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COURSE OF STUDY Students will be in a cohort and will be learning beside others from across the NACCC at the same me. Plus, they will have mentors in the local church or community to help support them in their study. The program will be broken into three levels; each level lasts one year and contains ten sessions of learning. The dierent levels will help meet the needs of a rapidly changing church landscape. Level 1 is DISCIPLESHIP and is designed for the individual who says “I want to deepen my walk with Christ.” Level 2 is LAY LEADERSHIP and is designed for the individual who want skills to serve in the ministry leadership of a local church more fully. Level 3 is PASTORAL LEADERSHIP and is designed for the individual who really wants to have the clergy resources necessary for pastoral leadership. LAY MINISTRY Training Program National Association of Congregational Christian Churches PO Box 288 Oak Creek, WI 53154 Phone: 800-262-1620 Email: naccc@naccc.org Website: www.naccc.org If you have any quesons about the Lay Ministry Training Program please contact: POLLY BODJANAC pollybodjanac@gmail.com 920-655-3597 -or- LAURA WRIGHT NACCC sta lwright@naccc.org 414-856-1614 Grace is always calling. The queson is, will we answer? Harry Vega, Jr. and Marilyn Tirado Nancy Hayes
The Lay Ministry Training Program assists in the spiritual development of individuals and enhances knowledge in areas of biblical knowledge, theology, worship, mission, Congregaonal history and polity, and others. This program seeks to enable eecve lay ministry that is disnctly Congregaonal. Instructors will present material through a virtual plaorm and allow for online discussion between students and instructor. Classes will be led by qualied clergy and church leaders of the NACCC who will bring their training and experse in the ministry to students aending their class. “The Lord has blessed so many of us with educaon and wonderful careers to raise our families. He now blesses us with an opportunity to enter the lay Ministry Training Program for Him!” — Rev. Bill Mulholland, Pastor, The Yoked Parish of Becket, MA The Naonal Associaon of Congregaonal Chrisan Churches (NACCC) has undertaken a new eort to bring Lay Ministry training to its churches. The Lay Ministry Training Program (LMTP) has been carefully revised in an eort to include; more acve parcipaon, experse from current ministers, exibility, and technology, which could make a signicant impact on NACCC member churches and communies for Christ. The Lay Ministry Training Program is created for individuals who wish to gain skills with a goal of helping their church and its ministries. Educated lay ministers and/or lay leaders can be extremely advantageous to a local congregaon. Trained lay minister can benet your church by: Providing help in the pulpit Assisng with church programing Caring support through visits and pastoral care Pastoral leadership Lay Ministry gives people tools to super-charge God’s gis for serving in Christ’s name. OVERVIEW Lay involvement has always been at the heart of the health of the Church. Paul writes his leers in part to encourage and empower healthy, local churches. In our own me, seminaries have been closing and many churches are shrinking, so the importance of Biblically and theologically educated lay people is crically important to the growth of the Kingdom. Kathy Vsetecka and Linda Shaw With more small churches, the need for gied lay leaders has never been greater. In fact, the involvement of gied, lay people is key to the health of every church. Many churches can no longer aord a full-me, seminary-trained pastor, and, though God will raise up lay people to pastor, where will they get the addional training they need to be eecve? PURPOSE PROGRAM Jerey Kauman
The Lay Ministry Training Program assists in the spiritual development of individuals and enhances knowledge in areas of biblical knowledge, theology, worship, mission, Congregaonal history and polity, and others. This program seeks to enable eecve lay ministry that is disnctly Congregaonal. Instructors will present material through a virtual plaorm and allow for online discussion between students and instructor. Classes will be led by qualied clergy and church leaders of the NACCC who will bring their training and experse in the ministry to students aending their class. “The Lord has blessed so many of us with educaon and wonderful careers to raise our families. He now blesses us with an opportunity to enter the lay Ministry Training Program for Him!” — Rev. Bill Mulholland, Pastor, The Yoked Parish of Becket, MA The Naonal Associaon of Congregaonal Chrisan Churches (NACCC) has undertaken a new eort to bring Lay Ministry training to its churches. The Lay Ministry Training Program (LMTP) has been carefully revised in an eort to include; more acve parcipaon, experse from current ministers, exibility, and technology, which could make a signicant impact on NACCC member churches and communies for Christ. The Lay Ministry Training Program is created for individuals who wish to gain skills with a goal of helping their church and its ministries. Educated lay ministers and/or lay leaders can be extremely advantageous to a local congregaon. Trained lay minister can benet your church by: Providing help in the pulpit Assisng with church programing Caring support through visits and pastoral care Pastoral leadership Lay Ministry gives people tools to super-charge God’s gis for serving in Christ’s name. OVERVIEW Lay involvement has always been at the heart of the health of the Church. Paul writes his leers in part to encourage and empower healthy, local churches. In our own me, seminaries have been closing and many churches are shrinking, so the importance of Biblically and theologically educated lay people is crically important to the growth of the Kingdom. Kathy Vsetecka and Linda Shaw With more small churches, the need for gied lay leaders has never been greater. In fact, the involvement of gied, lay people is key to the health of every church. Many churches can no longer aord a full-me, seminary-trained pastor, and, though God will raise up lay people to pastor, where will they get the addional training they need to be eecve? PURPOSE PROGRAM Jerey Kauman
