A collection of learning opportunities for self-development and leading others
Leadership Skills Training
Are you a lay leader? Would you like to explore and enhance your leadership skills? This one-day online course offers lay people working in the Methodist Church a chance to develop their leadership skills and style while learning how to lead meetings, manage group dynamics, build team and understand conflict.
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Boundaries and saying “no”
Sometimes we feel that our boundaries are not quite in the right place, and we say “yes” when maybe we should have said “no”. In the Boundaries and saying “no” session we will:
- spend time with Jesus and discern our responses to saying “no”
- explore some methods to help us develop and keep to boundaries we have set.
Time Management
Sometimes the to-do list seems never ending and it can be hard to find time for what feels most important. In the Time Management sessions we will:
- think about how best to manage our own diaries and other people’s expectations
- consider how to use our time discerningly, making space for what matters most
- learn some practical ways for managing to-do lists.
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Discernment Course
What is the Discernment course?
The Discernment course exists to help leaders listen together to God’s invitation when making decisions.
We live in times of tremendous change in the Church. Those in leadership are faced with many challenging circumstances, as well as many potential ways forward. The choices that church communities struggle with are generally not between good and bad options, but often between two or more good things from which we seek to discern the particular choice that God calls us to.
The Discernment Course seeks to help leaders listen carefully to what God is doing in their local context, to develop tools to support decision-making and to learn how to make good and prayerful decisions together.
Who is the course for?
The course is intended for anyone involved in leadership in the local church, including church stewards, circuit stewards, local preachers, lay workers, deacons, presbyters and superintendents.
How can the course be used?
The full course can be delivered in six hours, in person or online. The course can be delivered by local leaders, perhaps by a local presbyter, deacon or circuit steward. Feel free to use the material contained within the course in whatever way is helpful.
If you would like to speak with your aligned Learning and Development Officer from the Learning Network about how to use this resource in your local context, you can find their details here.