Lay School of Ministry Continuing Education theme: 2024-25

Creating Communities of Mutual Care and Transformation


Sept, Oct, Nov, March, April, May will meet in person in Chippewa Falls. Dec, Jan, Feb Zoom only • All sessions have a hybrid option

September 13 & 14
Paul Savides, Member of JONAH Affordable Housing Task Force
Working for Justice, Advancing Hope, and Building Community in a Broken World
Listening to neighbors & building relationships in order to organize for transformation.

October 11 & 12
Conie Borchart, Executive Director of MMC; Liesl Spitz, ELCA pastor
Music that Makes Community
Communal song-sharing to spiritually connect, bravely lead, & imagine world transformation.

November 8 & 9
Amanda Brobst-Renaud, Assistant Professor of Theology, Valpo Univ, IN
Luke’s Reckless Liberality: An Embarrassment of Grace
Engaging the Revised Common Lectionary gospel for the upcoming liturgical year.

December 13 & 14
Bishop Leila M. Ortiz, ELCA Metro Washington DC Synod
Communities of Bold and Boundless Love
Becoming followers of Jesus for the sake of God’s beloved world.

January 10 & 11
Cole Parke-West, Christians for a Free Palestine national organizer
Reclaiming Christianity as a Tool for Resisting Empire
Healing our history & engaging our roots to organize a liberatory Christian movement.

February 7 & 8
Kara Root, Author, Pastor of Lake Nokomis Presbyterian Church
The Deepest Belonging
Rooting Christian faith in joy, freedom, and trust that God interacts with us in this life.

March 7 & 8
Hollie Holt-Woehl, Adjunct Professor at Luther Seminary in pastoral care
A Theology of Humanness and Well-being as a Way of Life
Theology and ministry in the face of mental health issues like depression and dementia.

April 11 & 12
Taryn Montgomery, Synod minister for discipleship and Christian community
Shaped by the Spirit: Spiritual Formation and Christian Community
How prayer, Scripture reading, worship, and other spiritual practices lead to faithfulness.

May 9 & 10
Daniel Kirschbau, Program Director of ELCA Young Adults Ministries
Maintaining Energy and Vision in Times of Dispersion
Strategic and spiritual ways to maintain community & action between lay school sessions.

Please return and join with us in learning in another great year in Lay School.