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YOUNGER GENERATIONS’ MINISTRIES TASK FORCE RETREAT
SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 2025, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
A One-Day Retreat to Holy Conference on ministry with younger generations in our annual conference

Please RSVP at this link to join us for this free event.

Location: First United Methodist Church of Riverside, 4845 Brockton Ave., Riverside, CA 92506
The Cal-Pac Leadership-Discipleship EMT is spearheading a task force for our conference on our ministries with younger generations.  This task force is being led by Rev. Melinda Dodge, from the Being The Church Long Beach cooperative ministry.

You are invited to join in this work via a one-day retreat.

Lunch will be provided.  Please bring a refillable water bottle, notebook and pencil, and an open heart for how we can support the faith lives of our younger generations.

A few answers to a few questions.

What will we do during our time together?  This will be primarily a time of listening and learning about the good work that God is doing through our local churches.  In order for us to have a sense of how the conference can support the churches, we need to hear from the churches themselves:  what is working?  What is needed?

I cannot attend the entire time.  Can I arrive late or depart early?  We want to have every voice heard as much as possible in this conversation.  So, please come and join us however you are able to.

I cannot attend, but I would like to be involved.  Please consider sending someone who is actively engaged in the younger generations ministries of which you are connected.  We will keep you informed on the task force’s work.

For more information about this event, contact Rev. Melinda Dodge at melinda@beingthechurchlb.org.

UNITED WOMEN IN FAITH MID-WINTER EVENT 2025

Hawaii: Saturday, March 1, 2025, registration beginning at 9:30 AM HST (Hawaii)
Hawaii: Susannah Wesley Community Center, 1117 Kaili St #3432, Honolulu HI 96819

“Embracing Our Story: Practicing Justice And Hope”

Register here: https://calpacumc.formstack.com/forms/uwfmidwinter2025

Cost and Deadlines:  

• $20 for registration by Wednesday, February 12, 2025. Childcare available upon request. $25 deposit per family is required and refunded in full at the event.
• California & Hawaii celebrations have different payment instructions. Be sure to read carefully in your submission message and confirmation email. Checks are payable to Cal-Pac UW Faith.

About the Celebration:

• This is an annual event to celebrate the ministries of the United Women in Faith. Registration will begin at 9:30 AM. Event will be from 10:00 AM – 2:30 PM (both locations).
• For a flyer to share with your sisters, click here.
• For questions:
  • Hawaii:  Contact Dorinda Dunlap, dorindadunlap916@gmail.com or (808) 944-1129.

LAY SERVANT MINISTRIES ADVANCED COURSE: UM HERITAGE LIVING OUR UNITED METHODIST BELIEFS
Mondays, February 10, 24, March 3, 17, 24, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM California (PST/PDT)*
Mondays, February 10, 24, March 3, 2025, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM Hawaii (HST) & Monday, March 17, 24, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM Hawaii (HST)*
or Tuesdays, February 11, 25, March 4, 2025, 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM Guam (ChST) & Tuesdays, March 18, 25, 2025, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM Guam (ChST)*
Zoom Online Platform

*Note that Daylight Savings Time begins in California on Sunday, March 9, 2025.

Cost & Deadlines: $15.00 and you must provide your own book (see below). Please note the deadline to register is Sunday, February 9, 2025. The class size will max at 30 participants and registration will close if that number is reached before the registration deadline.

REGISTER AT THIS LINK

About the Class:

• Living Our Beliefs: This course will explore the special gifts of theology, witness, and organization that The United Methodist Church brings to the church universal, how we got where we are today, and how our distinctive emphases are still needed in the 21st-century church.
• The instructor is Rev. Elizabeth Davidson. She is the Executive Director of Faith In Women, an organization working to change the conversation about reproductive health, rights, and justice in Mississippi. Rev. Davidson is a Jackson, Mississippi native and ordained deacon in the California-Pacific Conference of The United Methodist Church. Holding dual degrees in social work and ministry, she is passionate about inviting people of faith to live out their spiritual values in the world through the pursuit of justice in their communities. Elizabeth also loves to eat well (usually thanks to her husband, Geoff), travel, exercise her creativity through art and writing, spend quality time with loved ones, and nap with her dogs, Mulligan and Migo, and her cat, Hamilton.
• Attendance is required at all sessions for credit.
• All those seeking certification as a Certified Lay Servant or Certified Lay Speaker, and those needing continuing education for Certified Lay Servant status, are invited to attend. The BASIC class and one Advanced Class is required to successfully apply for Certified Lay Servant status.
  • About Certified Lay Servant (CLS) status: After you take the Basic Lay Servant Class, you have 3 years to take an advanced class to qualify you as a Certified Lay Servant. If you want to continue on to being a Certified Lay Speaker, you will need to take the following six advanced classes: Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts, UM Heritage, UM Polity, a Preaching class, a Prayer class, and a Worship class. For more information about Lay Servant Ministries, click here.
• Provide your own book: Living Our Beliefs: The United Methodist Way by Kenneth L. Carder (Amazon, Cokesbury, Upper Room)
• Technical requirements for Zoom participants: To participate in Zoom  meetings, participants must have a reliable Internet connection, and a  laptop, tablet, or smartphone device that can download and install the  Zoom app. A web or phone camera and a microphone are highly recommended,  although some users may call in via phone if a mic is not available. 
• Zoom information is included in your confirmation email and submission message.

