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    Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course Leader's Guide
    Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course Leader's Guide
    Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course Leader's Guide
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    Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course Leader's Guide

    By Brian Jackson and Sandy Jackson

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    About this ebook

    The Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course Leader's Guide is an introductory course designed to equip new church leaders and renew current leaders in The United Methodist Church. It can be used with adults and youth and is the foundational course for other leadership training courses.

    This course covers the 3 three core categories of Lay Servant Ministries: Leading, Caring, and Communicating; it also emphasizes ministry in daily life and sharing faith stories. The plans in this Leader's Guide are designed to be taught in 5 two-hour sessions. They can also be used over a weekend.

    NOTE: This guide replaces the Lay Speaking Ministries Basic Course Leader's Guide, DR551. If you have taught the Basic Course before, you will need to adjust your teaching plans to emphasize the core categories described above.

    Session topics include:

    Ministry of the Baptized

    • priesthood of all believers
    • spiritual gifts
    • the need for a response to God's call
    • the role of laity in ministry

    Leading

    • servant leadership
    • important roles in leadership
    • what it means to be a spiritual leader
    • Christian conferencing

    Caring

    • biblical basis for caring ministry
    • acts of compassion and justice
    • caring for creation

    Communication

    • guidelines for respectful communication
    • listening skills
    • sharing faith stories

    Into the World

    • understanding leaders' role in fulfilling the Great Commission
    • importance of continued study and spiritual growth
    • role of hospitality
    • Appreciative Inquiry and Asset-Based Community Development

    Appendices include two letters to participants (depending on whether the course is taught in 5 sessions or over a weekend), a sample format for Christian conferencing, evaluation forms for communication session, and resources (scripture, song, and meditation) for each session.

    The Participant's Book for this course is: Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course Participant's Book

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDiscipleship Resources
    Release dateMar 1, 2013
    ISBN9780881776355
    Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course Leader's Guide
    Author

    Brian Jackson

    From a life of Drugs and Alcohol to being a multi world record holder, Brian shares how he was able to change his life around presenting at schools, churchs, camps and conferences around the country. Since 1992, Brian has traveled across the nation and world presenting The I Believe Program to over 1 million people. When the audiences he had spoke to could not remember his name, they started calling him The I Believe Guy and the name stuck. Once known for being armed and dangerous, Brian is now known as The I Believe Guy. Brian is a Cherokee, Creek and Seminole Native American from Muskogee Oklahoma. Standing only 5' 5", Brian has competed against some of the strongest men in the world for what he does. "It doesn't matter how big or small you are. Where you come from, he color of your skin, how old you are, or how many mistakes you have made in your life". Take your gifts and talents that God has given each one of us, Push those talents as hard as you can and don't let anything stop you from reaching your goals in life. If you do that, you may be surprised what you can become, if you BELIEVE Brian Jackson, The I Believe Guy

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      Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course Leader's Guide - Brian Jackson

      Lay Servant Ministries

      Basic Course

      Leader’s Book

      Sandy Jackson with Brian Jackson

      Cover design by Paul Gant

      Interior design by PerfecType

      ISBN 13: 978-0-88177-627-0

      Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989. Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Quotations designated UMH are taken from The United Methodist Hymnal (Nashville, TN: The United Methodist Publishing House, 1989).

      Quotations designated TFWS are taken from The Faith We Sing (Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 2000).

      Quotations designated UMBW are taken from The United Methodist Book of Worship (Nashville, TN: The United Methodist Publishing House, 1992).

      LAY SERVANT MINISTRIES: Basic Course Leader’s Guide. Copyright © 2013 Discipleship Resources. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form whatsoever, print or electronic, without written permission, except for the resources specified for reproduction in the appendix. For information regarding rights and permissions, contact Discipleship Resources,

      PO Box 340003, Nashville, TN 37203-0003; fax 615-340-1789.

      Discipleship Resources ® and design logos are trademarks owned by GBOD ®, Nashville, Tennessee. All rights reserved.

      Printed in the United States of America.

      DR 627

      Contents

      Preface: Thoughts on Teaching and Learning

      Introduction

      Session One: Ministry of the Baptized

      Session Two: Leading

      Session Three: Caring

      Session Four: Communicating

      Session Five: Into the World

      Appendix

      Participant’s Letter (Five Sessions)

      Participant’s Letter (Weekend Session)

      Sample Christian Conferencing Format

      Evaluation Questions

      Session Resources

      Introduction to Joining God’s Mission

      Preface

      Thoughts on Teaching and Learning

      Each of us has a personal and unique learning style. It may be similar to that of others, but if we are able to use a learning style tailored to the way our brain recognizes, stores, and processes information, learning becomes easy and fun, and information is more effectively retained. Think of how you prefer to learn. Perhaps you are a reader. Maybe you learn more easily and efficiently by listening to music, to other sounds, or to voice. Perhaps you learn best in a hands-on manner. If the teaching method suits your learning style, you can process and adapt any information quickly. Addressing the educational needs of all students during a session may require you to modify your presentation style.

      While lecture alone is the least effective means of presenting material, group activity is one of the most effective. Relational activities in small groups, or sometimes in the larger class context, associate students with different learning styles and thereby offer a way for the teacher to expose students to multiple avenues of learning. Although some sessions will lend themselves to one or more specific learning styles, the instructor can

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