United Church of Christ
Professional Chaplains and Counselors
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Updates
Thank you to everyone who joined us
for the UCC breakfast at the Annual Conference of the
Association of Professional Chaplains.
It was a great opportunity to see
long time friends and colleagues as well as make new connections. We hope you will join us next year!
We would like to congratulate the newly
Board Certified chaplains who joined us for breakfast!
Pictured left to right:
Rev. Carla E. Banks, Rev. Denise Duncan, Lisa M. Vineyard, Rev. Kelly Mathis
Rev. Mary C. Horan
From the update shared by UCC Endorser, Rev. Stephen Boyd,
at the UCC PCC Breakfast:
"With the guidance of the new General Minister and President of the UCC there are many changes occurring at the National Setting. For the foreseeable we do not think that this will impact the Endorsement Office and our operations.
There is a new Manual on Ministry in process and it is the aim to field the first Draft by December 2016. We are working harder to make this document more inclusive for ministry beyond the local church to address ministry in specialized settings.
I cannot encourage chaplains enough to be in contact with their Conferences, attend chaplain training days, complete the Annual Periodic Review, meet with Committee on Ministry when requested and to serve on Committees on Ministry.
Update and file Four-Way Covenants with the Committee on Ministry. If our ministers in specialized settings need assistance with the Four-Way Covenant they should contact the Endorsement Office at the National Setting.
Rev. Boyd continues to collect case studies for the development of boundary training for ministers in specialized settings modules, please forward to his email at boyds@ucc.org.
Ministers in Specialized Settings are encouraged to complete the Snapshot found at the UCC website and to DRAFT an electronic profile for future job opportunities.
The Endorsement Office is working to standardize the endorsement renewal for the Five-Year Peer Review process for APC. At this point the mainline denominations are requiring that candidates renew their endorsement with Committees on Ministry for this review.
Due to the national Youth event and major work on the Manual on Ministry rewrite the launch of the electronic newsletter has been postponed until the early fall. Please confirm with UCC PCC (ucc.pcc@gmail.com) your email address if you want to receive your copy of 'Chapbook'."
Interested in a Leadership position with the UCC PCC?
Members (current dues paid) of UCC PCC have been
contacted about elections for open leadership positions
in November.
Please contact us at ucc.pcc@gmail if you are considering contributing your time and talents to the UCC PCC.
By Laws Task Force
We are looking for a few members (current dues paid)
to help with revising the
By Laws of the UCC PCC to more accurately reflect where
the organization is now and the advances
in technology and communication.
Please email ucc.pcc@gmail.com if you are
willing and interested in helping.
The goal is to finish by December for a
new and exciting year in 2017!
Create your Snapshot now in the Ministerial Profiles Portal.
Check out the orientation resources for guidance on creating your Snapshot.
Learn more about Search and Call processes in the United Church of Christ.
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