Parish Calling Kit
The following publications are available to help your parish in a transition process. These and other publications may be downloaded from CDO website. To order additional copies of this CD, contact CDO office by phone (212-922-5250) or email (cdo@episcopalchurch.org )
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What is the CDO?
How the CDO System Works Information sheet on the Church Deployment Office, its services, its policies and procedures, and its benefits to those who register.
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Search
A manual for those called to guide a congregation through a discernment process leading to the call of a rector/vicar (by Charles R. Wilson).
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Prayer in Calling Process
This period of search for a new rector can be a time of new and creative activity in the liturgical and devotional life of the parish that can enrich the church for long after the search process is over. This guide offers you resources, suggestions, possibilities, for that journey. Revised: 2007.
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Interim Ministries - Book 1
Overview for church leaders, which defines Interim Ministry, suggesting how this specialized ministry can be useful to congregations. Revised: August 2007.
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Interim Ministries - Book 2
Guidelines for the development and support of interim ministries in dioceses, including: professional standards, Letter of Agreement, training, support, and evaluation of interim ministers. Revised: August 2007.
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Caring for Clergy in the Calling Process, 4th Edition.
Guidelines for search/calling committees on the calling process including: appointing a committee; setting a budget; communications; reviewing, visiting, interviewing, choosing and calling candidates. Revised: 2006 (4th edition).
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Caring for Clergy through Compensation
Guidelines for examining and advocating a theology of compensation in the calling and care of clergy, including: salary, housing, & utilities; benefits; reimbursement for professional expenses, with tax implications of each. Revised: 2007 (4th edition).
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How to Read a CDO Personal Profile
A handy guide to reading and interpreting a CDO Personal Profile. Revised: 2007.
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- Sample Profile for the Rev. John Doe
- Sample Profile for the Rev. Sally Roe
Interviewing in the Calling Process
Guidelines to help the search/calling committee make the interviewing process an effective tool to determine a good match between priest and parish. Revised: 2007 (4th edition).
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Ministry Skill/Experience Manual
Listing of those skills, experiences, education and training categories most frequently used by clergy and lay professionals. Used by new registrants and those updating their Personal Profiles, as well as by search committees completing Search Requests for open positions. Revised: 2006.
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Called to Work Together
A handbook on Letters of Agreement for clergy and congregations (by Richard L. Ullman).
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Living into our Ministries: A Mutual Ministry Cycle Resource Guide
The audience intended to use this guide includes diocesan facilitators, deployment officers, wardens and clergy. Some parts, especially the introduction, will be useful for the whole vestry as a starting conversation on mutual ministry. The document is an educational package with a variety of tools. 91 pages including a bibliography.
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