Committees on Ministry – Pacific Northwest Conference

Committees on Ministry

The Committees on Ministry has the role of support and accountability for those seeking or holding standing. On a regular basis, the Committees attend to the operative, covenantal relationships among those with standing, the Association, the Local Church, and the ministry setting, in order to nurture faithfulness and to ensure ongoing growth in ministry according to the Marks of Faithful and Effective Authorized Ministers and using the current Manual on Ministry for procedures and guidelines. The Committees on Ministry may have up to 24 members, 18 members on the Westside and 6 on the Eastside. They shall assist in the transitions of local congregations in times of call and crisis. They shall help lay the basic foundations of Conference life with Healthy congregations and skilled, well supported clergy and lay pastoral leadership.If you are interested in learning more about MID Status or other standing in our conference, please email office@pncucc.org and we will connect you with someone who will help.

2024 Policy and Procedure changes for the COM.
Consent Form – to be used by non-UCC authorized persons
Concluding Pastorates Guidelines
UCC Ministerial Code
Link to the Manual on Ministry

Checklist

Transfer of Standing Checklist
Dual Standing Checklist
OMPS Checklist
Privilege of Call Checklist
TFAM Process Checklist

Templates

Three Way Covenant Template (also available here in DOCX format)
Three Way Covenant for Exempt Standing template (also available here in DOCX format)
Four Way Covenant Template (also available here in DOCX format)
Rite of Farewell Template (also available here in DOCX format)

Boundary Training
Authorized and Lay Ministers in the Pacific Northwest Conference shall have a Committee on Ministry approved Boundary Training once every three years in order to maintain their standing. The Initial Boundary Training is to be an orientation course, more comprehensive than the follow up Boundary Trainings. Most Boundary Trainings are available by Zoom. The orientation training should be interactive, rather than self-directed.

Trainings approved by the Committee on Ministry include:

Convergence Use code PNWUCC if you register for a discount
Faith Trust
Southern New England Conference of the UCC, 1.0 (2.0 is for follow up)

All other initial trainings must have prior approval by the COM before registering.

Following Boundary Trainings, after the initial training, are required every three years. Trainings approved by the Committee on Ministry include:

MESA (Ministerial Excellence, Support and Authorization a national team of the UCC) trainings for Retired Minsters and Specialized Ministers, offered occasionally throughout the year at no cost. (Dates are in the PNC Weekly eNews)
Boundary Training from other United Church of Christ Conferences.

There may be other boundary training of interest to you. These must be approved by the Committee on Ministry prior to registering.

Upon completion of the Boundary Training, please send your Certificate of Completion to the Executive Administrator to be recorded and placed in your ministerial file.