The Academy for Ministries with Children
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The Academy for Ministries with Children is designed for persons seeking training in children's ministry. The Academy for Ministries with Children offers local church workers paraprofessional certification through a two-year cycle of courses. The courses are developed to affirm and strengthen the passion and love for ministry through a holistic and theological understanding of children and children's ministry.
Requirements
Participants will be required to read two books prior to the beginning of each course, and complete an assignment to be handed in at each class. You will receive a syllabus upon completion of registration. In order to receive certification, all eight courses must be completed. However, individual courses may be taken. The Academy does not offer academic credits.
To register
Contact: Rev. Leigh Meekins, Alabama-West Florida Conference, 100 Interstate Park Drive, Suite 120, Montgomery, Alabama 36109 (334) 202-9672 / leigh.meekins@gmail.com
Cost
The cost to attend is $100 per class, which includes supper Friday night & lunch Saturday, classroom supplies and resources. Scholarships are available. Contact Beth Sanford (256-458-7800 / bsanford@northalabamaumc.org) for more information. Participants will be responsible for the purchase of books and out-of-town lodging. When registering, please indicate any special dietary needs.
Year-B Courses
Just the Bible
Dr. Jason Borders, Professor of Religion Huntingdon College, Montgomery, AL
September 30, 2011 4-8 pm
October 1, 2011, 8 am-2 pm
Montgomery, AL
Teaching Teachers
Rev. Leigh Meekins, Alabama-West Florida Conference
November 4, 2011, 4-8 pm
November 5, 2011, 8 am-2pm
Birmingham, AL
The Other Side of the Child
Rev. Melanie Gordon, General Board of Discipleship
February 3, 2012, 4-8 pm
February 4, 2012, 8 am- 2pm
Montgomery, AL
How to Be a Leader
Laura Sisson, Director of Church Relations and Jeanne Jackson, Director of Leadership Studies Birmingham-Southern College
April 13, 2012, 4-8 pm
April 14, 2012, 8 am-2 pm
Birmingham, AL