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The Lakelands Institute is a consortium of visionary pastors, coaches, and community builders who offer wisdom, experience, and practical know-how to church leaders who recognize that ministry has forever changed.
Courses
Principled Leadership in Polarized Times
Leadership in this age when divisions harm community life presents an unprecedented challenge. In this course, Rev. Jake Morrill outlines ways leaders can be fully present, and yet well-differentiated, among the people they lead.
The Online Worship Academy
This course will put you ahead with top-to-bottom, comprehensive training. This course will teach you how to present more worshipful, polished, and engaging worship online to reach more people.
Podcasting Your Ministry
OPENS MARCH 1: In this spotlight course, you will be taken step-by-step through the process of creating audio content and distributing it. By the time you complete this comprehensive course, you'll have a professional quality stream of audio available to anyone.
Reimagining Community: Engaging people in virtual space
Religious faith depends upon community. Learn how to find and build community in this time of social distancing and church, synagogue, and mosque closures.
Stewardship and the Online Church
Coming soon.
Create a Course With the Lakelands Institute
Do you have knowledge or experience that would help clergy and other church leaders? Take this short course to see if your expertise might be turned into a course with the Lakelands Institute.
Why Lakelands?
The Lakelands Institute formed out of necessity. With no time to prepare, churches had to move their ministries online with no budget and few resources. Our courses are led by clergy and church professionals who know what it means to lead a local church. We’ve all had to pull off miracles with limited resources and have come up with solutions when budgets were thin. We came together for such a time as this.
Why Now?
Can you remember a time when church leaders were required to pivot so quickly and acquire a skill set they never before considered necessary? Neither can we. Leaders are struggling for survival, knowing that a challenge like this has not occurred in our lifetimes. With experience leading through transition, tech skills, and a vision for the whole church, we feel like we were made for this moment. You were too. So let’s do this!