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Application for Continuing Education Funds
Continuing Education Standards:
1. A "Unit" of continuing education credit is no less than ten (10)hours of supervised study.
2. Each minister shall have at least eight (8) units of continuing education per quadrennium.
3. The continuing education experience, to qualify for funding or credit, must fall within one or more of the following three areas: Scholarship (Disciplined Study), Methods of Ministry (Skill Development), and Personal Growth and Development (Self Enrichment).
4. The District Superintendents, Bishop and Committees on Pastor-Parish Relations will encourage ministers to meet these recommendations for Continuing Education Standards and, hopefully, exceed them.
Certified Lay Ministry brochure -- 2011
Brochure outlining the Certified Lay Ministry training within the Illinois Great Rivers Conference for 2011
Mary Evelyn Pasvogel Scholarship
Lay persons seeking professional certification or to become a Certified Lay Minister may receive up to $2,000 per year subject to availability) for tuition, room and board expenses incurred for approved certification courses.
Pasvogel funds are available to Professionally Certified Lay persons and Certified Lay Ministers at $100 per person per event, with a $500 limit over the quadrennium.
