TRAINING FOR LAY PREACHERS
Two-part program prepares participants for licensure
We have heard consistent interest in training for licensed lay preachers, especially with so many of our congregations in transition and so many exercising vibrant ministry without a full-time parish priest. To that end, we will again offer our formation program for licensed lay preachers in 2024-25. The courses take place alongside the classes for the Academy for Vocational Leadership, sometimes online via Zoom and sometimes in-person at the St. Francis Center in Dewitt.
If you feel a call to be a preacher, please speak to your priest or senior warden and, with their approval, complete the application and submit it before July 30, 2024.
To complete the training and receive a preaching license, participants must complete two courses: one year of Bible instruction and one year of Homiletics formation. These can be completed simultaneously or by taking Bible first, and Homiletics second.
Questions? Please contact the Rev. Canon Tracie Little, Canon for the Southern Collaborative and Coach for Formation, at 810-300-9177 or tlittle@eastmich.org or tlittle@edwm.org.
SCHEDULE & LOCATIONS
Our preaching courses take place on Saturdays.
The schedule each time will follow: Morning Prayer at 9:15am, Bible Class from 10-4:45pm, and Homiletics from 7-9 pm.
September 7
St. Francis Retreat Center
October 12
Zoom
November 2
St. Francis Retreat Center
December 7
St. Francis Retreat Center
January 11
Zoom
February 15
Zoom
March 22
St. Francis Retreat Center
April 26
Zoom
May 17
St. Francis Retreat Center
June 21
St. Francis Retreat Center
LOCATION FOR IN-PERSON SESSIONS
St. Francis Retreat Center
703 E. Main Street
Dewitt, MI 48820
www.stfrancis.ws
PAYMENT & APPLICATION
The course fees are as follows and includes in-person session meals:
- $1,000 for both classes
- $720 for Bible Class only
- $280 for only Homelitics (must have successfully completed the Bible class)
The application deadline is July 30th.
