Skip to Main Content

Fall 2023 Prairie North District Lay Academy

Location: Rockford: Beth Eden UMC, 3201 Huffman Blvd, Rockford

2023 Fall Prairie North Lay Academy Banner

Saturday, October 28  (8 am to 5 pm) and Sunday, October 29 (1 to 4:30 pm)

Rockford: Beth Eden UMC, 3201 Huffman Blvd, Rockford

Cost $25

Box lunch (Saturday only), snacks, water and coffee will be provided.

Online Registration

Class Options: (one course per academy)

  • Discover Your Spiritual Gifts: This course helps participants understand spiritual gifts and how the church can use them to fulfill its mission and ministry. Participants will also learn what it means to be a spiritual leader and will be equipped to lead others in exploring and using their spiritual gifts.
    Book: Each One a Minister by William J. Carter
  • Devotional Life in the Wesleyan Tradition: Structured around Wesley’s “means of grace,” this study covers, among other topics, prayer, Scripture, the Lord’s Supper, and fasting – major features in John Wesley’s devotional life. Participants will learn how they can apply Wesley’s ministry to their own life.
    Book: Devotional Life in the Wesleyan Tradition: a workbook by Steve Harper
  • Planning Worship: This builds on Leading Worship, and it is grounded in the principles and practices of worship planning.
    Book: The Worship Workshop, Creative Ways to Design Worship Together by Marcia McFee
  • Accountable Discipleship: This course focuses on the concept of the household of God, Scripture as divine revelation, Wesleyan understandings of grace, and the importance of the class leader in the development of the Methodist movement.
    Book: Accountable Discipleship by Steven W. Manskar

All books may be purchased at your favorite bookseller.
All class times must be attended to receive course credit.

QUESTIONS? Kim Emery - kkim0104@aol.com

Download the Flyer

Online Registration

News & Announcements

Immigrantposter

From the Bishop: Council of Bishops Letter on Immigration

The Council of Bishops is asking United Methodists to advocate for the rights, safety, and dignity of the immigrants among us. Pastors will read the bishops' letter fro…

Banner Nic Green

January 2025 Benefit Insights

For January, key Health and Pension benefit updates include information about payroll deductions, Beneficiaries, Lunch and Learns, taxes and financial well being learning opportunities.

Flowers Sympathy625x400 2a417 Copy

In Sympathy: Sigfried Schwirblat

Rev. Sigfried Schwirblat, a local pastor in the Northern Illinois Conference, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024.

Ac 2025 Logo Horizonal Cmyk

Plans Are Shaping Up for 2025 Annual Conference

The Northern Illinois Conference’s 186th session, themed “Grace is Sufficient,” will take place June 9-11. Bishop Dan Schwerin, inspired by the transformative power of grace, e…

Print