Ministries Council
DOWNLOADS AND RESOURCES
Ministers' handbook
Ministries Council Employees' handbook
Ordained local ministry – consultation
Postgraduate study
Study leave
Appraisal forms
Candidates, probationers, supervisors
Interim Moderators and nominating committees
Manse Condition Schedule
Readership handbook
Accompanied Review
Ministers' handbook
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The Ministers’ Handbook (2009 Edition) is available in PDF format via a password protected area of the website here. Ministers of the Church of Scotland have been issued with the user ID and password necessary to access the handbook. If you have lost or misplaced this information |
please contact Sheila MacRae
(smacrae@cofscotland.org.uk). If you have any queries about the Ministers’ Handbook please contact Dorothy Davidson (ddavidson@cofscotland.org.uk).
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To view [.pdf] formats you will require Adobe Acrobat Reader, which you can download here free of charge. |
Please note this link will take you out of the Church of Scotland website and open a new browser window.
Ministries Council Employees' handbook
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The Ministries Council Employees' handbook is on a password protected areas of the website here. Employees have been issued with a user ID and password which are necessary to access the handbook.If you have lost or misplaced this information |
please contact Lynne Hood
(lhood@cofscotland.org.uk). If you have any queries about the Ministries Council Employees' Handbook please contact John Jackson (jjackson@cofscotland.org.uk).
Ordained local ministry – consultation
Consultation documents
| Ministers of the Gospel (2000) |
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| Panel on Doctrine report (2000) |
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| Panel on Doctrine report (2001) |
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Postgraduate study
The Ministries Council has approved various postgraduate courses for study leave in the past, including D.Min courses offered by St Andrews and Princeton, by the Highland Theological College, and M.Th courses offered by Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities among others. You can find information about the next intake for the joint D. Min offered by Aberdeen and Pittsburgh as a download below.
Postgraduate courses
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Study leave
Study leave application and claim forms for Ministers and Parish Staff are available to download here in
Word [.doc], rich text [.rtf] and text only [.txt] formats.
Study leave application forms
| Ministers study leave application form: |
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| Parish staff study leave application form: |
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Study leave claim forms
| Claim for refund of expenses form: |
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| Claim for refund of pulpit supply form: |
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Please note any queries regarding study leave should be directed in the first instance via email to Dorothy Davidson
(ddavidson cofscotland.org.uk) or Susan Calderhead (scalderheadcofscotland.org.uk)
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Appraisal forms
These appraisal forms and guidance notes are for use by teams which include Ministries Council Presbytery and Parish Workers. The appraisal process should not be undertaken until the relevant training has been received. Any queries about this should be made to John Jackson, Secretary, Planning and Deployment in the Ministries Council (email jjackson@cofscotland.org.uk).
| Guidance Note for Appraisers |
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| Guidance Note for Appraisees |
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| Pre appraisal form |
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| Interim review form |
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| Appraisal form |
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Candidates, probationers and supervisors
A range of handbooks and reporting
forms for candidates and probationers in a range of ministries
of the Church of Scotland are available here to download in
Word [.doc], rich text [.rtf] and text only [.txt] formats.
Please note that due to formatting, some [.rtf] files are
quite large and will take some time to download on a standard
connection.
Handbooks
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| Candidates' handbook (auxiliary): |
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| Candidates' handbook (diaconal): |
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| Probationers' handbook: |
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| Supervisors' handbook: |
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| Candidate review, handbook for presbytery and council assessors: |
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In this section you can download reporting forms for candidates
and probationers in the following ministries:
Auxiliary (probationary and final placement
forms)
Diaconal
Full-time Word and Sacrament
Study leave application forms
Auxiliary: probationers
Learning and Serving Covenant:
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Interim placement report:
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| Candidate final placement report: |
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Supervisor placement appraisal:
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Auxiliary: candidates
Learning and Serving Covenant:
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Candidate final placement report:
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| Supervisor placement appraisal: |
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Diaconal
| Learning and Serving covenant - autumn placement: |
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| Candidate final report: |
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| Supervisor appraisal: |
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Full-time Word and Sacrament: probationers
and candidates
| Candidate information: |
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| Learning and Serving Covenant - probationary
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| Learning and Serving Covenant - summer placement: |
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| Learning and Serving Covenant - autumn placement: |
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| Learning and Serving Covenant - summer placement (chaplaincy): |
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| Interim probationary placement report: |
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| Final probationary placement report - candidate appraisal: |
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| Final probationary placement report - supervisor appraisal: |
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| Candidate report - summer placement: |
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| Candidate report - autumn placement: |
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| Candidate report - summer placement (chaplaincy): |
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| Supervisor appraisal - summer placement: |
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| Supervisor appraisal - autumn placement: |
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| Supervisor appraisal - summer placement (chaplaincy): |
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| Candidate appraisal pre-placement: |
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Candidate appraisal for those not in placement:
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Interim Moderators and nominating committees
Guidelines for interim Moderators and advice for nominating committees can be downloaded from our Advice and Guidance pages.
More general information and resources are available on our pages on the Church of Scotland
main site at
www.churchofscotland.org.uk/councils/ministries
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Manse condition schedule
The manse condition schedule, along with guidelines and regulations for manses, can be downloaded below to assist congregations in keeping up to date with the maintenance and repair of manses.
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Readership handbook
A handbook for those training for the ministry of readership can be downloaded below. This includes information on the role of readers, training for the role and presbytery responsibilities. The appendices can be downloaded separately.
Readership handbook
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Appendix 1: Course fee reimbursement form
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Appendix 2: Placement report form R1
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Appendix 3:Readership placement guidance for supervisors
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Appendix 4: XVII Readership Act
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Appendix 5: Final preaching assessment - Assessor Guidance
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Appendix 6: Final preaching assessment report - completion guide
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Appendix 7: Final preaching assessment - areas for evaluation
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Appendix 8: Final preaching assessment report - template
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Accompanied Review
The Accompanied Review process helps those engaged in the ministries of the Church to review their experiences.
Information and guidance, a code of practice and guidelines for congregations are available to download below.
Accompanied Review information and guidance
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Code of Practice
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Flowchart
(available in Word or pdf* only)
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Guidelines and form for congregations
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Follow up form
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* To view PDF documents we recommend using Adobe Reader software, which is available to download for free from the Adobe website.
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