Speakers Bishop and Lawrence

3039 Lay Leadership Certificate Program

Mountain Retreat & Learning Centers – Dr. Helen Bishop and Patti Lawrence

The Mountain Retreat & Learning Centers and the Starr King School for Ministry are developing a new Certificate Program for Unitarian Universalist Lay Leaders . This new program is intended to move beyond the personal transformation and revitalization which are hallmarks of the existing, highly successful leadership schools, and to prepare its graduates with team-based skills for congregational leadership.

Dr. Helen Bishop is the Director of the Learning Center for Leadership of the Mountain Retreat & Learning Centers, which develops leadership training, including online courses . Patti Lawrence is Dean of Students and Congregational Outreach at Starr King School for Ministry, which is also experienced in offering online classes .

The Certificate Program for Unitarian Universalist Lay Leaders will have six one-week modules. The first block – “Who am I as a person of faith?” – and the fifth block – “How can I acquire, practice and strengthen leadership skills?” – will be given in residence on two separate weekends, and are intended to be available at both The Mountain and Starr King.

Blocks two through four and the sixth block of the course will be completed online. The developers are working to ensure that these modules will not require any special computer hardware or programs to complete, and can, in fact, be done on the systems available in most public libraries.

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