Basic Lay Servant Ministries Training, Vidalia – Oct. 1-2
Lay Servant training is designed to educate those persons interested in stretching their faith to participate more fully in the ministries of the church. They have three main areas of focus: Leading, Caring, and Communicating. The basic class is based on Cokesbury’s book, “Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course,” which teaches a basic understanding of ministry in the United Methodist Tradition. Included in the course is the following: Wesleyan Tradition and Foundations, Spiritual Gifts, Servant Leadership, Caring Ministries, Communicating, and Sharing Your Faith. You must complete all of the scheduled dates to complete your training. Basic LSM Training includes a basic foundation of the faith and an introduction to leadership. The class is a Friday night AND Saturday session. The Friday evening session is from 6:30-9 p.m. and the Saturday session is from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Vidalia First UMC (209 Church Street, Vidalia GA 30474). If you’ve not had training within the last three years (or ever), sign up for this Basic Training; otherwise, sign up for an Advanced Training. You must complete all of the scheduled dates above to complete your training. Registration fee for the class is $40. This cost covers all training materials and lunch on Saturday. (Note: Basic Lay Servant class must be completed before taking Advanced Class) For more information contact Anne Bosarge,
anne@thechapelministries.com.
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UMW District Officer Training – Oct. 2
South Georgia’s United Methodist Women will host a District Officer Training at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 2. The training will be held virtually via Zoom.
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World Communion Day – Oct. 3
World Communion Sunday is one of the six churchwide Special Sundays of The United Methodist Church. Our church is at its best when we reach out to sisters and brothers in need. World Communion Sunday calls the church to reach out to all people and model diversity among God’s children. United Methodists relate to
World Communion Sunday by celebrating communion with other Christians around the world on this special Sunday. Churches are also encouraged to receive an offering to support scholarships for ethnic undergraduate and graduate students. Our gifts often enable first-generation students to attend college.
BOTH/AND: To Be Continued Webinar – Oct. 12
Join Connectional Ministries and Jason Moore for a follow up to the popular BOTH/AND webinar. BOTH/AND: To Be Continued will focus on why hybrid should carry on, how to continue to iterate and will provide tangible handles on how to do it well. This brand new 90-minute training brings all new content focused on the why, how and what we can do to run the next leg of this very important race. We are living in an incredible “Great Commission” moment in the church. Let’s lean in and continue to iterate forward. The webinar, which begins at 10 a.m., will include: an invitation to determine your WHY for BOTH/AND worship, 13 reasons why BOTH/AND must continue, the answer to the “what if they don’t come back to the building” question, how to create a BOTH/AND Think Tank at your church, how to build an intentional chat strategy in order foster real relationships, BOTH/AND pro tips, a Q&A session.
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KidzQuest Children's Retreat – Oct. 15-17
KidzQuest is scheduled for October 15-17, 2021, at Camp Jekyll 4-H Center on Jekyll Island, Georgia for 3rd-6th grade students and is limited to 250 participants.
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UMW 2021 Annual Meeting – Oct. 16
South Georgia’s United Methodist Women will hold their annual meeting Saturday, Oct. 16. The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. The guest speaker will be Susan S. O’Neal,Development Director, The Vashti Center, Inc.
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Early Response Team training, Dublin – Oct. 23
An Early Response Team training is set for October 23 at Dublin First UMC.
Click here for details. To schedule and host an ERT training/chainsaw training, please contact Luis Morales at
morhilll@gmail.com.
