Leadership UMC
Small Group Presentation
The Peacemakers
Key Questions:
#4 = Amy Astin & Mark O’Riley
#8 = Virginia Smith, Kim Gabrels, Janet Silgar
# 14 = Terry hale, John Doughten
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#4 Vital churches focus on increasing
the effectiveness of lay leaders.
Reflections of a retired Methodist
Minister
Rev. Michael Holt
Reflections of a retired Methodist
Minister’s Wife
Mrs. Inez Fears
Reflections of an active Methodist
Minister
Rev. Beth Sanders
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Lay Leader: What's my job?
Who is qualified for this job?
 This leader represents lay people
through collaboration with church
staff and in meetings.
 Spiritual gifts: servanthood, faith,
compassion, apostleship
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What does the lay leader do?
 Works with the pastor in leading. This leader
represents the lay people in the congregation.
 This leader is a role model of Christian discipleship.
 This leader Continuously looks for ways to connect
Christian discipleship with daily life.
 The Lay Leader collaborates with other church
leaders to find ways within the community of faith to
recognize the ministries of laity in worship.
 This leader meets regularly with the pastor to discuss
the state of the church and opportunities for ministry.
 In some congregations, the lay leader partners worship.
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8. Vital pastors give attention to
developing, coaching, and mentoring lay
leadership to enable laity to increase their
ability to carry out ministry.
1.Started
regular
Sunday school
2.Keep in
place once
a month
men’s
breakfast
4.Started
Evening
services
5.Small/Cell
groups
8.District
Connectional
Group
3.Neighborhood
& out of
Neighbor
visitation.
6.Suggest study
material
7.Visitation/Flyer
Distribution
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Vital Pastor Interviews
 Rev. Steve Wood was my pastor for many years at
Sugar Hill United Methodist Church prior to becoming
the senior minister of Mt. Pisgah UMC. Both very large
and thriving churches.
 My second choice for a vital pastor to interview was
Dr. Jeff Ross who is senior pastor of Cumming First
UMC. He leads a large church and the church seems to
be thriving under his leadership.
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Vital Pastors
Coaching & mentoring lay leadership
Somewhere along the way we, the laity turned over
the vision and direction of our churches to the
pastors, “after all that’s what we pay them for.”
One of pastors’ main jobs is to be on the lookout for
potential leaders for ministry.
It is essential for our seminaries to teach our pastors
how to recognize gifts and graces and nurture them
within the body of the church.
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14. Vital churches have preachers
who tend to use more topical sermon
series in traditional services.
Where do you get ideas for the series?
How do you promote the series?
How do you use the laity in the series?
Give a few examples of a popular series
What do you see as advantages to using sermon series?
What advice would you give to a minister starting a topical sermon series?
What are some practical resources?
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To be a vital church we need more
topical sermons, so when life gets
rough and it feels like the world is
crashing all around there is a calming
of the sea and the soul. !
Partnership
Relationship
Leadership
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