The Lay Ministry Training Program assists in the spiritual development of individuals and enhances knowledge in areas of biblical knowledge, theology, worship, mission, Congregaonal history and polity, and others. This program seeks to enable eecve lay ministry that is disnctly Congregaonal. Instructors will present material through a virtual plaorm and allow for online discussion between students and instructor. Classes will be led by qualied clergy and church leaders of the NACCC who will bring their training and experse in the ministry to students aending their class. “The Lord has blessed so many of us with educaon and wonderful careers to raise our families. He now blesses us with an opportunity to enter the lay Ministry Training Program for Him!” — Rev. Bill Mulholland, Pastor, The Yoked Parish of Becket, MA The Naonal Associaon of Congregaonal Chrisan Churches (NACCC) has undertaken a new eort to bring Lay Ministry training to its churches. The Lay Ministry Training Program (LMTP) has been carefully revised in an eort to include; more acve parcipaon, experse from current ministers, exibility, and technology, which could make a signicant impact on NACCC member churches and communies for Christ. The Lay Ministry Training Program is created for individuals who wish to gain skills with a goal of helping their church and its ministries. Educated lay ministers and/or lay leaders can be extremely advantageous to a local congregaon. Trained lay minister can benet your church by: Providing help in the pulpit Assisng with church programing Caring support through visits and pastoral care Pastoral leadership Lay Ministry gives people tools to super-charge God’s gis for serving in Christ’s name. OVERVIEW Lay involvement has always been at the heart of the health of the Church. Paul writes his leers in part to encourage and empower healthy, local churches. In our own me, seminaries have been closing and many churches are shrinking, so the importance of Biblically and theologically educated lay people is crically important to the growth of the Kingdom. Kathy Vsetecka and Linda Shaw With more small churches, the need for gied lay leaders has never been greater. In fact, the involvement of gied, lay people is key to the health of every church. Many churches can no longer aord a full-me, seminary-trained pastor, and, though God will raise up lay people to pastor, where will they get the addional training they need to be eecve? PURPOSE PROGRAM Jerey Kauman
COURSE OF STUDY Students will be in a cohort and will be learning beside others from across the NACCC at the same me. Plus, they will have mentors in the local church or community to help support them in their study. The program will be broken into three levels; each level lasts one year and contains ten sessions of learning. The dierent levels will help meet the needs of a rapidly changing church landscape. Level 1 is DISCIPLESHIP and is designed for the individual who says “I want to deepen my walk with Christ.” Level 2 is LAY LEADERSHIP and is designed for the individual who want skills to serve in the ministry leadership of a local church more fully. Level 3 is PASTORAL LEADERSHIP and is designed for the individual who really wants to have the clergy resources necessary for pastoral leadership. LAY MINISTRY Training Program National Association of Congregational Christian Churches PO Box 288 Oak Creek, WI 53154 Phone: 800-262-1620 Email: naccc@naccc.org Website: www.naccc.org If you have any quesons about the Lay Ministry Training Program please contact: POLLY BODJANAC pollybodjanac@gmail.com 920-655-3597 -or- LAURA WRIGHT NACCC sta lwright@naccc.org 414-856-1614 Grace is always calling. The queson is, will we answer? Harry Vega, Jr. and Marilyn Tirado Nancy Hayes
COURSE OF STUDY Students will be in a cohort and will be learning beside others from across the NACCC at the same me. Plus, they will have mentors in the local church or community to help support them in their study. The program will be broken into three levels; each level lasts one year and contains ten sessions of learning. The dierent levels will help meet the needs of a rapidly changing church landscape. Level 1 is DISCIPLESHIP and is designed for the individual who says “I want to deepen my walk with Christ.” Level 2 is LAY LEADERSHIP and is designed for the individual who want skills to serve in the ministry leadership of a local church more fully. Level 3 is PASTORAL LEADERSHIP and is designed for the individual who really wants to have the clergy resources necessary for pastoral leadership. LAY MINISTRY Training Program National Association of Congregational Christian Churches PO Box 288 Oak Creek, WI 53154 Phone: 800-262-1620 Email: naccc@naccc.org Website: www.naccc.org If you have any quesons about the Lay Ministry Training Program please contact: POLLY BODJANAC pollybodjanac@gmail.com 920-655-3597 -or- LAURA WRIGHT NACCC sta lwright@naccc.org 414-856-1614 Grace is always calling. The queson is, will we answer? Harry Vega, Jr. and Marilyn Tirado Nancy Hayes