Workshop: Launching and Maintaining Community Ministry
November 12 @ 8:00 pm EST

Is your church thinking about responding to needs in your community? Is your church already offering a ministry and looking to strengthen it?
Join Lisa Batten of the Michigan Conference Connectional Ministry staff and Rev. LuAnne Stanley Hook, a clergy team member at Holland First UMC, for a practical workshop on launching and maintaining ministry in your community.
You will learn how to:
- Find community partners
- Create partnership agreements with clients
- Provide hospitality and security for ministry housed in your church
- Take tangible next steps to start or expand ministry that is relational and fruitful
Event details
- Date: Thursday, November 12, 2026
- Time: Choose one session. The content is the same.
- Noon-1:00 p.m. ET, or
- 6:00-7:00 p.m. ET
- Where: Zoom (link sent after registration)
- Cost: $15 per person, or $25 for a group of 3-4 from one church
Bring your ministry team and come ready to take the next step in serving your neighbors.