For more information about this course, contact Cathy Wilson in Connectional Ministries at cwilson@calpacumc.org.

LAY SERVANT MINISTRIES BASIC COURSE – WINTER 2025 – Tuesdays
Tuesdays, February 11, 18, 25, March 4, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM California (PST) & Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM California (PDT)*
Tuesdays, February 11, 18, 25, March 4, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Hawaii (HST) & Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Hawaii (HST)*
or Wednesdays, February 12, 19, 26, March 5, 12:00 noon – 1:30 PM Guam (ChST) & Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Guam (ChST)*
Zoom Online Platform

*Note that Daylight Savings Time begins in California on Sunday, March 9, 2025.

Cost & Deadlines: $15.00 and you must provide your own book (see below). Please note the deadline to register is Monday, February 10, 2025. The class size will max at 30 participants and registration will close if that number is reached before the registration deadline.

REGISTER AT THIS LINK

About the Class:

• About the Course:  God calls you to a life of servanthood as a disciple of Jesus Christ.  This course will give you a  variety of opportunities to serve in your local and the greater church community.  This is the first class towards being a Certified Lay  Servant, Lay Speaker or Lay Minister. The five sessions include;  Ministry of the Baptized, Leading, Caring, Communicating and Into the  World. You will also learn about the history of Lay Servant Ministries  and develop a personal testimony.
• Provide your own book: All participants will need a copy of Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course Participant’s Book by Sandy Jackson with Brian Jackson (Amazon, Cokesbury, Upper Room).
• The instructor is Erin Hawkins, the Conference’s Executive Director of Connectional Ministries.
• Classes are open to participants from all districts, and the class will be in an online format.
• Need-based scholarships are available. Complete the brief scholarship application below in the registration form.
• Attendance is required at all sessions for credit. To complete the 10 hour course requirement, outside assignments will also need to be completed.
• About Certified Lay Servant (CLS) and Certified Lay Speaker status: All those seeking certification as a Certified Lay Servant are invited to attend. The BASIC class and one Advanced Class is required to successfully apply for Certified Lay Servant status. If you have taken the Basic Lay Servant Class within the last three years, taking this advanced class will qualify you as a Certified Lay Servant.  If you want to continue on to being a Certified Lay SPEAKER, you will need to take the following advanced classes: Preaching, Leading or Planning Worship, Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts, Leading Prayer, United Methodist Heritage or History, and United Methodist Polity. For more information about Lay Servant Ministries, click here.
• Technical requirements for Zoom participants: To participate in Zoom  meetings, participants must have a reliable Internet connection, and a  laptop, tablet, or smartphone device that can download and install the  Zoom app. A web or phone camera and a microphone are highly recommended,  although some users may call in via phone if a mic is not available. 
• Zoom information is included in your submission message and confirmation email.

For more information about this course, contact Cathy Wilson in Connectional Ministries at cwilson@calpacumc.org.

Date: January 24, 2025 and March 6, 2025; 12noon -1pm pacific (10am-11am HST)

Location: online (Zoom)

Cost: free

RSVP due: none

This conversation is for pastoral candidates with questions about Ordained Ministry, Licensing as a Local Pastor, or Candidacy Certification. This event is not for any lay ministry certification.

The Board of Ordained Ministry is hosting a Zoom meeting where Candidates for Candidacy Certification and/or Ordination can come, bring their lunch, and ask questions about the process. This will be a casual conversation with the Candidacy Chairperson, Rev. Suzana Kim, and the Associate Director of Lay and Clergy Credentialing and Advancement, Cathy Wilson. There is no formal presentation; we want to make ourselves available to those who may want to learn from the conversation and ask questions.

The same Zoom information will work for each session of the Lunch & Learns. There is no registration needed for this event.

