• the responsibilities of conference and district directors
• guidance for organizing Lay Servant Ministries
• tools for administration
• information on the Association of Conference Directors of Lay Servant Ministries (ACDLSM)
• other helpful resources

Sandy Jackson, now retired, was director, Connectional Laity Development in the Office of External Connectional Relations and Strategic Initiatives at the Discipleship Ministries of The United Methodist Church.

Jodi Cataldo serves as the Director of Laity in Leadership for Discipleship Ministries of The United Methodist Church, working with Lay Servant Ministries, Lay Leaders and Certified Lay Ministers to develop, support and encourage both clergy and laity to reclaim the Wesleyan movement by equipping the saints for ministry through transformational discipleship! Jodi has a long history of leadership development on the conference and general agency level in addition to being in mission through Global Ministries preparing new leaders for one of the new initiatives of The United Methodist Church.