Church Deployment Office

CDO News Update in Brief...

Fall 2008 DDO Training

The Fall DDO Training will take place on October 13-15, 2008, at the Episcopal Church Center in New York City.

NEW RESOURCE! Parish Calling Kit on CD

All publications included in the hardcopy “Parish Calling Kit” are now on an affordable, easy to download CD:

What is the CDO/How the System Works, Search, Prayer in the Calling Process, Interim Ministries Books I and II, Caring for Clergy in the Calling Process, Caring for Clergy through Compensation, How to Read a CDO Profile, John Doe and Sally Roe Sample Profiles, Interviewing in the Calling Process, Ministry Skill/Experience Manual, Called to Work Together, Living into our Ministries: the Mutual Ministry Cycle.

CDs can be ordered through CDO for $5.00/each with a 10% discount for 10 or more. These short publications are excellent resources for vestries and Search Committees just beginning the prayerful discernment and calling process.

Clergy Compensation Report (2006)
Dr. Matthew Price of the Church Pension Group has completed the Clergy Compensation Report for 2006 as of September 2007. Please see this 20-page informative report which lists: national as well as provincial and diocesan statistics; compensation by gender and position in comparative perspective; lay employees' compensation, and much more.
Download report (pdf).

Calling Clergy: a Spiritual and Practical Guide through the Search Process
by Elizabeth Rankin Geitz

Deployment/Transitions Officer for the Diocese of New Jersey, Geitz offers guidelines for preparation of the parish profile and the work of the calling committee. Web-based appendix includes sample letters, questionnaire templates, a calendar wizard for meeting and itinerary planning, interviewing tips, and prayers and brief liturgies for use by committee members.
Rebecca McClain, Executive Director of Godly Play, says: "Elizabeth Geitz has written a remarkable pilgrims’ guide for congregations in transition… It is a wonderful and welcome new resource to every community in transition and is highly recommended by CDO."

Ordering information: $12/each with a 20% discount to parishes and dioceses. See the Church Publishing+ Seabury Books website at: www.churchpublishing.org/callingclergy or call (800) 242-1918.

Discernment Process for Rectors/Vicars based on Calling Clergy by the Rev. Canon Elizabeth Geitz (Powerpoint presentation)

Order online from the Church Publishing Company

Guide to Human Resources Practices

The Church Pension Group (CPG) recently published the 2nd Edition of a "Guide to Human Resources Practices for Lay Employees in Episcopal Churches." CDO is serving on a Task Force coordinated by the Office for Ministry Development, together with representatives from CPG, NNECA, CEPVA, B+E+S+T, NACED, and HR experts in the church workplace. We commend this excellent guide particularly to congregations and dioceses who work with justice, accountability, and legalties in church-related employment. $20.
Order from CPG


	PDF	Living into our Ministries: a Mutual Ministry Cycle Resource Guide
		Now downloadable for free! 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. File size: 1.4 Mb. Document Description: Now downloadable for free! 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. File size: 1.4 Mb. Download