This conversation is for those who may have questions about Ordained Ministry, Licensing as a Local Pastor or Candidacy Certification. This is not for any lay ministry certification.

We plan to meet for an hour and will stay after if there is the need. Candidates are welcome to join for as much as they need during this time.

Technical requirements: To participate in Zoom meetings, participants must have a reliable Internet connection, and a laptop, tablet, or smartphone device that can download and install the Zoom app. A web or phone camera and a microphone are highly recommended, although some users may call in via phone if a mic is not available.

Topic: Lunch & Learn for Candidacy Certification, Local Pastor License & Ordination

Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82504739426?pwd=WHpXK2xDYUNwWVEzNldoOEp0RFd3Zz09

Meeting ID: 825 0473 9426
Passcode: 899703

Find your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kwTHbRr3f

For questions about this event, contact Cathy Wilson at cwilson@calpacumc.org.

Join the Know Your Rights training by the Immigration Law Network and learn how to protect yourself and your community. This essential session will equip you with the information and resources needed to navigate quickly changing immigration policies and procedures and provide legal information for your church. Don’t miss this opportunity to stay informed and prepared!

KEY INFORMATION
Know Your Rights Training, hosted by the Western Jurisdiction and led by the Immigration Law and Justice Network
Date & Time: March 10, 10-11:30 am PDT
Register at this link to receive the Zoom information

REGISTER NOW AT THIS LINK

LAY SERVANT MINISTRIES in TONGAN: LSM104 INTRODUCTION TO PREACHING
Mondays, March 10, 17, 24, 31, April 7, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM California (PDT) 
Mondays, March 10, 17, 24, 31, April 7, 2025, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Hawaii (HST)
Tuesdays, March 11, 18, 25, April 1, 8, 2025, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Guam (ChST)
Zoom Online Platform (Zoom link included in confirmation)

Cost & Deadlines: $20.00 and you must provide your own book (see below). 

REGISTER NOW AT THIS LINK

About the Class:

• THIS CLASS WILL BE CONDUCTED ENTIRELY IN TONGAN. If you are looking for an English language class, please choose one that does not include “Tongan” in the title.
• About the Course:  This course offers practical tips for persons who are called on to preach occasionally but are not formally trained as pastors. Participants in Tongan Lay Servant Ministry classes come from across the Western Jurisdiction. 
  Learners will: 
  • Examine the role of the sermon in the Service of Worship and see it as a proclamation of the Good News; 
  • Work through the stages in sermon preparation from; message topic to final manuscript; 
  • Learn how to assess the congregation’s profile as it impacts sermon creation and delivery; 
  • Examine technical issues of grammar, language, word selection, and humor and their impact on delivering the sermon.  
• Provide your own book: All participants need the book “From Pew to Pulpit: A Beginner’s Guide to Preaching” by Clifton F. Guthrie. Purchase the book at Amazon, Cokesbury, or Upper Room.
• The instructors for this class include Rev. Dr. Niponi Finau, Rev. Martin Finau, Rev. Alena Uhamaka, Rev. Kitione Tu’itupou, Rev. Dr. Linita Moa, Rev. Dr. Kalesita Tu’ifua, and others from the Western Jurisdiction.
• Need-based scholarships are available. Participants must ask the pastor of their home church before requesting a scholarship from the Conference.  If a scholarship is needed and not available from the local church, please complete the brief scholarship application below in the registration form.
• Attendance is required at all sessions for credit. To complete the 10 hour course requirement, outside assignments will also need to be completed.
• About Certified Lay Servant (CLS) and Certified Lay Speaker status: All those seeking certification as a Certified Lay Servant are invited to attend. The BASIC class and one Advanced Class is required to successfully apply for Certified Lay Servant status. If you have taken the Basic Lay Servant Class within the last three years, taking this advanced class will qualify you as a Certified Lay Servant.  If you want to continue on to being a Certified Lay SPEAKER, you will need to take the following advanced classes: Preaching, Leading Worship or Planning Worship, Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts, Leading Prayer, United Methodist Heritage or History, and United Methodist Polity. For more information about Lay Servant Ministries, click here.
• Technical requirements for Zoom participants: To participate in Zoom  meetings, participants must have a reliable Internet connection, and a  laptop, tablet, or smartphone device that can download and install the  Zoom app. A web or phone camera and a microphone are highly recommended,  although some users may call in via phone if a mic is not available. 
• Zoom information is included in your submission message and confirmation email.

For more information about this course, contact Rev. Dr. Kalesita Tu’ifua at kutuifua@gmail.com, Taufa Tenisi at ttenisi82@gmail.com, or Cathy Wilson, Associate Director of Lay and Clergy Credentialing and Development at cwilson@calpacumc.org, (626) 824-2284.

