This page provides a central point for links to nearly all the administrative resources clergy, vestries, bishop’s committees, church administrators, and church leaders should need. Check here for the latest Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church and The Diocese of West Missouri. You will find the business manual and diocesan policies and procedures for a variety of topics along with required forms and instructions. The resources on this page also support the work of pastoral leaders with updated directives concerning worship and pastoral care.
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Church business
Samples for Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation
Clergy – continuing education
Other documents
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Marriage
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Photo & video release and licenses
Prayer Cycle
501(c) and tax exemption documents
To ensure that copies of these documents are only made available to people with a genuine need to access them, copies will be made available upon receipt of request.
Please contact the Finance Administrator to obtain copies. In the Finance Administrator’s absence, please contact the Bishop’s Executive Assistant.
Human Resources
Hiring & Staff
Sample Letters of Agreement
Safeguarding and Misconduct Prevention
“Updates Coming Soon” … in the interim, contact hr-finasst@diowestmo.org for online enrollment.
Lay Licensed Ministries
Background
Guidelines and requirements
Application forms
Lay Licensed Ministry certificates
These files require a password to open them. Need the password? Contact at BishopsAssistant@diowestmo.org
Background Request Forms can be found in the HR section
Ordination
See also the Liturgical Directives section in the Diocesan Tab, above. For information on the ordination process visit this page.
Discernment
Forms
Templates
Misconduct prevention
- See Human Resources (HR) tab above
Provincial
General Church
International
Broken links
If you spot any broken links, please let me know at communications@diowestmo.org so we can fix them — thank you.
Other resources
- Best Practices for Parochial Archives
- Opportunities for Serving the Church in Diocesan Leadership
- Emergency Planning Resources for Congregations
- Diocesan Calendar
- Church Support
(where to go to get help) - Communication Resources
- Find a Church
- Bishop’s Visitation and Area Confirmation Schedule through August 2021
Help
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Site software updates
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General bulletin and service resources
Some general resources providing bulletin inserts, lessons and sermons that can be used by churches and small groups without the resources to create their own.
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Diocesan Council Minutes Published
Diocesan council minutes for the meetings held between June 2021 and March 2022 have been approved and published.
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Diocesan Council Minutes, March 2022
Diocesan Council Minutes of March 22, 2022.
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Diocesan Council Minutes, February 2022
Diocesan Council Minutes of February 12, 2022.
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2022 Annual Convention Schedule and Business Agenda
Tentative schedule (subject to change) Friday, November 4, 2022 6-7 p.m. Registration 7 – 8:30 p.m. Convention Eucharist 8:30 – 10:30 p.m. Reception and Registration Saturday, November 5, 2022 TBA a.m. Registration 8:30 a.m. Morning Prayer 9 a.m. Business session 11:45 Noonday Prayer and Necrology Noon. Lunch 12:30 p.m. Business session, followed by a commissioning service, prayers, and blessing. Business Session agenda Details to be published when available. Updates 05-16-2022. Page Created
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2022 Annual Convention
Latest Announcements Pre-Convention Information and Resources Convention 2022 Help & Essential Information Annual Convention Journals Committees of Convention Explained Church Support Convention Report Format and Submission Resolution Example and Submission Convention Registration(Registration closed) Nominations and Elections(Nominations closed) 2021 Convention Website Annual Convention 2022 Information and Resources Convention Schedule & Business Session Agenda Draft Minutes of the 2021 Convention Diocesan Council Nominees Standing Committee Nominees Reports Resolutions Received Draft 2023 Plan for Ministry COVID-19 Assumption of RiskRelease and Waiver Procedure and Rules of Order(2021) Convention Eucharist & Ordination About Annual Convention Post-Convention Information and Resources Appointments and Election Results Resolutions After Action Plan for Ministry 2022 Plan for Ministry Presentation Ecclesiastical Authority’s Address to Convention Necrology Convention Video Recording Convention Video Recordingespañol Convention EucharistEnglish Deadlines Reports – Ministry Fair – Nominations – Resolutions – Registration – Updates 05-16-2022. Initial draft of the 2022 Convention website started.
Page updates
Page content updates vs major sitewide updates shown above.
- 03-22-2022. Letter from CPG regarding the mandatory lay pension removed from the HR section.
- 02-16-2022. Clergy available for supply entry updated to clarify that the list includes both priests and deacons.
- 09-06-2021. A broken link has been fixed, and descriptive text has been added to the Living into our Ministries text.