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    Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course Participant's Book
    Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course Participant's Book
    Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course Participant's Book
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    Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course Participant's Book

    By Brian Jackson and Sandy Jackson

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    "God calls you to a life of servanthood as a disciple of Jesus Christ. …Lay Servant Ministries is the first step for many laypersons toward their faith journey as they strive for a closer relationship with the Lord," the authors write in the introduction.

    The Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course is a foundational course designed to equip new church leaders and renew current leaders in The United Methodist Church. It explores

    • personal spiritual gifts
    • servant leadership
    • each leader's role in developing future leaders
    • the importance of consistent spiritual practices
    • the core ministries of Leading, Caring, and Communicating
    • and much more.

    The Basic Course can be used for both adults and youth. Consisting of five two-hour sessions, it may serve as a short-term study for small groups, Sunday school classes, and new member classes.

    NOTE: This book replaces the Lay Speaking Ministries Basic Course, DR551.

    The Leader's Guide is also available here.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDiscipleship Resources
    Release dateMar 1, 2013
    ISBN9780881776348
    Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course Participant's Book
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    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 Participant's Book - Brian Jackson

      Introduction

      God calls you to a life of servanthood as a disciple of Jesus Christ. You are reading this study because you have felt a gentle touch or a strong push to pursue your call to serve the church in a greater capacity. This course can also be used in local church and small-group settings to teach new members and develop new leaders. Lay Servant Ministries is the first step for many laypersons toward their faith journey as they strive for a closer relationship with the Lord. Lay Servant Ministries will give you a variety of opportunities to serve your local and the greater church. The ministries of Lay Servanthood are Leading, Caring, and Communicating.

      We can all find a calling in one or more of these areas of ministry. This class will familiarize you with these areas of ministry and give you a chance to explore each one. Upon completion of this course, we hope that you will see which one God is calling you to pursue. The United Methodist Church depends upon its laity to carry out its missions and purpose. Your local church and pastor depend on you as laity to pursue and accomplish the work of making disciples. Many journeys toward deeper faith and service in ministry have begun with this class. Enjoy and be open to God’s call upon your life.

      Session One

      Ministry of the Baptized

      But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

      —1 Peter 2:9-10

      Learning Outcome Goals

      At the end of this session participants will be able to:

      1.Describe the reality of the priesthood of all believers and God’s call on our lives

      2.Discuss spiritual gifts—meaning and purpose

      3.Describe the need for a response to God’s call

      4.Discuss the early Methodist movement and the role of laity in it

      United Methodist Background

      United Methodists share basic affirmations of the Christian faith with other Christian communities. They are:

      •We hold in common with all Christians a faith in the mystery of salvation in and through Jesus Christ.

      •We share the Christian belief that God’s redemptive love is realized in human life by the activity of the Holy Spirit, both in personal experience and in the community of believers.

      •We understand ourselves to be part of Christ’s universal church when by adoration, proclamation, and service we become conformed to Christ.

      •We recognize that the reign of God is both a present and future reality.

      •We share with many other Christian communions a recognition of the authority of scripture in matters of faith, the confession that our justification as sinners is by grace through faith, and the sober realization that the church is in need of continual reformation and renewal.

      Wesleyan Emphases

      There are distinct Wesleyan emphases that shape who we are as United Methodists. John Wesley believed that it was not enough to believe or have faith, but that faith and love should be put into practice in our lives.

      One of the main emphases of Methodism is grace—By grace we mean that undeserved, unmerited, and loving action of God (The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church—2004 ¶101).

      Wesley further described grace as:

      Prevenient—the grace that causes our first thoughts of God and draws us to God.

      Justifying—the grace from God that is willing to accept us and forgive us, just as if we had never sinned.

      Sanctifying—the grace that continues to nurture us and increase our knowledge so we can more fully love God and our neighbor. We are committed to go on to perfection by having a heart habitually filled with the love of God and neighbor and by having the mind of Christ and walking as he walked.

      Two other Wesleyan emphases are faith and good works. We exhibit our faith as we respond to the gift of salvation by our works of piety and mercy. Our personal salvation is evidenced when we join our hearts and hands in mission and service.

      The emphasis on mission and service happens when we hold in balance our scriptural holiness or personal piety, act of devotion and worship, and our social holiness or acts of compassion and justice.

      The mission of the church is one of nurture and outreach. Our faith is nurtured by the church through Christian fellowship and participation in a worshiping community. The church equips us for mission and service in our communities and in the world.

      We are blessed as individuals and a denomination when we emphasize these Wesleyan principles in living out our faith.

      A Connectional Church

      The United Methodist Church is a connectional church through our polity, our ties to other United Methodist churches, and our basic Christian beliefs and values. This connectionalism is based on a mutual responsiveness to each other and the world, and on accountability to God and each other at all levels of the church.

      Ministry happens throughout the church and the world through our apportionments, our appointment system for clergy, and our mutual efforts in missions. More importantly, we are connected by the Spirit of Christ and as brothers and sisters by prayerful concern for each other as we watch over one another with love.

      The Priesthood of Believers

      But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation … (1 Pet. 2:9).

      What does it mean to be a member of a priesthood? In the Hebrew Bible, a priest acted as a mediator between the people and God because sinful people could not approach God directly.

      The priests performed the ministry as instructed by God, and they offered sacrifices on behalf of the people. But with Christ and his victory over sin and death, we can now come into God’s presence without the intermediary priest. We are now charged with the obligation to declare God’s wondrous act of salvation to others. Because of our relationship with Christ, we can represent him to others just as the ancient priests represented God to the people. We are indeed a chosen people, chosen as God’s very own.

      Our priesthood or ministry does

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