REGISTER NOW AT THIS LINK

LAY SERVANT MINISTRIES ADVANCED COURSE: UM HERITAGE LIVING OUR UNITED METHODIST BELIEFS
Mondays, February 10, 24, March 3, 17, 24, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM California (PST/PDT)*
Mondays, February 10, 24, March 3, 2025, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM Hawaii (HST) & Monday, March 17, 24, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM Hawaii (HST)*
or Tuesdays, February 11, 25, March 4, 2025, 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM Guam (ChST) & Tuesdays, March 18, 25, 2025, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM Guam (ChST)*
Zoom Online Platform

*Note that Daylight Savings Time begins in California on Sunday, March 9, 2025.

Cost & Deadlines: $15.00 and you must provide your own book (see below). Please note the deadline to register is Sunday, February 9, 2025. The class size will max at 30 participants and registration will close if that number is reached before the registration deadline.

REGISTER AT THIS LINK

About the Class:

• Living Our Beliefs: This course will explore the special gifts of theology, witness, and organization that The United Methodist Church brings to the church universal, how we got where we are today, and how our distinctive emphases are still needed in the 21st-century church.
• The instructor is Rev. Elizabeth Davidson. She is the Executive Director of Faith In Women, an organization working to change the conversation about reproductive health, rights, and justice in Mississippi. Rev. Davidson is a Jackson, Mississippi native and ordained deacon in the California-Pacific Conference of The United Methodist Church. Holding dual degrees in social work and ministry, she is passionate about inviting people of faith to live out their spiritual values in the world through the pursuit of justice in their communities. Elizabeth also loves to eat well (usually thanks to her husband, Geoff), travel, exercise her creativity through art and writing, spend quality time with loved ones, and nap with her dogs, Mulligan and Migo, and her cat, Hamilton.
• Attendance is required at all sessions for credit.
• All those seeking certification as a Certified Lay Servant or Certified Lay Speaker, and those needing continuing education for Certified Lay Servant status, are invited to attend. The BASIC class and one Advanced Class is required to successfully apply for Certified Lay Servant status.
  • About Certified Lay Servant (CLS) status: After you take the Basic Lay Servant Class, you have 3 years to take an advanced class to qualify you as a Certified Lay Servant. If you want to continue on to being a Certified Lay Speaker, you will need to take the following six advanced classes: Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts, UM Heritage, UM Polity, a Preaching class, a Prayer class, and a Worship class. For more information about Lay Servant Ministries, click here.
• Provide your own book: Living Our Beliefs: The United Methodist Way by Kenneth L. Carder (Amazon, Cokesbury, Upper Room)
• Technical requirements for Zoom participants: To participate in Zoom  meetings, participants must have a reliable Internet connection, and a  laptop, tablet, or smartphone device that can download and install the  Zoom app. A web or phone camera and a microphone are highly recommended,  although some users may call in via phone if a mic is not available. 
• Zoom information is included in your confirmation email and submission message.

For more information about this course, contact Cathy Wilson in Connectional Ministries at cwilson@calpacumc.org.

LAY SERVANT MINISTRIES BASIC COURSE – WINTER 2025 – Tuesdays
Tuesdays, February 11, 18, 25, March 4, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM California (PST) & Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM California (PDT)*
Tuesdays, February 11, 18, 25, March 4, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Hawaii (HST) & Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Hawaii (HST)*
or Wednesdays, February 12, 19, 26, March 5, 12:00 noon – 1:30 PM Guam (ChST) & Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Guam (ChST)*
Zoom Online Platform

*Note that Daylight Savings Time begins in California on Sunday, March 9, 2025.

Cost & Deadlines: $15.00 and you must provide your own book (see below). Please note the deadline to register is Monday, February 10, 2025. The class size will max at 30 participants and registration will close if that number is reached before the registration deadline.

REGISTER AT THIS LINK

About the Class:

