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Lay Minister Training

Last updated: May 29 2026

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The full library of training videos is curated on YouTube as a playlist here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSsEEKa2ubk&list=PLY7CsSqW4Hqsx8k9Q-tGYLT0LdvV5vZPh

Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island Licensed Lay Ministers YouTube Channel

If you know of any training for LLMs that is planned for your Region or Parish, please contact Maxine Simpkin our Chair, with the information.

Keynote address from the 2022 AGM: The Rev Francis Drolet-Smith: "Praying With Scripture"

3Discernment

4Biblical Foundation

An Introductory Course for Licensed Lay Ministers

2. Anglican Ethos

The May 2026 Licensesd Lay Minister Training Curriculum

Resources for the New Curriculum

Preaching Handout

The Joy of Journaling

LLM POP Resource

Prayers of the People Handout

Prayers of the People Slide Show

Class 1 Connecting the Church and the World Discussion Questions

Nitty Gritty Questions

Gone By 2040

Take the Pills

Anglican Distinctiveness

Excerpt from the Parish Leadership Handbook

1 .Introduction

Supplemental Resources

5a Doctrine

5b. Doctrine Supplemental Video

6. Church History

7. BCP/BAS

Resources from the old LLM Course:

Anglican Communion Website

Discernment as a Process

8. Prayers of the People

10. Spiritual Discipline

9. Basic Preaching and Sermon Preparation

11.Decorum

12.Liturgy

13. Alternative Worship