Their Pastors Who

• Cultivate and recruit new lay speakers;
  
• Nurture their varied gifts and talents;
• Match skills and abilities with service and leadership opportunities; and
  
• Give personal attention and counseling as requested or deemed helpful.

District/Conference Committees on
Lay Speaking as They:

• Assist in recruiting and in developing service opportunities;
• Oversee the training, interviewing, and certification process;
  
• Match the availability and capabilities of lay speakers with projects and program needs of the district and conference;
• Support lay speakers as they serve.
  

District Superintendents Who:

• Help lay speakers with spiritual
  development;
  
• Work with committees on lay speaking to assure quality training and support and
  effective interviews;
  
• Interpret and promote lay speaking at charge conferences and at district clergy meetings;
  
• Help pastors nurture and support lay
  speakers;
• Seek out opportunities for lay speakers to care, lead, and communicate.

Each Other When They:

• Meet for training, enrichment, and
  fellowship;
  
• Support each other in witness and service; and
  
• Encourage and guide each other with wisdom coming from their own experience and study.

You Are Ready to Become a Lay Speaker If:

• You are ready to share God’s love and
  your faith;
  
• You sense God’s calling and you are willing to explore it;
  
• You are willing to go wherever and whenever God calls you;
• You will commit your time and energy to the service of God and your neighbor.