Catskill Hudson District, N.Y.A.C.
United Methodist Church
Lay Servant Ministries
Margaret Howe and Gene Knoth, Directors
2014 Lenten Classes
Lay Servant Ministries classes offered in the Catskill Hudson District.
Advanced Lay Servant Course Go Preach! – You Can Preach!
Instructor: Rev. Dale Ashby
This course provides basic preaching skills and is the next step for those who want to preach and have recently completed the Basic Course. This is also an opportunity for those who do preach to refresh their preaching skills. This course counts as one Advanced Course in the Lay Servant Ministries curriculum.
Saturday Mornings 9:30 – Noon
April 26, May 3, 17, 24, 31
United Church of Roscoe
2 Church Street, Roscoe, NY 12776
Discover Your Spiritual Gifts
Instructors: Margaret Howe and Joan Robinson
This course helps participants understand spiritual gifts and how the church can use them to fulfill its mission and ministry. Participants will also learn what it means to be a spiritual leader and will be equipped to lead others in exploring and using their spiritual gifts.
Saturday Mornings 9:00 – 12 noon
Dates: – May 10, 17, 24, 31, June 14
Catskill UMC
40 Woodland Ave., Catskill, NY
Advanced Lay Servant Course
Dancing with Words – Telling Stories
Instructor: Lula Anderson
This course will help all church leaders, lay and clergy, to explore the history and importance of storytelling in faith development and to acquire basic storytelling skills.
Next Course to be announced
Advanced Lay Servant Course
Spiritual Disciplines in the Wesleyan Tradition
Instructor: Carol Merante
Wesley spoke of Spiritual Disciplines as "means of grace" by which the Holy Spirt may transform our hearts and lives.
This course offers a "sampler" of the classic Disciplines, including prayer, Bible study, meditation, solitude, and hospitality.
Next course to be announced