Finger Lakes Lay Servant Ministries

10/06/2021

Ministry with the Forgotten is an Advanced Lay Servant course. For more about it, click here⬇️

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Discipleship Ministries is excited to announce the upcoming launch of a new course for local church leaders: The Church’s Ministry with Dementia, a new hybrid-model teaching series designed to help churches see and engage with those living with dementia and other vulnerable adults.

07/28/2021

A Memorial Service for Chris Kimball-Peterson will be held at Trumansburg UMC on Friday, July 30 @ 11 am.
Chris was a very devoted Lay Servant and a member of the district Lay Servant team. She will be sorely missed.

05/28/2021

Please make sure to spread the word.

Join the team and help us make a difference for our campers this summer!

06/21/2020

The Finger Lakes Lay Servant team is excited to offer Biblical Storytelling, an Advanced Lay Servant Course. The course is led by Pastor Della Ludwig in an online format on Tuesdays July 7, 14, 21, 28 and August 4 from 4-6 PM. Below are more details and a change to register. You can also register at https://bit.ly/20LSStory

Biblical Storytelling • Advanced Lay Servant

Learning the sacred stories of Scripture by heart and sharing them with others is both an ancient-future art and a powerful spiritual practice. This course is for everyone who wishes to learn, to tell, and to connect with God and other people through the ancient-future art and spiritual discipline of telling the sacred stories of Scripture – yes, you can do it too! By the end of this course, you are able to share at least one text with others by heart--not memory.

Pastor Della Ludwig invites you to explore this spiritual discipline with her during five two-hour sessions of learning and sharing. Della is a United Methodist Pastor serving in Rushville and Newark, NY. She serves on the Finger Lakes District Lay Servant Team and is a long-time biblical storyteller. She offers this course in a live online session.

What: Advanced Lay Servant - Biblical Storytelling
Where: Online via Zoom
When: 4:00 - 6:00 PM on Tuesdays July 7, 14, 21, 28, and August 4, 2020
Who: Youth & Adults, Laity & Clergy
Text: Dancing with Words: Storytelling as Legacy, Culture, and Faith by Ray Buckely, ISBN-10: 0881774073
Cost: $20 plus the cost of text

Register early to reserve your spot. You are asked to purchase and read the entire text before the first class. Amazon, Cokesbury, and other online booksellers offer the course text.

Dancing with Words: Storytelling as Legacy, Culture, and Faith by Ray Buckely, ISBN-10: 0881774073

Additional requirement - An Internet connection. A device capable of running a Zoom session with both audio (microphone and speaker) and video. Operating system Windows 7 or higher, Mac OS 10.7 or higher. For full specifications see https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362023-System-requirements-for-Windows-macOS-and-Linux

Payment is due at registration. Send check written to UNYC to:
Jennie Young-Walczyk
614 Clark St. Rd
Cayuga, NY 13034

Contact Jennie Young-Walczyk with questions. PHONE: 603-667-8273 EMAIL: [email protected]

Registration Deadline: June 30.

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06/21/2020

Campus Ministry • Advanced Lay Servant
Is God Calling Your Congregation To Serve College Students?

Lay Servant Ministries of Upper New York is excited to offer a new course focused on empowering congregations to grow in understanding and service to students in local contexts! The purpose of this 10-hour course is to help church leaders guide their congregations in a process of discernment and planning to better support college students. This course helps clergy and laity to:

† Think theologically about their congregation’s motivations and goals for creating a student ministry

† Orient themselves within the current landscape of higher education in the United States and locate their congregation within the particularity of their own institutional landscape

† Understand the importance of setting goals and expectations that prioritize student needs and voices.

† Identify the areas of ministry potential that already exist within their congregation and imagine new ways God may be calling them to use these gifts to serve students

† Create a plan to facilitate continued discernment and student ministry building in their congregation.

Rev. Colleen Hallagan Preuninger, Associate Minister for Memorial Church and Director of Student Engagement, Office for Religious Life, Stanford University offers this course to both clergy and laity.

Dates: Sundays July 5, 12, 19, 26 and August 2
Time: 3:00-5:00 pm EDT
Location: Zoom
Course Cost: Free
Materials Needed: Please purchase and read the book Campus Ministry: Empowering Congregations to Support Students at Colleges and Universities by Colleen Hallagan Preuninger ISBN: 9780881779370

Additional requirement - An Internet connection. A device capable of running a Zoom session with both audio (microphone and speaker) and video. Operating system Windows 7 or higher, Mac OS 10.7 or higher.

Registration closes on July 1, 2020.

11/10/2019

Wonderful Leading Prayer Retreat at Casowasco. Mark your calendars for 2020 - 2nd weekend of November!

11/09/2019

Leading Public Prayer with some of my favorites.

08/24/2019

Lay Servant Retreat • Leading Public Prayer
What: Advanced Lay Servant Retreat - Leading Public Prayer
Where: Casowasco Camp & Retreat Center, 158 Casowasco Drive, Moravia, NY 13118
When: Friday, November 8 at 5 PM - Sunday, November 10 at 2 PM
Who: Youth & Adults, Laity & Clergy
Cost: $210 with linens, 6 meals; $200 no linens, 6 meals; $100 commuter, 6 meals

Do you long to say, “It's my joy to lead in prayer,” even though you hope you aren’t called upon to do it? Leading public prayer can be daunting. You are invited to learn ways of leading prayer and to craft prayers and prayer experiences that are faithful, careful, creative and beautiful. Let the God of imagination grab hold of our prayer lives so that you can lead others into the presence of God in deep and meaningful ways.

Leading Public Prayer led by Lucina Hallagan and Pastor Della Ludwig

We look forward to this prayer journey with you.

Please register by October 24. You are asked to purchase and read the entire book before the retreat.

Shaping the Prayers of the People, the art of intercession, by Samuel Wells & Abigail Kocher. ISBN 9780802870971

Optional helpful materials:
Contemplative by Design, by Gerrie L. Grimsley and Jane J. Young. ISBN9780835899697
Praying with Mandalas, a Colorful, Contemplative Practice by Rev. Sharon Seyfarth Garner. ISBN9780835816342
Online registration link http://bit.ly/19LSretreat
Payment is due at registration. Send check written to UNYAC to:
Paula Aiken
515 W. Dryden Rd.
Freeville, NY 13068

Youth and 1st time retreat participants are eligible to apply for a partial scholarship. Contact Jennie Young-Walczyk for scholarship information. PHONE: 603-667-8273 EMAIL: [email protected]
Registration and Scholarship Application Deadline: October 24.