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UNY Local Pastor Licensing School

The 2025 Upper New York Local Pastor Licensing School (LPLS) will be held May 26-June 1 at Sky Lake Camp & Retreat Center. To register, click here.

The LPLS experience provides an opportunity to learn with other students about the basics of ministry, to interact with and share ministry practice with the faculty and students, and to be creative in beginning pastoral ministry. Students in the LPLS should have completed the requirements for certified candidate. In order to register for the LPLS, there must be approval by your DCOM and District Superintendent to attend the program. Also, we recommend you complete a Safe Sanctuary Training prior to attending the LPLS. Please bring your certificate (or copies) of successful completion with you.

Completion of the LPLS meets a portion of the requirements for the licensing process, but the school does not grant the Local Pastor’s License. District Superintendents have that privilege after a candidate’s satisfactory completion of the LPLS, with approval by the District Committee on Ministry, and appointment to a church or extension ministry.

For more information, contact Rev. Simmons at revcsimmons@gmail.com.