Annual Statistical Reports Due
Seattle Presbytery
STATISTICAL REPORT DEADLINE: FEB. 12, 2016
Dear Pastors and Clerks of Session,
Once again the time is upon us to complete the many annual reports that come before us.
There are two, required by the Book of Order (one each for the presbytery and the General Assembly), that are for the Clerk of Session to complete each year. They are the annual Statistical Report, and the reports of Pastor Terms of Call. Both of these reports may be completed online.
We receive multiple requests throughout the year for a comprehensive update on the Pastoral Compensation for all Pastors and Associate Pastors in the presbytery. Therefore, we would ask for you to complete the Terms of Call form annually, even if the presbytery already has updated information on your position(s).
The deadline to complete the Annual Statistical Report is February 12 so please compete the form online as soon as you are able. It is not necessary for the Session to approve the Annual Statistical Report before it is filed, rather the Clerk of Session completes the report and then reports to the Session the submission of the report. It is helpful to then include a printing of the report in your Session minutes.
Please complete the Terms of Call form (again online) after your early year annual meeting or no later than March 1. This will allow for the approval of all Terms of Call at the April Presbytery meeting and provide to all the presbytery a single report of all Terms of Call. To simplify matters we are asking only the questions asked by the Board of Pension in their request for updated Terms of Call. Due to matters of privacy, the Board of Pensions may not just report the information directly to the presbytery.
Blessings,
Rev. Karen Breckenridge
Stated Clerk