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Leadership UMC

KINGDOM KIDS

Sorelyss McGinty, Linda Randolph,

Marcia Hudson, Caitlin Hartley, Delroy Stewart Slide2

Corinne Ware:

Discover Your Spiritual TypeSlide3

Vital Worship

Worship is a time when the body of Christ comes together to celebrate the Lord.

Psalm 133:1-2

How good and pleasant it is
    when God’s people live together in

unity

It

is like precious oil poured on the head,
    running down on the beard,
running down on Aaron’s beard,
    down on the collar of his robe.Slide4

Sugar Hill UMC

Latino GatheringSlide5

Vital Churches focus on increasing the effectiveness of Lay Leaders (understand their role and carrying these roles out effectivelySlide6

Vital churches always provide training for all their laity leaders.  Why? Because leaders always function better when they know what is expected of them and receive training to enable them to adequately perform these tasks.Slide7

When you combine the words Clergy and Lay, you get “CLAY.

”God can work with clay!

Gene SheffieldSlide8

The function of the Lay Leader is vitally important to the church.

The Lay Leader serves as the primary contact between the laity and the clergy. For someone who has never held this position before, the thought of being Lay Leader can be overwhelming. These feelings make us feel inadequate for the task. We not only need training, but also to be reminded that God has all the power we need and that he equips those he calls. He has given us His Holy Spirit, Living water, who lives in us. Even knowing this, we sometimes feel like our earthen vessel is just dirt with holes in it and muddy water is leaking out. When Clergy and Laity work together we are reminded that Heaven is God’s throne and earth is His footstool. Anything that might overwhelm us is truly under His feet.

Together we allow God, the potter, to repair our cracked

pots.Slide9

Leadership Triangle

Mike

Selleck

shared during our training classSlide10

Mike Selleck

shared with us this Leadership Triangle which shows how the closer one gets to the top of the triangle, the less room there is to dodge or hide from tasks and responsibilities. Leaders who have not received sufficient training to feel they really understand their role and know how to carry out the functions expected frequently want to hide from their responsibilities and when questioned often become defensive. Because the Lay Leader is very close to the top of the triangle, it is very important that he or she feel confident to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the role. Slide11

Training booklets for each of the Admin. Council

Committees

The duties of the Lay Leader are described in The Discipline 2012, but more information is needed to feel confident.

Jodeco

Road UMC have purchased books that explain the purpose and function of each of the committees that make up the

Administrative Council.Slide12

Griffin

FUMC, where annual Leadership training is held

The Griffin District Leadership Committee annually provides training not only for the lay leaders but also for many of the various committees that function within a church. This training is provided for the entire district and is usually held at Griffin First UMC. Slide13

Booklet given to Lay Leaders who attend District Leadership TrainingSlide14

The United Methodist Church does not stand alone – it is a Connectional Church

!Slide15

Associate Lay Leader at

Jodeco

Rd. making announcementsSlide16

Lay Leader Responsibilities

Meets regularly with the pastor Serves as a lay member of annual

conference

Attends committees

Compiles and distributes

Maintains records

Speaks on behalf of Congregation

Supports the church with financesSlide17

VITAL

CHURCHES HAVE MORE SMALL GROUPS FOR ALL AGESSlide18

Small

G

roup

Premise

The church in times past did not thrive around the small group concept

A different Christian Education model must be used to accommodate the mega church phenomenon Slide19

St. James UMC, Alpharetta DEMOGRAPHICS

The only Black Church in the Atlanta-Roswell District3,000 members

Average attendance of 1,000

2 Morning Services

Community primarily white middle to upper class families with children

St. James 98% African-American

Socio-economic tenor mirrors the White communitySlide20

Mission Specific

“We embrace , Equip and Empower people to go and make disciples for Jesus Christ”Slide21

SMALL GROUP STRUCTURE

Creative

Relevant

InvitingSlide22

Renamed

our “Sunday School” model to be “AM Sunday Bible Study

Courses”

Adults

and children who strive to increase their knowledge base do not want to come to church to go to school, however are open to gain more knowledge, even theological.

.

SMALL GROUP STRUCTURESlide23

Christian

Education

Tracks

Diagrams

SMALL GROUP STRUCTURESlide24

Prayer for direction

Paths for all ages and stages

Market

the

paths

to Christian growth in a way that entices the body of believers to grow to be disciple makers

.

Designed

S

mall

G

roup StructureSlide25

We

have intentionally created opportunities for common groups to congregate such

as:

Mighty

Men of Valor Bible

Study

UMW

Sister to Sister Bible

Study

Stewardship Workshops

Seenager

Bible

Study

Couples

Bible

Study

MasterLife

Bible

Study

Disciple Bible Study

Youth

Ministry Advisory

Council

Survival

Kit for Adults and Youth

Small Group Structures Slide26

Thriving

Outreach P

rogram

ADDITIONAL SMALL

GROUP

UNITSSlide27

Small

Groups provide the following:

Intimacy

Confidentiality

Sharing opportunities

No

time restraints on how long it takes the group to get to the same level of

growth

Familial connections

The

opportunity to realize that every member of the body is connected to each other and are a necessary part of the body of Christ.

These

things can only be accomplished effectively in small group dynamics.

SMALL GROUP STRUCTURESlide28

As the

church recognizes the need to become relevant

using the tool called “small groups”, combined with

the gospel of Jesus Christ and

prayer, creative

ways to draw all men unto Christ,

can result. Then the Church

of Jesus Christ can grow into an entity that

will change

the world, even if only in the corner where each of us

abides,

in Him.

SMALL GROUPS FOR ALL AGES & STAGES =

VITAL CHURCHESSlide29

Thank You!