• About the Course:  God calls you to a life of servanthood as a disciple of Jesus Christ.  This course will give you a  variety of opportunities to serve in your local and the greater church community.  This is the first class towards being a Certified Lay  Servant, Lay Speaker or Lay Minister. The five sessions include;  Ministry of the Baptized, Leading, Caring, Communicating and Into the  World. You will also learn about the history of Lay Servant Ministries  and develop a personal testimony.
• Provide your own book: All participants will need a copy of Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course Participant’s Book by Sandy Jackson with Brian Jackson (Amazon, Cokesbury, Upper Room).
• The instructor is Erin Hawkins, the Conference’s Executive Director of Connectional Ministries.
• Classes are open to participants from all districts, and the class will be in an online format.
• Need-based scholarships are available. Complete the brief scholarship application below in the registration form.
• Attendance is required at all sessions for credit. To complete the 10 hour course requirement, outside assignments will also need to be completed.
• About Certified Lay Servant (CLS) and Certified Lay Speaker status: All those seeking certification as a Certified Lay Servant are invited to attend. The BASIC class and one Advanced Class is required to successfully apply for Certified Lay Servant status. If you have taken the Basic Lay Servant Class within the last three years, taking this advanced class will qualify you as a Certified Lay Servant.  If you want to continue on to being a Certified Lay SPEAKER, you will need to take the following advanced classes: Preaching, Leading or Planning Worship, Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts, Leading Prayer, United Methodist Heritage or History, and United Methodist Polity. For more information about Lay Servant Ministries, click here.
• Technical requirements for Zoom participants: To participate in Zoom  meetings, participants must have a reliable Internet connection, and a  laptop, tablet, or smartphone device that can download and install the  Zoom app. A web or phone camera and a microphone are highly recommended,  although some users may call in via phone if a mic is not available. 
• Zoom information is included in your submission message and confirmation email.

For more information about this course, contact Cathy Wilson in Connectional Ministries at cwilson@calpacumc.org.

REGISTER AT THIS LINK

2025 Tongan LSM 110: Devotional Life in Wesleyan Tradition (March) (1 CEU)

Structured around Wesley’s “means of grace,” this course covers topics such as prayer, Scripture, the Lord’s Supper, and fasting, which are major features of John Wesley’s devotional life. Learn how to apply Wesley’s ministry to your own life.

• THIS CLASS WILL BE CONDUCTED ENTIRELY IN TONGAN. If you are looking for an English language class, please choose one that does not include “Tongan” in the title.

Required for re-certifcations. 

REGISTER AT THIS LINK

Required Book: The Upper Room Store & Resource Library – Devotional Life in the Wesleyan Tradition   (click on link to purchase)

Cost: $20

Instructors: Lay Servant Ministry in Tongan

Class Schedule – TUESDAYS

Session 1: 03/11/2025 – 6PM to 8PM

Session 2: 03/18/2025 – 6PM to 8PM

Session 3:  03/25/2025 – 6PM to 8PM

Session 4: 04/01/2025 – 6PM to 8PM

Session 5: 04/08/2025 – 6PM to 8PM

REGISTER AT THIS LINK

The class will be on Zoom. Zoom link will be in your registration confirmation. 

REGISTER NOW AT THIS LINK

LAY SERVANT MINISTRIES in TONGAN: LSM104 INTRODUCTION TO PREACHING
Mondays, March 10, 17, 24, 31, April 7, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM California (PDT) 
Mondays, March 10, 17, 24, 31, April 7, 2025, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Hawaii (HST)
Tuesdays, March 11, 18, 25, April 1, 8, 2025, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Guam (ChST)
Zoom Online Platform (Zoom link included in confirmation)

Cost & Deadlines: $20.00 and you must provide your own book (see below). 

REGISTER NOW AT THIS LINK

About the Class:

• THIS CLASS WILL BE CONDUCTED ENTIRELY IN TONGAN. If you are looking for an English language class, please choose one that does not include “Tongan” in the title.
• About the Course:  This course offers practical tips for persons who are called on to preach occasionally but are not formally trained as pastors. Participants in Tongan Lay Servant Ministry classes come from across the Western Jurisdiction. 
  Learners will: 
  • Examine the role of the sermon in the Service of Worship and see it as a proclamation of the Good News; 
  • Work through the stages in sermon preparation from; message topic to final manuscript; 
  • Learn how to assess the congregation’s profile as it impacts sermon creation and delivery; 
  • Examine technical issues of grammar, language, word selection, and humor and their impact on delivering the sermon.  
• Provide your own book: All participants need the book “From Pew to Pulpit: A Beginner’s Guide to Preaching” by Clifton F. Guthrie. Purchase the book at Amazon, Cokesbury, or Upper Room.
• The instructors for this class include Rev. Dr. Niponi Finau, Rev. Martin Finau, Rev. Alena Uhamaka, Rev. Kitione Tu’itupou, Rev. Dr. Linita Moa, Rev. Dr. Kalesita Tu’ifua, and others from the Western Jurisdiction.
• Need-based scholarships are available. Participants must ask the pastor of their home church before requesting a scholarship from the Conference.  If a scholarship is needed and not available from the local church, please complete the brief scholarship application below in the registration form.
• Attendance is required at all sessions for credit. To complete the 10 hour course requirement, outside assignments will also need to be completed.
• About Certified Lay Servant (CLS) and Certified Lay Speaker status: All those seeking certification as a Certified Lay Servant are invited to attend. The BASIC class and one Advanced Class is required to successfully apply for Certified Lay Servant status. If you have taken the Basic Lay Servant Class within the last three years, taking this advanced class will qualify you as a Certified Lay Servant.  If you want to continue on to being a Certified Lay SPEAKER, you will need to take the following advanced classes: Preaching, Leading Worship or Planning Worship, Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts, Leading Prayer, United Methodist Heritage or History, and United Methodist Polity. For more information about Lay Servant Ministries, click here.
• Technical requirements for Zoom participants: To participate in Zoom  meetings, participants must have a reliable Internet connection, and a  laptop, tablet, or smartphone device that can download and install the  Zoom app. A web or phone camera and a microphone are highly recommended,  although some users may call in via phone if a mic is not available. 
• Zoom information is included in your submission message and confirmation email.

