornerstone District Lay ServantMinistries Committee
Contacts
Ernie Warren, [email protected]
716-484-7377Rebecca Sprague,
Secretary & [email protected]
716-665-5885
Cornerstone District
Spring 2014 Lay
Servant TrainingSchool
Friday, April 25, 2014Saturday April 26, 2014
Registration deadline: March 15, 2014
Hosted by:Olean: Christ Church UMC
633 Linwood AveOlean, NY 14760
Rev. Suzanne Block, Pastor
Registrants
It is your responsibility toorder and read your materialbefore
class. Your instructorwill notify you of any other
assignments or material(s) youshould bring with you. Allmaterial
can be purchased
through Cokesbury.www.cokesbury.com
1-800-672-1789If you have questions aboutordering email or call
the
district office.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE:March 15, 2014
Class size may be limited.Undersubscribed classes may
be cancelled.
Schedule
Friday5:00 6:00 PM Gather/Registration6:00 6:25 PM Welcome and
Worship6:30 9:30 PM Class
Saturday8:00 8:30 AM Gather/Coffee Hour8:30 AM 12:30 PM
Class12:30 PM 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 5:00 PM Class
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Course Descriptions
Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course
This course is the foundation for all the otherLearning and
Leading courses. In this courseyou are encouraged to discover and
employpersonal spiritual gifts as God intended.Participants are
invited to consider theimportance of exercising servant
leadership,developing future leaders, remaining rootedin their
discipleship. The course offersguidelines for best practices as a
churchleader and in mission and ministry in thecommunity and in
daily life. Participantsmust obtain the book, Lay Servant
Ministries BASIC COURSE by Sandy ZeiglerJackson and Brian
Jackson
(Developing Class Leaders
This study explains what the recovery of thistradition can mean
for congregations, andoffers some guidelines for the
revitalizedoffice of class leader. Adapting the laterMethodist
class meeting as a pastoral
subdivision of the congregation, Watsonshows how class leaders,
under thesupervision of the pastor, can nurture thediscipline of
other church members in lightof a General Rule of Discipline
derivedfrom the early Methodist societies: Towitness to Jesus
Christ in the world, and tofollow his teachings through acts
ofcompassion, justice, worship, and devotion,under the guidance of
the Holy Spirit.Participants must obtain the book, ClassLeaders:
Recovering a Tradition by David
Lowes Watson.
REGISTRATION FORM2014SPRING
LAY SERVANT TRAINING SCHOOL
REGISTRATION DEADLINE:
MARCH 15, 2014_____________________________________NAME
_____________________________________STREET ADDRESS
_____________________________________CITY, STATE, ZIP
_____________________________________TELEPHONE
_____________________________________EMAIL
_____________________________________YOUR CHURCH
PLEASE CHECK THE COURSE FOR WHICH YOUARE REGISTERING.
ALL CLASSES COST $20/PERSON AND
INCLUDE LUNCH AND BREAK REFRESHMENTS
_____ BASIC LAY SERVANT MINISTRIES
_____ LET THE WHOLE CHURCH SAY AMEN
_____ LAY SERVANTS LEAD SMALL GROUPS
_____ UNITED METHODIST POLITY
Course Descri tionsLife Together in the United
MethodistConnection
Many people may be confused as to what polityis. This class will
help newcomers to the UnitedMethodist Church get their bearings. It
will helplongtime members consider the specificstructural
challenges that the church faces in the21st century. Participants
must obtain or haveaccess to a copy of the 2012 United
Methodistbook of Discipline. Any other book(s) will benoted when
you are confirmed for the class.
Let the Whole Church Say Amen
Prayer is something we learn; it is something thatcan be taught.
For many, however, the onlyteaching about prayer they ever receive
ismodeled in Sunday worship. As a church leader,you may find
yourself the one leading prayer inworship services, as well as in
other settings. It isvital then that you are knowledgeable and
leadwell. This course may challenge some of yourassumptions, test
some of your preconceivedideas, stretch your thinking and enrich
yourprayer life. It will, at the very least, present you
with an opportunity to grow in the discipline ofleading public
prayer. Participants must obtainthe book Let the Whole Church Say
Amen by
Laurence Hull Stookey
