PC(USA) has announced resources for the Year of Leader Formation including training hymns, monthly series/articles for serving faithfully, a webinar series for ruling elders and deacons, and more!
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THIRD THURSDAY TRAINING
April 21, 2021 – Unique clerk responsibilities
May 20, 2021 – Worship Training for Elders and Deacons
June 17, 2021 – Agendas, Discernment and Moderating a Meeting
- This gathering was hosted by the Presbytery of Southern New England and provided the following resources:
July 15, 2021 – Session Personnel Guidelines
- This gathering focused on the functions and accountability to the sessions of a committee or task force and provided the following resources:
August 17, 2021, 5:00 p.m. (Tuesday this month!) – Safe Church Policies
- This gathering focused Safe Church Policies with the following resources provided:
September 16, 2021, 5:00 p.m. – Stewardship
- This gathering focused on Stewardship with the following resources provided:
October 21, 2021, 5:00 p.m. – Finance Committees/Trustees
- This gathering focused on the purpose and matters associated with Finance Committees and Trustees
December 16, 2021, 5:00 p.m. – Vital Congregations
- This gathering focused on Vital Congregations, a PC(USA) initiative.
January 20, 2022, 5:00 p.m. – Meetings of the Congregation
- This gathering focused on meetings of the congregation, including annual meetings!
February 24, 2022, 5:00 p.m. – Presbyterian Polity
- This gathering focused on an introduction to the foundations of Presbyterian polity
March 17, 2022, 5:00 p.m. – 225th General Assembly
- This gathering looked at the upcoming 225th General Assembly and explored how the General Assembly of the PC(USA) works.
- Recorded session
- No materials; recorded session shows exploration of websites regarding subject matter.
April 21, 2022, 5:00 p.m. – Church By-Laws
- This gathering looked at required elements for a church’s by-laws.
May 26, 2022, 5:00 p.m. – Denominational payments and NEW Presbytery online payment portal
- This gathering reviewed the NCP remittance form, per capita notes from Connectional Presbyter/Stated Clerk, Cindy Kohlmann and analyzed the new Presbytery online payment portal
June 16, 2022, 5:00 p.m. – Congregational Nominating Committees
- This gathering provided a review and guidance for congregational nominating committees
August 18, 2022, 6:30-8:00 p.m. – Essentials for Clerks of Session
- This gathering provided essentials for clerks of session.
September 15, 2022, 5:00-6:00 p.m. – Resources of the Presbyterian Foundation
- This gathering explored the fabulous free (!) resources available through the Stewardship Navigator with Rev. Ellie Johns-Kelley, Presbyterian Foundation Ministry Relations Office for the Allegheny and Chesapeake Region.
October 20, 2022, 5:00-6:00 p.m. – Ministry in the 21st Century with children, youth and young adults
- Coming this month … Colleen Earp, Program Director for Massanetta Springs Camp and Conference Center will join us to talk about ministry in the 21st century with children, youth and young adults.
BREAK FOR JULY! We’ll be back in August
- All Ministers of Word and Sacrament who are serving as pastors to a congregation or otherwise engaged in a Validated Ministry.
- Commissioned Ruling Elders (CREs) and Ruling Elders elected to serve on the Committee on Ministers and Congregations (COMC) and the Committee on Preparation for Missional Ministry (CPMM). Participation is required within one year of being commissioned or elected.
- All Candidates for Ministry with flexibility to work with CPMM for alternative means to meet this requirement.
- All Presbytery staff are required to attend within one year of hire/election.
VIEW the current NCP Anti-Racism Training Policy for additional information.
APPROVED TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES include:
Sunday, September 18, 3:00-5:00p: In-person at the Presbyterian Church of Dover. Pre-register for all participants September 18 with a link released with registration here.
In accordance with New Castle Presbytery’s Prevention of Sexual Misconduct Policy, every three years all minister members and CREs of the Presbytery shall also attend refresher training on the subject of prevention of clergy sexual misconduct. Such training will be offered at several locations across the Presbytery, or may be taken through another source satisfactory to the Committee on Ministers & Congregations.
Training opportunities for the remainder of 2022 include:
- REGISTER FOR THE TRAINING, WHICH WILL BE HELD VIA ZOOM: https://newcastlepresbytery.breezechms.com/form/f8900911
- Thursday, September 1, 1:00 p.m. (via Zoom)
- Tuesday, November 8, 10:00 a.m. (via Zoom)
- An email will be distributed several days prior to the training to provide the Zoom link and the resource book will be distributed to you via email (if you requested an e-book) or via USPS mail within one week of the training.
- ALTERNATIVE TRAINING OPPORTUNITY
- Stewards of Children is approved as an alternative training opportunity for New Castle Presbytery compliance. Access at your convenience online at: https://www.d2l.org/education/stewards-of-children/online/ .
- Upon completion of this approved alternate training, email a copy of the participant certificate provided at the end of training to [email protected].