Annual Congregational Reports
Annual Congregational Review Forms (download both Part I and Part II):
Part I - Review Procedures for CONGREGATIONS (information on how to prepare for the annual review)
Part II - Review Procedures for EXAMINERS (instructions for examiners conducting the review)
Parochial Report Forms and Instructions Due March 1
File your congregation’s Parochial Report Online (or retrieve prior years)
Bishop’s Visitations
Bishop’s Discretionary Fund - Online Donation Info
Visitation Schedule - most up-to-date information will be on the calendar
Employees: Lay & Clergy
Clergy
Continuing Education for Priests and Deacons: Guidelines and Report form (due to the Bishop during the week following Lent I each year)
for sabbatical information and other hiring/employment related policies, visit the Policies page
Leadership & Licensed Ministries
Licensed Ministry Application Form (Pastoral Leader, Worship Leader, Preacher, Eucharistic Minister, and Eucharistic Visitor) Please use these forms for newly trained lay persons, request renewal of expired licenses, as well as indicate persons that are no longer active. Licenses are in effect for 3 years, with a Dec. 31 expiration date.
Safe Church- Training and Screening Chart for Church Leaders in Iowa
Marriage
Marriage Guidelines for Iowa (revised 2015)
Request for Bishop's Consent in re Marriage after dissolution
Declaration of Intent Lifelong Covenant (IA REVISED Dec 2015) Form of Report
The Witnessing and Blessing of a Lifelong Covenant (IA Nov. 2014)
Recording the Marriage (IA Nov. 2014)
Marriage liturgies: intended for use by all couples asking to be married in this church, authorized for trial use beginning Advent 2015
The Witnessing and Blessing of a Marriage (Nov 2015)
The Celebration and Blessing of a Marriage (Nov 2015)