Methodist Lay Speaker

Is there a preacher in the house? Last year Joe went through training and completed his certification as a Certified Methodist Lay Speaker for the Alabama - West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church. Unfortunately, pastors are not coming into the ministry as fast as they are retiring. Lay Speakers help by filling the pulpit at churches without pastors and by ministering to the needs of congregations and individuals through a formal lay ministry. Joe has been blessed to have an opportunity to share his faith in Christ and God's word in a number of churches and senior citizen homes in East Alabama. Joe considers his lay speaking ministry and his co-chairmanship of his church's missions effort as one of the most sacred tasks he has ever been given.