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Lake South Lay Academy Fall 2025

Location: Dolton: Faith UMC, 15015 Grant St., Dolton

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Saturdays, Oct. 4 and 11
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

All class times must be attended to receive couLargerrse credit.

Dolton: Faith UMC
15015 Grant St., Dolton

Online registration

Cost: $20

All books may be purchased at your favorite bookseller.


Classes: 

  1. Opening Ourselves to Grace: This course is designed to help participants learn about grace while exploring the practice that help them nurture and watch over one another in love.
    Instructor: Becky Casey, CLM
    Downloadable PDF: Opening Ourselves to Grace: The Means of Grace and Discipleship by Steven W. Manskar
  2. Disciples in the Marketplace: Seeing Grace at Work: This course will help participants rediscover together the power of telling our own "disciples in the market place "stories. By remembering and recognizing grace at work in our laboring lives (and the lives of others). We deepen, enrich and expand our capacity to "meet God and share Grace ."
    Instructor: Rev. D. Montgomery
    Book: Disciples in the Market Place: Seeing Grace at Work by David Teel
  3. Fresh Expressions of Faith: The participants will understand how a distinctly Wesleyan Spirit led movement of new Christian communities that serve the present age. Instructor: Barbara Gbur, CLS
    Book: Fresh Expressions United Methodist edited by Michael Adam Beck
  4. The Millennial Narrative: Sharing a Good Life with the Next Generation:  Participants will rediscover the book of Joel as a script that resonate with the lives of young people, learn to tell a life giving story, lead differently with young people. Instructor: Pastor Sandra Gulledge
    Book: The Millennial Narrative: Sharing a Good Life with the Next Generation by Jaco J. Hamman
  5. Teaching Biblical Faith: Leading Small Groups Bible Studies: Participants will be taught how to shape a study of scripture for a small group, how to teach so the witness of the Bible are respected and honored, and how to help today's readers find meaning and direction.
    Instructor: Robert Massey, Sr. CLM 
    Book: Teaching Biblical Faith: Leading Small Groups Bible Studies by Jack L. Seymour

For information, contact Irma Clark, Director, or Selena Roberts, Dean

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