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Homegrown Lay Leadership Series – Summer 2025

Are you a lay leader looking to grow in your ministry? Join us for the Homegrown Lay Leadership Series, a four-part summer workshop designed to equip and empower lay leaders in congregational life and mission.

📅 Schedule of Sessions (All from 7:00–8:30 PM):

• June 25: Best Practices for Church Councils

• July 10: Pastoral Care as Lay Ministry

• July 24: Lay Preaching and Proclamation

• August 14: Shaping New Communities as Lay Leaders

📍 Hosted online in partnership with the Sierra Pacific Synod and Galilee Lutheran Church, Kelseyville.

💡 Funded by a grant from St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, San Francisco.

📧 For more information contact Megan@spselca.org

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Contact Assistant to the Bishop Megan Macpherson at megan@spselca.org

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