Connect to:

Susan Taylor, Chairperson of Vocational/Career Life Planning
susan.m.taylor@ngumc.net
(770) 441-2181

About Vocational/Career Life Planning

• Mission
• Christian Vocabulary: Vocation and Volunteer (pdf)  

Vocational/Career Life Planning Resources

• Discernment: How are you being called to serve?
• General Board of Higher Education & Ministry provides a wealth of information regardless of when you feel God’s call upon your heart. Information is available on lay, licensed, and ordained ministries as well as for certifications and course of study programs.

Exploring Your Call To...

Christian Education

• Christian Educators Fellowship
• eChristianEd - Web-based Training for Christian Educators
• National Association for the Education of Young Children

Church Administration & Finance

• International Association of Certified Church Administrators
• Professional United Methodist Secretaries
• United Methodist Association of Church Business Administrators
• SEJ Administrators
• Church Administration

Health and Healing

• BeFriender Ministry
• Chaplains and Pastoral Counselors
• Parish Nursing
• Stephen Ministry

Lay Ministry

• Certified Lay Ministers
• Full-Time Lay Ministry (Office of Deaconess and Home Missioners)
• Lay Speaking
• Steps into Laity Leadership

Music

• Training & Certification for Church Musicians
• The Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship ARts (aka The Fellowship)

Youth

• The Youth Ministry Institute
• The Youth Worker Movement