Activity as a Commissioned Lay Ministry & Recommissioning

Commissioned Lay Ministers (CLM), once commissioned should participate in the following activities.

  • Define their role as a CLM with their covenant partner and the congregation.
  • Submit yearly reports to the CLM Council Liaison, ccing Beth Casebolt for filing purposes.
  • Attend CLM retreats.
  • Participate in CLM peer groups
  • The Minister and the CLM should reinforce the role or focus area of the CLM to the congregation.
  • Meet regularly with the minister or covenant partner.
  • Keep and submit expense reports to the congregational board.

When issues arrive for a CLM, the CLM should speak first with their minister and if needed, then the CLM Council.

During their tenure, CLMs may be asked to perform rites of passage, to preach at other congregations or to provide workshops outside of guidelines of their letter of agreement. This Guidelines to Fees Document (PDF) recommends what a CLM should be paid for these events and is based off the UUMA's Guidelines for Professional Fees.

Two years into the three year commission, the re-commissioning process should begin:

  • Review the self-discernment document yourself and in consultant with the covenanting partner.
  • Re-state commitment to CLM status and areas of focus
  • Create a new Letter of Agreement between the CLM and the Board/Congregation.
  • Create a new covenant between CLM and Covenanting Partner/Minister.

Submit recommissioning materials every three years.

Download the Re-Commissioning Documents (Word), (PDF)