Ministries Council
DOWNLOADS AND RESOURCES
Ministers' handbook
Ordained local ministry – consultation
Postgraduate study
Study leave
Workshops
Candidates, probationers, supervisors
Interim Moderators and nominating committees
Ministers' handbook
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The Ministers’ Handbook (2007 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 Suzie Stark (sstarkcofscotland.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.
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 Rev Angus Mathieson
(amathiesoncofscotland.org.uk) or Susan Calderhead (scalderheadcofscotland.org.uk)
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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
| Candidates' handbook: |
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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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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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| 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 final report: |
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| Supervisor final appraisal: |
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| Candidate appraisal for those not in placement (first
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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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