The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas, will hold its fifth annual Leadership Institute Oct. 10 and 11. For the first time there will also be a Pre-Institute option Oct. 9.

The three-day conference is designed to help mainline churches strengthen the leadership of their clergy, laity, staff and volunteers. The focus is to help churches renew their vitality and relevancy.

The Rev. Adam Hamilton, senior pastor at the church; Dan Webster, founder of Authentic Leadership; Jeff Kirby, minister of adult discipleship at the church; and Carol Cartmill and Yvonne Gentile, coauthors of “Serving from the Heart,” will present during the Pre-Institute session.

The United Methodist Church of Resurrection is one of American’s fastest-growing mainline churches with attendance of more than 6,000 each week.

The cost for the conference is $225 for the first participant and $100 for the second participant from one church. The cost to attend the Pre-Institute seminar is $29.

For more information contact Debi Nixon at 913-897-0120 or DebiN@cor.org.

The Academy of Global Song will hold its first conference Oct. 26-29 at Lake Junaluska in North Carolina.

The theme is “Sharing the Gifts of Creation and Culture.”

In addition to featuring songs from Central/South America and the Caribbean, the conference will have plenary sessions, workshops and group singing. It will also introduce a wide variety of global repertory and liturgical resources.

The cost is $295, which includes all materials, three nights’ lodging and meals.

The Global Praise Program of the Mission Evangelism office of the General Board of Global Ministries is sponsoring the Academy. The Global Praise Program gathers Christian songs from around the world to share them in accessible forms with local congregations, choir directors, pastors and other worship leaders.

For more information contact Glendora Dazle at 212-870-3914 or gdazle@gbgm-umc.org.