Appendices 1 – 8 are
Required During Phase One
Ten Personal Qualifications and 16 Competencies: You have been working on these forms throughout your seminary experience and your journey with the Commission. For your ordination interview, you will submit your final review of the Ten Qualifications (Appendix 1) and of the 16 Competencies (Appendix 2). ***NOTE: These two appendices will be required for all five phases of the Ordination process.
Appendix
#1 – Template for Ten Personal Qualifications
Appendix #2 – Template for Sixteen Competency Areas [This is an excel document for you to download, save and use throughout this process.]
Confidential Document (Appendix #3): From time to time, the COM will need to send to you, or request from you, important information. Our purpose would be to contact you for reasons that have a direct bearing on your preparation for ministry. Due to privacy laws and confidentiality requirements of seminaries and Region, the COM must ask your permission to contact you at your residence and to share this information with appropriate church-related parties.
Appendix
#3 – Rationale and Permission to Use Name and Address
Appendix
#4 – Ministerial Code of Ethics
Appendix
#5 – Application for “Under Care” Status
Appendix
#6 – Reference from Pastor of HOME Church
Appendix
#7 – Reference Letter for “Under Care” Candidacy
Appendix
#8 – Covenant for Candidates Under Care
Ordination
Papers: See
Appendix #9 for the guidelines for writing the Ordination Papers. Consider them
carefully, write and review, then email your Ordination Paper to the Chair of
the COM. They will be shared with members of the COM for review for our fifth
official meeting.
Appendix
#9 – Guidelines for Writing the Ordination Papers ***NOTE: Appendix
#9 is required for Phases two, three and four.
Appendix
#10 – Application for Ordination ***NOTE: Required for Ordination Candidates only
Letters
of Reference for Ordination:
Find in Appendix # 11 a form letter of reference for Ordination Candidacy. Seek
references from three individuals who can concretely speak to following aspects
of your ministry: your faith formation; educational journey and pastoral
ministry. Ask your referents to forward their references to the Regional
Office, with copy to the Chair, COM as soon as possible. These should be sent
by email.
Appendix
#11 – Reference Letter for Ordination ***NOTE: Required for Ordination Candidates only
Letter
from Your Sponsoring Church:
The COM requires a letter of sponsorship written by the Senior Pastor for
ordination. This could be the church where you hold membership, the church you
have been attending during your seminary training, or the church where you have
been doing your Field Education. (See Appendix 12.)
Appendix
#12 – Reference from Pastor of SPONSORING Church ***NOTE: Required for Ordination
Candidates only
Appendix
#13 – Information about Clinical Pastoral Education ***NOTE: Appendix
#13 is required for Phases two, three, four and five.
Mentor’s Report: Your mentor will submit a final report on your behalf. She/he may use the same reference form provided in Appendix 11, with the addition of a comment on the progress you have made in your journey with her/him. This reference does not count as one of the three required references.
Appendix #14 – Report by Mentor