Clerk
clerks of session manual & records review
September 2019: newly revised documents available
2019 Manual for Clerks of Session & Session Moderators
From Stated Clerk Rev. Dean Strong: Seattle Presbytery instructions for administrative review
2019 Session Records Review Form (PDF)
online statistical reporting links
Annual Statistical Report Deadline: february 4, 2019
Dear Pastors and Clerks of Session,
Links to annual statistical reporting are now online.
The Clerk of Session is responsible for these reports, but if someone else is completing them, please let us know. If the Clerk does not respond, the Moderator of Session will be responsible. Other people can help, input data, etc., but the Clerk of Session is responsible to see that it all gets done.
All reports are linked on the Presbytery website: https://www.seattlepresbytery.org/clerk/.
ALL REPORTS ARE DUE FEBRUARY 4, 2019:
-Annual Statistical Report (see below)
-Clergy 2019 Terms of Call (To be reported to the Presbytery. Must also be reported to the Board of Pensions. Due to matters of privacy, the Board of Pensions may not just report the information directly to the Presbytery.)
-2018 Necrology Report (To be reported to the Presbytery.)
Blessings,
Stated Clerk
*The system works best with Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari.
*There is no longer a workbook being produced. The program has been updated to include both helpful tools and definitions to complete the process. It also in being offered in multiple languages: 한국어, Español, and English. PDFs have been created related to the questions and definitions being asked.
Deadline: February 4, 2019
Statistical Reporting
General Assembly (NEW & SIMPLER see below)
You may want to read FAQs first to see this year’s changes.
Annual Statistical Report - Due Feb. 4: complete online. DO NOT USE “SUBMIT.” This will allow you to make changes if needed…and your input is always live.
Need your user name and password? Contact EJ Lee.
Clerks Annual Questionnaire - No longer part of annual statistics.
Terms of Call
Churches must report salary information for teaching elders (pastors and associate pastors) online here. Please submit each pastor's information as a separate entry every year (even if there are no changes to report). Terms of call must also be reported to the Board of Pensions.
Online submissions due: February 4, 2019
Resource: Understanding Effective Salary (Board of Pensions)