Love+Teach+Heal Leadership Academy

Exploring ways to know and serve God and God’s people, together

 

Discerning lay leaders from the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh will meet regularly to:

  • Grow together in Christian faith, practice, and leadership.
  • Develop skills and vision for ministry to support clergy and members of their parish.
  • Discern interest and sense of call to serve as licensed Lay Reader, Eucharistic Minister, Eucharistic Visitor, Preacher, or Evangelist (in any combination!).
  • Connect with others to cultivate opportunities for creative ministry development.

The Love+Teach+Heal Leadership Academy will:

  • Spark vision, creativity, and connections for ministry among the laypeople of the diocese.
  • Encourage laypeople to recognize their own authority and call for ministry in their congregation and community by virtue of their baptism.
  • Meet the real, regular, practical ministry needs of our parishes now and in the future.
  • Create a roster of lay leaders throughout the diocese who may be called on for ministry needs.

When and Where:

We will meet on Wednesdays from 7:30-9 p.m. via Zoom during the global pandemic. Should the circumstances of the pandemic change, we will find a place to safely meet in person.

Sessions will begin on Wednesday, October 14, 2020. Our time together will include a devotional practice for further daily use at home, Bible study, and group conversation regarding themes. Participants will receive a copy of Walk in Love: Episcopal Beliefs and Practices by Scott Gunn and Melody Wilson and A Lay Preacher’s Guide: How to Craft a Faithful Sermon by Karoline Lewis. Participants are expected to have a copy of the Book of Common Prayer and Bible (NRSV preferred) which they can mark with notes. These are also available online, yet more difficult to annotate in a digital setting.

How to Participate:

Please register online here by September 30, 2020, submitting a brief registration form to the Canon for Faith Formation and Evangelism, Natalie Hall. Contact your priest/pastor or Canon Hall for printed forms. Canon Hall can be reached at nhall@episcopalpgh.org or 703-963-2789.