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Preparación para el Retiro de orientación

de la candidatura de grupo en Español

STEP 1

Talk with your home church pastor, or other ordained deacon or elder, about your call. A helpful resource at this point may be the book, The Christian as Minister. 

STEP 2

Contact the district via email with candidacy request.

STEP 3

Meet with Pastor (Staff) Parish Relations Committee (or equivalent) at your church.

___  Submit Form 104a and Form 104b (Staff Parish Recommendation) to your                 dCOM Chair.

STEP 4

UMCARES (click for video on how to use UMCARES)

___  Conference Superintendent invites to UMCARES.
___  Respond to online invitation to UMCARES.
___  Complete steps in Candidacy Track in UMCARES up to and including payment           of $75 and ordering Answering the Call.
___  In Psychological Assessment Track in UMCARES, choose your MAS (Ministry           Assessment Specialist, see * below), complete Personal Data Inventory (PDI),           Personal & Professional Reference List (PPRL).                                      

       *Choose the Indiana Conference MAS closest to you:                                                        Meg Hornsby (Clarksville, Indiana)                                                                                Jaqueline Chandler (Indianapolis)                                                                                  Mark Roth (Indianapolis)                                                                                                Kevin Wieland (Fort Wayne)

___  Notify dCOM Chair that all of the above have been completed.

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STEP 5

Candidacy Orientation Retreat Preparation

Submit the following:

___  Upload to UMCARES proof of completion of high school or GED (transcript or             copy of diploma)

___  Upload to UMCARES a letter from your pastor, SPRC chair or membership                 secretary certifying you have been a professing member of your church or                   United Methodist-related campus ministry for at least a year.

___  Fill-out Application for Candidacy Orientation Retreat in Indiana Candidacy               Track in UMCARES

• Next retreat is January 11-12, 2019. Deadline for registration is December 1.
• Location: Benedict Inn Retreat & Conference Center, 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Grove, IN 46107

___  Submit check payable to the INUMC for $300 ($50 for Retreat +
        $50 to submit with Background Screening Form + $200 for psychological
        assessment) to: Ed Metzler, Ministerial Services, 301 Pennsylvania Pkwy,
        Suite 300, Indianapolis, IN 46280 PLEASE NOTE: This is separate from                     the $75 paid online in UMCARES to the General Board of Higher Education and         Ministry. 

___  Submit Form 114 (Disclosure Form) in UMCARES

___ Complete Background Screening through Trak 1.

___ Read Chapters 1 & 5 of Answering the Call 

STEP 6

___ Attend the Candidacy Orientation retreat

STEP 7

Prepare for Certification

___ Meet regularly with Candidacy Mentoring Group

___ Continue preparation for certification interview

___ Attend psychological interview at MAS chosen in UMCARES.

Submit the following in UMCARES Indiana Candidacy Track:

___ Form A - Candidacy Mentor Reference will be completed in Indiana Candidacy          Track  UMCARES. 
___ Form B Financial Report
___ Form 104c Charge Conference Recommendation
___ Written answers to Paragraph 310.2.a found in The Book of Discipline
___ All transcripts to date
___ Other materials as requested.

___ Meet with dCOM for certification interview.

CONTACT
Administrator of
Leadership Development – Ministerial Services

Ed Metzler

ministerialservices@inumc.org

Ph 317.564.3252

Indiana Conference of 
The United Methodist Church
301 Pennsylvania Parkway
Suite 300
Indianapolis, IN 46280

Next retreat is

January 11-12, 2019

Deadline for registration   is December 1.