In The Interim

Application for Interim Minister

Due April 15 for August Placement

The application is now a part of the UUA’s on line edition of In the Interim, available at http://www2.uua.org/. Below is the information that will be requested.

Congregation _____________________________________________________ #___________

City __________________________________ State____________

Beginning date of interim ministry____________

Duration of interim ministry: One year (second optional)_____ Two years_____ Other_____

Date of vote to hire interim: Governing board________ Congregation (optional)________

Number of adult members:______ Av. Sunday attendance:______

Children & youth enrollment:______ Av. children & youth attendance:______

Total operating expenditures: $________

Total operating pledge income: $________ Number of pledge units:______

How many Sunday services?____ Others during the week?____

Congregation Size (I-V):______ Congregation Wage Rate Area (1-5):_____

Salary plus Housing offered: $________

Are you a Fair Compensation congregation as regards benefits and expenses? Y/N

Is the interim minister expected to occupy a parsonage? Y/N

If so, how much of the S&H is attributable to rental value?______ To utilities?______

Median monthly rent for two-bedroom apartment in congregation's vicinity $________

THE CONGREGATION SHOULD BE PROVIDED WITH THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT
BEFORE THE INTERIM MINISTRY PROGRAM IS VOTED

It is understood, in accordance with the established policy of the Unitarian Universalist Association, that the interim minister is pledged not to become a candidate for the congregation’s called ministry, not to serve the congregation for more than two years (with a limited exception for interim ministers of religious education and interim associate and assistant ministers), and not to discuss specific prospective candidates for the called ministry of the congregation with the ministerial search committee.

It is also understood that interim ministers both carry out the normal responsibilities of congregational ministry, including worship and pastoral care, and also assist the congregation in addressing the following interim tasks:

• claiming and honoring its past and healing its griefs and conflicts
• illuminating the congregation’s unique identity, its strengths, its needs, its challenges
• clarifying the multiple dimensions of leadership, both ordained and lay, and aid the congregation in navigating the shifts in leadership that accompany times of transition
• renewing connections with available resources, within and beyond the UUA
• enabling the congregation to renew its vision, strengthen its stewardship, prepare for new professional leadership, and engage its future with anticipation and zest

Please note below any other issues of special concern or great importance to your congregation.

For the governing board ________________________________________________________

Tel: ______________________________ E-mail: _________________________________

Date submitted____________________________

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