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OTM Portfolio User Roles Office for Transition Ministry Access to entire system (except Personal Ministry Portfolio dashboards, where individuals keep their saved searches) Diocesan Transition Ministers Create/edit parish & institution position portfolios View/search all individual portfolios Save and review saved searches Clergy/Lay Leaders Create/edit own portfolios View & search all Community Ministry Portfolios Save searches
Portfolio Overview May use database in English, French or Spanish Overlap in access to both databases (CDO access restriction: April 1) All sections have instructions Personal & Community Portfolios have same structure (details follow): Basic Information Compensation & Housing Education (separate in Personal Ministry Portfolio) Work History & Skills Availability & Position Preference Narrative Connections References
Basic Information Name of Worshipping Community e.g. St. Swithen s or St. Swithen s Episcopal Church Status: the stage of transition you are currently in (clergy/lay leaders will search by category to find which churches/institutions are in the identified transition stage) Beginning Search Seeking Interim Interim in Place Developing Self-study Developing Profile Profile Complete Receiving Names No Longer Receiving Names Re-opened Search complete
Basic Information, cont. Order of Ministry Required Bishop/Deacon/Lay/Lay or Ordained/Priest Position Title important for those searching for you e.g. Rector, Associate, Vicar, Music Minister, Christian Formation Minister Other information kept current on the Parochial Report
Compensation & Housing Current Annual Compensation: $ (which includes the following): Cash Stipend $ Housing Allowance of $ annually Rectory (Pension-based Value) $ Utilities included $ SECA reimbursement $ (per CPG guidelines) Full/Half/Other Negotiable? Housing Equity Budget: yes/no/negotiable Vacation Details
Compensation & Housing, cont. Housing Provided for Persons (if space provided instead of cash) Healthcare options Full family Clergy + 1 Clergy only Negotiable? Travel Allowance Available Professional Expenses Account Available Additional Compensation Notes (20 words)
Education This is in Work History & Skills for worshipping communities, i.e. it is not a discreet chapter of the Community Ministry Portfolio as it is for the Personal Ministry Portfolio
Work History & Skills Name and Title of those who have held this position, with dates of tenure (space for 3) Church School data (Children) Data for education of Teens & Adults Day School: for those churches that have a parochial school
Narrative In our baptism we promise to proclaim by word and example the Good News of God in Christ, seeking and serving Christ in all persons. You are invited here to reflect on your worshipping community s ministry by responding to five (5) of the following questions (max of approx. 1200 characters) (If appropriate, please answer in multiple languages) 1. Describe a moment in your worshipping community s recent ministry that you recognize as one of success and fulfillment. 2. Describe your liturgical style and practice. If your community provides more than one type of worship service, please describe all.
Narrative 3. How do you practice incorporating others in ministry? 4. As a worshipping community, how do you care for your spiritual, emotional and physical well-being? 5. Describe your worshipping community s involvement in either the wider Church or geographical community. 6. How do you engage in pastoral care for those beyond your worshipping community?
Narrative 7. Tell about a ministry project that your worshipping community has initiated in the past five years. Who can be contacted about this? 8. How are you preparing yourselves for the Church of the future? Please provide words describing the gifts and skills essential to the future leaders of your worshipping community. (these are tag words, i.e. single words separated by commas)
Connections Your worshipping community s website address (where you will post your Parish Profile) The media links where your worshipping community has been identified, e.g. audio, video, YouTube, etc. Links to other sites where you might be found, e.g. blogs, Facebook, etc. Languages significantly represented in your worshipping community (if more than one, please separate with commas) Approximate number of people represented by other language(s) Languages in which you provide worship or classes
References Your Bishop: name and contact information Your Diocesan Transition Minister: name and contact info Current Warden/Board Chair name & contact info Previous Warden/Board Chair name & contact Info Search Chair s name, contact info & ministry (in parish/institution) Parish/Institution Leader s name & contact info (e.g. Outreach Ministry Leader, Director of Church School, Altar Guild Chair, etc.) Local Community Leader, contact info & relationship to you (e.g. mayor, City Council member, Food Pantry Leader,etc.)