NGUMC Children’s Ministry Institute (CMI)
Participation is encouraged for all new children’s ministry directors and/or those leading local church children’s ministries wishing to grow in their leadership skills. Potential participants’ senior pastors will be made aware of the opportunity for their director to participate. Upon successful completion of the cohort, participants will receive appropriate NGUMC and local church acknowledgement. The NGUMC CMI will be:
Children’s directors will be invited to participate in a Regional Cohort. Each cohort will have:
Upcoming Cohort Forming
The cohort will be hosted at Tucker First UMC (5095 Lavista Rd., Tucker, GA ) and meet from 10 AM – 1 PM on the following dates in 2020:
January 23 Soul Tending Continuing to grow in faith as a leader
February 20 Wesley Primer How does our Wesleyan heritage impact our ministries?
March 19 Experiential Learning How Children Learn-Age appropriate Faith Formation
April 16 Fulfilling Our Mission Creating a Discipleship Pathway for Children
PLUS How to Brand and Market your Ministry
May 7 Nuts and Bolts The Basics of Leading and Planning a Year in Children's Ministry:
Creating a team, Volunteer invitation, Planning, Budgeting,
Equipping others for ministry
Each participant will receive the following books and resources:
Additional resources as suggested and prepared by session leaders.
Cost: $120 per participant. A discount will be given for more than one person from a congregation. It is our expectation and hope that participants’ congregations will support them financially and prayerfully.
By accepting the invitation to participate and signing the CMI covenant, the cohort member agrees to attend ALL five sessions and fully participate in the assignments and session discussions.
If interested in participating contact: Debby Fox
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