SCOPE & SEQUENCE FOR REQUIRED
SUBJECTS FOR CERTIFIED LAY SPEAKER
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Subject
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Specific Title
as of 2019
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Key
Concepts
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Basic Course
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*
Jackson and Jackson. An Introduction to Lay Servant Ministry. Guide and
Student book. UpperRoom.org |
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Introduction to the ‘ministry of all
believers’
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Exploring servant leadership
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Role of laity in the church and
Methodism; working as a team;
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lay servants as intentional, trained
and enthused leaders
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lay servants as role models for
discipleship and mission
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Serving in areas of care, worship
and leadership in the church.
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Prayer
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· *Debra R.
Tyree, Leading Public Prayer. Leader’s Guide (.pdf).
· Samuel Wells
and Abigail Kocher. Shaping the Prayers of the People: The Art of
Intercession. Participant’s book.
· *Leading
Public Prayer for Lay Leaders (online Course)
· Lawrence Hull
Stookey. Let the Whole Church Say Amen! Participant’s book.
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Introduces the basic principles of
leading public prayer
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Introduces variations of public
prayer for wider use in church and outside the church
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Introduces resources for written
prayers, for crafting spontaneous prayers, and for leading others in
participative prayers
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Challenge participant to think
beyond preconceptions of style, voice, and settings to enrich both public and
personal prayer life
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Spiritual Gifts
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· *William J.
Carter. Discover your spiritual gifts (Revised).Leader’s Guide (PDF)
· William J.
Carter. Each One a Minister. Participant’s Guide.
· **Charles V.
Bryant. Rediscovering Our Spiritual Gifts (Online Course)
· Charles V.
Bryant. Your Spiritual Gifts Inventory.
· Patricia D.
Brown. Spiritual Gifts Participant’s Workbook.
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Introduction to the Biblical concept
of spiritual gifts and their foundational role in the church’s mission
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What it means to be a spiritual
leader
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Helps in identifying personal gifts
in self and others
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Utilizing and maximizing spiritual
gifts for the benefit of the church and its ministry
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Worship
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· *Taylor
Burton-Edwards. Leading Worship. Leader’s Guide.
· Hoyt Hickman.
Worshiping with United Methodists (Revised). Participant’s book.
· Taylor
Burton-Edwards. Planning Worship. Leader Book.
· Marcia McFee.
The Worship Workshop: Creative Ways to Design Worship Together. Participant’s
Book.
· *Your Ministry
of Leader Worship 101 (Online Course)
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Introduction to the styles, methods,
procedures, and forms used in UMC Worship
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Introduction to the Hymnbook,
liturgy, lectionary, online sources, and creative innovations.
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Practical training for lay persons
who assist in leading worship occasionally or regularly in a group or
congregation
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Introduction to the principles and
practice of worship planning for those who may be called on to plan worship
occasionally or regularly
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Polity
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· Beth
Galbreath. Life Together in the United Methodist Connection. Leader’s Guide.
· Thomas Edward
Frank. Polity, Practice, and the Mission of the Methodist Church. Participant’s
Guide or
· Laceye C.
Warner. The Method of our Mission. Participant’s book.
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Introduction to the structure and
organization of the UMC
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Introduction to key principles of the
UMC : Connectionalism, Itinerancy, accountability
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Heritage
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· Kenneth L.
Carter. Living our Beliefs: The United Methodist Way. Participant book.
· George Hovanes
Donigian. Living Our United Methodist Beliefs. Leader’s Guide.
· Living Our
United Methodist Beliefs (Online Course via www.beadisciple.com/lay-servant-ministries)
· Steve Harper.
Devotional Life in the Wesleyan Tradition.
· Anita Ownes
Fenstermacher. Grow Spiritually Through Daily Discipline. Leader’s Guide
9.pdf)
· Devotional
life in the Wesleyan Tradition. (online course)
· Steven W. Manskar.
Accountable Disciples. Participant’s book.
· Steven W.
Manskar. Becoming Accountable Disciples. (Revised) Leader’s book.
· Steven W.
Manskar. Class Leaders. Leader’s Guide. [Has pre-requisite of
Accountable Discipleship]
· David Lowes
Watson. Class Leaders: Recovering a Tradition. Participant’s Book. [Has
pre-requisite of Accountable Discipleship]
· Henry H.
Knight and F. Douglas Powe, Jr. Transforming Evangelism. Participant’s Guide.
Henry H. Knight and F. Douglas Powe,
Jr. Lead in Evangelism. Leader’s Guide
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Introduction to the special gifts of
theology, witness, and organization that the UMC brings to the church
universal
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Introduction to the basics of
Wesleyan theology and its heritage in the areas of prayer, scripture, vital
personal devotional/spiritual life, the ‘means of grace’, and service and
proactive discipleship
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Introduction to the basics of the
evangelistic roots of witness, mission, and outreach in the Wesleyan
tradition
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How we got where we are today
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How our distinctive emphases on
theology, witness, and organization are needed today
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Preaching
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· *Dawn Chesser. Called
to Preach. Leader’s Guide (.pdf)
*F.*Clifton F. Guthrie. From Pew to Pulpit. Participant’s book.
· *Tony Franks
and David Carroll. From Your Heart to Theirs: Delivering Effective Sermons.
Leader’s guide.
· *Tony Franks
and David Carroll. From Your Heart to Theirs: Delivering Effective Sermons.
Participant’s guide.
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Introduction to the basics of communication
through sermons addresses, and devotions.
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Introduces the common forms of
preaching: exegetical, topical, children’s
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Emphasis on reducing anxiety and
helping participant in delivering clear messages with confidence and spiritual
purpose.
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Resources to help craft a message,
use of Biblical tools in preparation and how to improve your message and
method
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Helps on finding a story, the use
and abuse of illustrations, how to use the hymnal in preaching, and how to write
a sermon and then move beyond words on a page
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Helps on sermon delivery and manner
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Use of the lectionary cycles
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