For more information about this course, contact Rev. Dr. Kalesita Tu’ifua at kutuifua@gmail.com, Taufa Tenisi at ttenisi82@gmail.com, or Cathy Wilson, Associate Director of Lay and Clergy Credentialing and Development at cwilson@calpacumc.org, (626) 824-2284.

REGISTER NOW AT THIS LINK

REGISTER AT THIS LINK

2025 Tongan LSM 110: Devotional Life in Wesleyan Tradition (March) (1 CEU)

Structured around Wesley’s “means of grace,” this course covers topics such as prayer, Scripture, the Lord’s Supper, and fasting, which are major features of John Wesley’s devotional life. Learn how to apply Wesley’s ministry to your own life.

• THIS CLASS WILL BE CONDUCTED ENTIRELY IN TONGAN. If you are looking for an English language class, please choose one that does not include “Tongan” in the title.

Required for re-certifcations. 

REGISTER AT THIS LINK

Required Book: The Upper Room Store & Resource Library – Devotional Life in the Wesleyan Tradition   (click on link to purchase)

Cost: $20

Instructors: Lay Servant Ministry in Tongan

Class Schedule – TUESDAYS

Session 1: 03/11/2025 – 6PM to 8PM

Session 2: 03/18/2025 – 6PM to 8PM

Session 3:  03/25/2025 – 6PM to 8PM

Session 4: 04/01/2025 – 6PM to 8PM

Session 5: 04/08/2025 – 6PM to 8PM

REGISTER AT THIS LINK

The class will be on Zoom. Zoom link will be in your registration confirmation. 

May 10, starting at 9:30 am PDT

All are welcome to LW’s Camp Work Party! Join us to work on projects for all skill sets around camp. We will be doing things like filling woodpecker holes, fire clearing, painting, and doing other repairs.

Summer camp participants will be able to earn funds towards camperships!

Featuring…

• Opening Worship
• Community BBQ
• Lunch Provided
• Cabins will be open for those who’d like to arrive on Friday night
• Contact: GMager@calpacumc.org

MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE LAZY W WEBSITE

REGISTER NOW AT THIS LINK

CERTIFIED LAY MINISTRY COURSE: “Sacramental Theology & Worship”

Saturdays, March 22, 29, 2025, April 5,12, 2025, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM California (PDT)
Saturdays, March 22, 29, 2025, April 5, 12, 2025, 6:00 AM – 8:00 AM Hawaii (HST)
Sundays, March 23, 30, 2025, April 6, 13, 2025, 2:00 AM – 4:00 AM Guam & Saipan (ChST)
Zoom Online Platform

Cost & Deadlines: $75 by Wednesday, March 19, 2025. The purchase/borrowing of books is also required. Classes are open to participants from all districts.

About the Class:

