Lay Leadership Institute Information
The South Dakota District has established the Lay Leadership Institute (LLI) to train and equip lay leaders to be of greater service to their pastors and congregations. The Lay Leadership Institute has three levels of involvement:
To learn more about LLI, read the Lay Leadership Institute Description
LLI consists of 11 courses and costs $200 per course:
Read the Lay Leadership Institute Course Descriptions
Have questions about the Lay Leadership Institute? This LLI FAQs will answer some of the most frequently asked questions regarding the Lay Leadership Institute.
Does your congregation have someone who has completed the Lay Leadership Institute program? Guidelines for Congregations with an LLI Graduate will explain what a congregation can reasonably expect from an LLI graduate.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him. The LORD is the strength of his people, a fortress of salvation for his anointed one.
Go on up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good news; lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, “Behold your God!”
Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, and shall be exalted.
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up