A minimum of two people must complete the Healthy Congregations program training \u2014 a designated program leader and one other UMC team member. The two core members must be laypersons, but pastors are welcome to serve as additional team members. This helps ensure continuity for the program in the event a pastor relocates to another church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Training is provided by Health Fund staff during live, virtual sessions, which you can schedule at a time that works best for your team. We encourage team members to train together when possible; the training is about two hours. Most teams, upon completion of training, will end up with their program plan developed and ready to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, we offer at least one in-person training opportunity each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Training credit never expires, but team members are welcome to repeat training if desired (e.g. along with new members, etc.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n