• Who are invited: All those seeking certification as a Certified Lay Minister are invited to participate. This course is a required course for those seeking Certified Lay Minister status. For more about Certified Lay Ministry, visit the CLM web page at www.calpacumc.org/clm. This course is also open to anyone who would like to attend for self-improvement/edification purposes. For Certified Lay Speakers and Certified Lay Servants, this course can be an Advanced LSM Course for continuing education purposes. For those pursuing Certified Lay Speaker status, the class also satisfies the Advanced LSM Leading Worship requirement.
• A minimum number of participants is required; if the class is canceled because not enough people register, registrants will be notified by email and those who have paid will be refunded. The maximum number of participants is 24.
• Attendance is required at all sessions for credit, as well as a two-hour assignment beyond the classroom, for a total of 10 hours.
• The Instructor is Rev. Dr. Faith Conklin, a retired elder in the California-Pacific Conference. She has previously served as a District Superintendent and is the Director for the Western Jurisdiction Course of Study. She has taught Worship & Sacraments for over 25 years.
• About the Class:  The purpose of this course is to to study the meaning of sacraments, worship, and hymnody in the Wesleyan tradition.
• Materials: Copies of the following materials are required (by purchase or borrowing from your church):
  • Patterned by Grace: How Liturgy Shapes Us by Rev. Daniel T. Benedict Jr. (Amazon, Upper Room)
  • United Methodist Book of Worship (Amazon, Cokesbury)
  • United Methodist Hymnal (Amazon, Cokesbury)
• Zoom information is included in your confirmation email and submission message.
• Technical requirements: To participate in Zoom meetings, participants must have a reliable Internet connection, and a laptop, tablet, or smartphone device that can download and install the Zoom app. A web or phone camera and a microphone are highly recommended, although some users may call in via phone if a mic is not available.

For questions, contact CLM Registrar Denise Serino at deeserino@gmail.com.

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LAY SERVANT MINISTRIES in TONGAN: LSM104 INTRODUCTION TO PREACHING
Mondays, March 10, 17, 24, 31, April 7, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM California (PDT) 
Mondays, March 10, 17, 24, 31, April 7, 2025, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Hawaii (HST)
Tuesdays, March 11, 18, 25, April 1, 8, 2025, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Guam (ChST)
Zoom Online Platform (Zoom link included in confirmation)

Cost & Deadlines: $20.00 and you must provide your own book (see below). 

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About the Class:

• THIS CLASS WILL BE CONDUCTED ENTIRELY IN TONGAN. If you are looking for an English language class, please choose one that does not include “Tongan” in the title.
• About the Course:  This course offers practical tips for persons who are called on to preach occasionally but are not formally trained as pastors. Participants in Tongan Lay Servant Ministry classes come from across the Western Jurisdiction. 
  Learners will: 
  • Examine the role of the sermon in the Service of Worship and see it as a proclamation of the Good News; 
  • Work through the stages in sermon preparation from; message topic to final manuscript; 
  • Learn how to assess the congregation’s profile as it impacts sermon creation and delivery; 
  • Examine technical issues of grammar, language, word selection, and humor and their impact on delivering the sermon.  
• Provide your own book: All participants need the book “From Pew to Pulpit: A Beginner’s Guide to Preaching” by Clifton F. Guthrie. Purchase the book at Amazon, Cokesbury, or Upper Room.
• The instructors for this class include Rev. Dr. Niponi Finau, Rev. Martin Finau, Rev. Alena Uhamaka, Rev. Kitione Tu’itupou, Rev. Dr. Linita Moa, Rev. Dr. Kalesita Tu’ifua, and others from the Western Jurisdiction.
• Need-based scholarships are available. Participants must ask the pastor of their home church before requesting a scholarship from the Conference.  If a scholarship is needed and not available from the local church, please complete the brief scholarship application below in the registration form.
• Attendance is required at all sessions for credit. To complete the 10 hour course requirement, outside assignments will also need to be completed.
• About Certified Lay Servant (CLS) and Certified Lay Speaker status: All those seeking certification as a Certified Lay Servant are invited to attend. The BASIC class and one Advanced Class is required to successfully apply for Certified Lay Servant status. If you have taken the Basic Lay Servant Class within the last three years, taking this advanced class will qualify you as a Certified Lay Servant.  If you want to continue on to being a Certified Lay SPEAKER, you will need to take the following advanced classes: Preaching, Leading Worship or Planning Worship, Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts, Leading Prayer, United Methodist Heritage or History, and United Methodist Polity. For more information about Lay Servant Ministries, click here.
• Technical requirements for Zoom participants: To participate in Zoom  meetings, participants must have a reliable Internet connection, and a  laptop, tablet, or smartphone device that can download and install the  Zoom app. A web or phone camera and a microphone are highly recommended,  although some users may call in via phone if a mic is not available. 
• Zoom information is included in your submission message and confirmation email.

For more information about this course, contact Rev. Dr. Kalesita Tu’ifua at kutuifua@gmail.com, Taufa Tenisi at ttenisi82@gmail.com, or Cathy Wilson, Associate Director of Lay and Clergy Credentialing and Development at cwilson@calpacumc.org, (626) 824-2284.

