Lay Speaking Courses

WHERE -   Folts Home Claxton Manor    104 N. Washington St.  Herkimer, N.Y.

WHEN -  Starting Monday September 20 and continuing on Sept. 27, Oct. 4,

                           Oct. 11, Oct. 18, and Oct. 25th.  (a total of six weeks)

TIME -  6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

BASIC COURSE:  Facilitator –Peg Donaghy    This is a new Basic Program which reflects a new time in ministry and a new way of understanding what we, as Methodists, are and what we are about.  This class will familiarize you with three areas of ministries – caring, leading, and communicating.  It is designed to help people recognize and use their spiritual gifts for the work of the church.  The emphasis is on living, leading and witnessing by the spirit rather than preaching.  (Because this is a new basic course, advanced, or certified, lay speakers may take this course for credit.)

ADVANCED COURSE:     “Creating a Care Giving Community/Ministry”        Facilitator-Pastor Cathy Lee

Caring for a person in need is a loving act of kindness.  It can also be an exhausting (both mentally and physically) time in a person’s life.  Often, caregivers feel “I can, or must, do this by myself.  They feel alone in the trials of day to day life.  This course will help to show how to create a care giving ministry in the church that will interface with those who are doing the care giving.  It will help to answer the questions of  “How can we recognize those who may be in need of a helping hand?“  “How can we offer spiritual, emotional, and physical assistance to these persons?”  and “How can we do this without causing embarrassment or stepping on toes?”  (This course is open to anyone wishing to participate. For credit as an Advanced Lay Speaking course, participants must first complete a Basic course.)

COST - $20.00  (Payable at the first meeting. Please do not send with registration)

SEND REGISTRATIONS TO:       Caroline Drake    P.O. Box 314    Salisbury Center, N.Y. 13454

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:    September 13, 2010

Please try to respect this deadline so that we have enough time to order sufficient materials.  If, for some reason, you are not able to send in your registration by this date, please call me, Caroline, at 315-429-8681, to reserve your spot.

FALL 2010    LAY SPEAKING REGISTRATION FORM

  Download here

NAME:

ADDRESS:

CITY,STATE,ZIP:

PHONE (EMAIL,opt.)

Course you wish to take (check one):

    _____Basic        _____Creating a Care Giving Community/Ministry

Your Home Church

All participants are required to have the approval of their home church in order to participate in the class 

I approval this person to be enrolled in the above Lay Speaking Ministry Course

PASTOR:

CHURCH COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON or LAY LEADER: