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RECOMMENDATION/VOLUNTEER FORM
FOR COMMITTEE POSITIONS 
for the Nominations Committee's action

Nominee's Name:  
Member of which church?
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The following information on your nominee is needed to ensure fair inclusiveness:
Man   Minister  Racial Ethnic identification
Woman  Elder Disability: No Describe
Lay Person  Yes
Age:  25 and Under  26--35   36--55  56--64  65 and over
     Recommended for:           (See names of committees at bottom)
Council Sub-Committee 1st Choice
2nd
   
Presbytery Committee 1st Choice
2nd
 
Synod Commissioner
Committee 1st Choice
2nd
 
General Assembly Commissioner
 
Youth Advisory Delegate Date of Birth: (YAD only) Month/Day/Year
Synod  (ages -15 to 21)
General Assembly (ages - 17 to 23)
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Occupation
Telephone: (Office - with area code)
 		 (Home - with area code)
 
E-mail  
Apt.
Street
Town, State ZIP
Past and current service and participation in local church, Presbytery, Synod or General 
Assembly:

    

Personal gifts, qualities, interest, skills, education applicable to proposed nomination. Please be specific.

   

Your name      Mandatory
Your phone number - with area code
Your e-mail address Mandatory
Is this recommendation from session pastor yourself other?
Which church?

COMMITTEE NAMES

Presbytery of Southern Kansas

Synod of Mid-America
   1. Stewardship & Mission Interpretation Committee Book of Order Required Structures:
   2. Community Outreach Committee   Committee on Representation
   3. Congregational Ministries   Nominating Committee
   4. Committee on Ministry (COM) *   Permanent Judicial Commission
   5. Committee on Camping Ministry General Synod Committees
   6. Committee on Nominations           Church Order Committee
   7. Committee on Polity    Communications Committee
  8. Committee on Preparation for Ministry                
  9. Committee on Representation   Financial Affairs Committee
10. Permanent Judicial Commission *   Higher Education Commit
11. Brotherhood Community Ministries, Inc   Mission and Ecumenical Relations

Council Subcommittees 

   Personnel Committee
1. Trustees   Social Concerns Committee
2. Budget and Finance   Vocations Committee
3. Personnel   Youth Ministry Committee
4. Council Nominations
5. Vision & Planning
*  requires an ordained elder or clergy
   
COMMITTEES - Presbytery and Synod:
At the  beginning of the year, most  committees and the Permanent Judicial Commission have vacancies to be filled.  In addition, there are resignations during the year due to moves, illness and other obligations.  If interested in more than one committee, please list each. 
    
COMMISSIONERS -  Synod and General Assembly:
There are attendance requirements for commissioners to Synod and to General Assembly, both for clergy and for elders.  For clergy:  personal attendance of at least six of last eight stated meetings of PSK. For elders/lay:  Attendance by representation from their church of commissioner(s) of at least six of last eight stated meetings of Presbytery.  (Manual of Operations   10.3).  Churches which have met this requirement are notified in time for recommendations to be submitted in the fall to the Committee on Nominations. 
   

Checked for accuracy on Jan 16, 2006