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• Single Board Governance is for Any Church: Monday, March 24, 6:30 pm PDT
  Single Board Governance is a tool, allowed by the Book of Discipline, to assist small churches with a dwindling number of leaders or large churches with a vast organization. Single Board Governance can be the way these churches effectively administrative their ministries, leaving them with fewer administrative meetings and more time to do real ministry. This session will be helpful for local church pastors, Lay Leaders, Church Council Chairs, Committee Chairs, and church administrative staff. This session will be led by the Rev. Dr. Brian T. Parcel, Pastor of FUMC Chula Vista. Rev. Parcel has led two of his churches (one small and the other large) into Single Board Governance and has consulted/coached multiple other churches through this process across the Western Jurisdiction.

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LAY SERVANT MINISTRIES ADVANCED COURSE: UM HERITAGE LIVING OUR UNITED METHODIST BELIEFS
Mondays, February 10, 24, March 3, 17, 24, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM California (PST/PDT)*
Mondays, February 10, 24, March 3, 2025, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM Hawaii (HST) & Monday, March 17, 24, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM Hawaii (HST)*
or Tuesdays, February 11, 25, March 4, 2025, 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM Guam (ChST) & Tuesdays, March 18, 25, 2025, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM Guam (ChST)*
Zoom Online Platform

*Note that Daylight Savings Time begins in California on Sunday, March 9, 2025.

Cost & Deadlines: $15.00 and you must provide your own book (see below). Please note the deadline to register is Sunday, February 9, 2025. The class size will max at 30 participants and registration will close if that number is reached before the registration deadline.

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About the Class:

• Living Our Beliefs: This course will explore the special gifts of theology, witness, and organization that The United Methodist Church brings to the church universal, how we got where we are today, and how our distinctive emphases are still needed in the 21st-century church.
• The instructor is Rev. Elizabeth Davidson. She is the Executive Director of Faith In Women, an organization working to change the conversation about reproductive health, rights, and justice in Mississippi. Rev. Davidson is a Jackson, Mississippi native and ordained deacon in the California-Pacific Conference of The United Methodist Church. Holding dual degrees in social work and ministry, she is passionate about inviting people of faith to live out their spiritual values in the world through the pursuit of justice in their communities. Elizabeth also loves to eat well (usually thanks to her husband, Geoff), travel, exercise her creativity through art and writing, spend quality time with loved ones, and nap with her dogs, Mulligan and Migo, and her cat, Hamilton.
• Attendance is required at all sessions for credit.
• All those seeking certification as a Certified Lay Servant or Certified Lay Speaker, and those needing continuing education for Certified Lay Servant status, are invited to attend. The BASIC class and one Advanced Class is required to successfully apply for Certified Lay Servant status.
  • About Certified Lay Servant (CLS) status: After you take the Basic Lay Servant Class, you have 3 years to take an advanced class to qualify you as a Certified Lay Servant. If you want to continue on to being a Certified Lay Speaker, you will need to take the following six advanced classes: Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts, UM Heritage, UM Polity, a Preaching class, a Prayer class, and a Worship class. For more information about Lay Servant Ministries, click here.
• Provide your own book: Living Our Beliefs: The United Methodist Way by Kenneth L. Carder (Amazon, Cokesbury, Upper Room)
• Technical requirements for Zoom participants: To participate in Zoom  meetings, participants must have a reliable Internet connection, and a  laptop, tablet, or smartphone device that can download and install the  Zoom app. A web or phone camera and a microphone are highly recommended,  although some users may call in via phone if a mic is not available. 
• Zoom information is included in your confirmation email and submission message.

For more information about this course, contact Cathy Wilson in Connectional Ministries at cwilson@calpacumc.org.

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2025 Tongan LSM 110: Devotional Life in Wesleyan Tradition (March) (1 CEU)

Structured around Wesley’s “means of grace,” this course covers topics such as prayer, Scripture, the Lord’s Supper, and fasting, which are major features of John Wesley’s devotional life. Learn how to apply Wesley’s ministry to your own life.

• THIS CLASS WILL BE CONDUCTED ENTIRELY IN TONGAN. If you are looking for an English language class, please choose one that does not include “Tongan” in the title.

Required for re-certifcations. 

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Required Book: The Upper Room Store & Resource Library – Devotional Life in the Wesleyan Tradition   (click on link to purchase)

Cost: $20

Instructors: Lay Servant Ministry in Tongan

Class Schedule – TUESDAYS

Session 1: 03/11/2025 – 6PM to 8PM

Session 2: 03/18/2025 – 6PM to 8PM

Session 3:  03/25/2025 – 6PM to 8PM

Session 4: 04/01/2025 – 6PM to 8PM

Session 5: 04/08/2025 – 6PM to 8PM

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The class will be on Zoom. Zoom link will be in your registration confirmation.