Lay Servant Ministries

Join us at Wesley Forest on
February 9-11, March 15 - 17,  and April 12-14, 2024
Starts: 1pm Fridays; Ends: 4pm Sundays
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GROW slides

GROW! - Training Dates

The GROW! is designed to meet the criteria for use by Lay Servant Ministries as well as within the life of leadership in a local church.  It specifically addresses best practices for leading in liminal spaces – caught between what used to work and what we don’t know will work yet.

The focus for the first four sessions is on the development of personal leadership practices.  The second four sessions look more closely at personal leadership within community.

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Save the Dates and join us virtually on the days that work for you -

Altoona:
There are no courses at this time
Harrisburg:
*Sessions 1-4 (6:30pm)
     September 5, 12, 19, 26
*Sessions 5-8 (6:30pm)
     October 3, 10, 17, 24
*being held via Zoom - anyone in the Conference can attend
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre:
There are no courses at this time
State College:
Sessions 5-8 (2-4:30pm)
     September 30; October 7, 14, 21

Williamsport:
There are no courses at this time

Additional Laity Courses

Altoona - Accountable Discipleship & Discover Your Spiritual Gifts

Harrisburg

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre - Fall 2023 Lay Academy Classes Registration Now Open

State College

Williamsport

2023 Laity Session

The Laity Session of the Susquehanna Annual Conference was held Saturday, May 13, 2023 in two sessions and was led by Conference Lay Leader Joyce Davis with the Board of Laity. Rev. Dr. Kathleen E. Kind led the first session. Bishops Cynthia Moore-Koikoi and Sandra Steiner Ball opened the second session. Additional Speakers included: Liz Lennox, Director of Communications, Rev. Karen Weiss, and Rev. Michelle R. Bodle.

Laity Session 2022 (video)
- "Art of Christian Hospitality" PowerPoint Presentation played during session

District Lay Servant Training

Conference Lay Leader

Joyce Davis

jdavis@susumc.org

Associate Conference Lay Leader

Christina McDermott

cmcdermott718@gmail.com

Conference Lay Servant Team

Kim Shockley

District Lay Leaders

Altoona

Ken Bodle

kdmcjo@atlanticbb.net

Harrisburg

Dennis Helsel

helsed@chowan.edu

 

Lewisburg

Jessica Olenginski

jolenginski@ptd.net

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre

John Clary

swbdll@susumc.org

State College

Sherry Barth

sherrybarth54@yahoo.com

Williamsport

Candice Chase

chasec424@gmail.com

York

Beth Zeiler

rbzeiler83@gmail.com

District Lay Servant Ministry Committee Chairpersons

Altoona

Duane Coy
dcoy@susumc.org

Harrisburg

Joanne Konick-McMahan

jkonick-mcmahan@susumc.org

 

Lewisburg

Susan Knorr

sknorr@susumc.org

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre

John Clary

swbdll@susumc.org

 

State College

Sherry Barth

sherrybarth54@yahoo.com

Rick Conklin

rconklin@susumc.org

Williamsport

Gail Vaughan (chair)

nvaughan@ptd.net

Cathy Dawes (vice-chair)

cdawes@susumc.org

York

Beth Zeiler

rbzeiler83@gmail.com