Certified Lay Speaker

For more information:
Teresa (Tee) Bolin
(501) 837-4764
teresa.bolin@arumc.org

To Become a Certified Lay Speaker, You Must:

1. Be certified as a lay servant.
2. Obtain recommendation from the pastor and the church council or charge conference of the local church in which you hold membership.
3. Complete a track of study including courses on leading worship, leading prayer, discovering spiritual gifts, preaching, United Methodist heritage and polity.
4. Submit Lay Speaker application and appropriate paperwork.
5. Interview with and obtain recommendation from the the conference committee on Lay Servant Ministries.

To become certified as a lay speaker, you must complete a track of study that includes one course from each of the following subject categories:

1. The BASIC Course for Lay Servant Ministries
2. Leading Worship
   • Leading Worship – Taylor Burton-Edwards
   • Your Ministry of Leading Worship 101 (online)

1. Leading Prayer
   • Leading Public Prayer – Debra R. Tyree
   • Leading Public Prayer (online)
2. Discovering Spiritual Gifts
   • Discover Your Spiritual Gifts – William J. Carter OR For the Common Good – Christine Harman
   • Rediscovering Our Spiritual Gifts (online)
3. Preaching
   • Called to Preach – Dawn Chesser
   • From Your Heart to Theirs: Delivering an Effective Sermon – Tony Franks and David Carroll
4. United Methodist Heritage
   • Living Our United Methodist Beliefs – George Hovaness Donigian
   • Living Our United Methodist Beliefs (online)
5. United Methodist Polity
   • Life Together in the United Methodist Connection – Beth Galbreath
   • Life Together in the United Methodist Connection (online)