{"id":1490,"date":"2024-07-24T13:36:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T13:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diocesecpa.org\/stevensonschoolforministry\/?p=1490"},"modified":"2026-01-06T21:31:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:31:10","slug":"lay-evangelism-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diocesecpa.org\/stevensonschoolforministry\/lay-evangelism-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Lay Evangelism Training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/diocesecpa.org\/stevensonschoolforministry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ang-Homiletics.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/diocesecpa.org\/stevensonschoolforministry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ang-Homiletics-80x80.webp 80w, https:\/\/diocesecpa.org\/stevensonschoolforministry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ang-Homiletics-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/diocesecpa.org\/stevensonschoolforministry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ang-Homiletics.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Dates<\/strong><\/td><td>January &#8211; May 2026<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Times<\/strong><\/td><td>Tuesdays<br>5:30 pm &#8211; 6:30 pm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Cost<\/strong><\/td><td>$400<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Professors<\/strong><\/td><td>The Rev. Joyce Scherer-Hoock&nbsp;<br>The Rev. Becky Hartman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Track<\/strong><\/td><td>Lay Ministry certificate<br>Continuing Education<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>An Evangelist is a lay person who presents the good news of Jesus Christ in such a way that people are led to receive Christ as savior and follow Christ as Lord in the fellowship of the Church. This\u00a0<strong>14-week<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Lay Evangelism Training<\/strong>\u00a0uses lectures, discussions, and practicums to equip lay Episcopalians to know and share this good news of Christ. The training is co-taught by the Rev. Joyce Scherer-Hoock and the Rev. Becky Zartman. Participants will come away from the training with a deeper awareness of God&#8217;s story and practical skills for sharing this story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Topics covered include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;Why&#8221; evangelism and baptismal ministry?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reading scripture for evangelism in the Episcopal Church<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Knowing your own spiritual autobiography<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Basic apologetics and articulating &#8220;why&#8221; Christianity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Participation in this training is also a pathway towards being licensed, at the bishop&#8217;s discretion, as a lay evangelist per the canons of the Episcopal Church (Title III, Canon 4, Section 9).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The training is held&nbsp;<strong>Tuesdays 5:30-6:30, January 20th &#8211; May 11th&nbsp;<\/strong>via Zoom. Register <a href=\"https:\/\/lay-evangelism.eventbrite.com\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dates January &#8211; May 2026 Times Tuesdays5:30 pm &#8211; 6:30 pm Cost $400 Professors The Rev. Joyce Scherer-Hoock&nbsp;The Rev. Becky Hartman Track Lay Ministry certificateContinuing Education An Evangelist is a lay person who presents the good news of Jesus Christ in such a way that people are led to receive Christ as savior and follow &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":297,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_gspb_post_css":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[52,8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post","6":"category-fall-2025","7":"category-popular-courses","8":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesecpa.org\/stevensonschoolforministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesecpa.org\/stevensonschoolforministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesecpa.org\/stevensonschoolforministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesecpa.org\/stevensonschoolforministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/297"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesecpa.org\/stevensonschoolforministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1490"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/diocesecpa.org\/stevensonschoolforministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1795,"href":"https:\/\/diocesecpa.org\/stevensonschoolforministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1490\/revisions\/1795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesecpa.org\/stevensonschoolforministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesecpa.org\/stevensonschoolforministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesecpa.org\/stevensonschoolforministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}