Prices and Registration

* Receive a $25.00 discount when you register online for Youth Ministry Certification.

** For persons seeking United Methodist Certification with graduate credit (Professional Track), the UMC General Board of Higher Education and Ministry provides this scholarship for students upon successful completion of the course. Payment is made directly to Perkins. More information is available at www.gbhem.org.

Certification courses are taught at a graduate level and require advanced reading and written assignments as well as final projects for grade(s).

Complete standards and requirements are available from the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry website information on Deacons and Diaconical Ministry.  

CERTIFICATION REGISTRATION
Registration for Youth Certification closes on December 5, 2011. 

**Register online and receive a $25 discount!

Did you register online last year? You can use the same email address and password to register this year.  If you have forgotten your password, just ask for a reminder on the main registration page.

Now accepting credit cards and checks for online payment options.

You can register by the following methods:
1. Online Registration  Registration now closed.
2. Download a registration form and follow directions for submitting your form.
For program questions, call 214.768.2251

If you are registering as a PROFESSIONAL, you are not officially registered until the course request form is completed and received no later than December 5 in the Office of Advanced Ministerial Studies. It can be mailed, faxed, or emailed to the following:
Office of Advanced Ministerial Studies
PO Box 750133
Dallas, TX 75275-0133
Fax: 214.768.2117
advanceministry@smu.edu 

Download Course Request Form

EVENT HOTEL 

Holiday Inn
1655 North Central Expressway, Richardson, TX 75080 

Online Hotel Reservations  (Hot breakfast buffet included)

The Holiday Inn is located just minutes from First United Methodist Church, Richardson. Shuttle buses are provided at the beginning and end of the day. A block of rooms has been reserved for event participants. In order to receive this special rate, please make sure "PSS" is entered in the group code box on the reservation page. The special room rate will be available until December 21 or until the group block is sold out, whichever comes first.