1. Missouri Conference leadership course guide
In person course offerings
Online courses
Basic refresher course:
United Methodism 101
Advanced courses
(all available through beadisciple.com):
Rediscovering our spiritual gifts
Living our UM beliefs
Growing spiritually through daily disciplines
Life together in the UM connection
Your ministry of leading worship 101
Leading public prayer
Come to the table
Come to the waters
Multimedia technology
Biblical Storytelling I & II
Lay Leadership Development
(any two LLD courses may be combined for LSM advanced course credit)
Remember the future (Schnase)
Direct hit (Borden)
Not a fan (Idleman)
Simple church (Rainer & Geiger)
The externally focused church (Rusaw & Swanson)
Communicating for a change (Stanley & Jones)
Unbinding the gospel (Reese)
Time management for peak performance (Willard)
Visioneering (Stanley)
Journey in the wilderness (Rendle)
Renovate or die (Farr & Kotan)
Beyond the first visit (McIntosh)
Not your parents’ offering plate (Christopher)
Office of Lay Speaker
Basic course
(English and Spanish)
Basic Refresher Courses:
Concepts in Leadership I
Concepts in Leadership II
Opening ourselves to grace
Pentecost journey
Basic course
One course in leading worship:
Leading Worship
Your ministry of leading worship 101 (beadisciple.com)
One course in leading prayer:
Leading in prayer
Leading public prayer for Lay Leaders (beadisciple.com)
One course in spiritual gifts:
Discover your spiritual gifts
Rediscovering our spiritual gifts (beadisciple.com)
One course in preaching:
You can preach!
From your heart to theirs
One course in UM heritage:
Living our UM beliefs
(offering in person or at beadisciple.com)
Devotional life in the Wesleyan tradition
Growing spiritually through daily disciplines (beadisciple.com)
Accountable discipleship
Class leaders
Transforming evangelism
One course in UM polity:
Life together in the UM connection (offered in person or at beadisciple.com)
Advanced courses
Discover your spiritual gifts Living our UM beliefs
Devotional life in the Leading in prayer
Wesleyan tradition
(English, Spanish & Korean) You can preach!
Justice in everyday life From your heart to theirs
God’s mission…our journey Lay pastoral care giving
Leading Bible study Lay servants lead in
conflict resolution
Dancing with words
Accountable discipleship
Aging and ministry for the (English and Spanish)
21st Century
Transforming evangelism
Class leaders
Life together in the UM Leading worship connection
Planning worship Afire with God
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