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Guiding the Selection of Parish Council Members
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Prepayment Forms
Parishes who wish to receive a discount by prepaying their 2024 Total Allocation and 2024 Clergy Benefits may download and use these two forms.
1. Parish 2024 Authorization Form for Total Allocation Prepayment Discount
2. Clergy Benefits Funding Transmittal Letter for Prepayment Discount
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October 13, 2023
Additionally, let me take this opportunity to remind all current and future Parish Council Members you are required to pass the background check required of all Clergy, Youth Workers & Volunteers. Therefore, please click the link here, to begin the process of your background check.
Dear Clergy & Parish Boards of Elections,
For Parish Council Elections to fill members of your Parish Councils who rotate off this year, I ask you to use the following forms to submit your Parish Council Election results for ratification for those to be elected to serve in 2024.
If any clarification is needed, please contact me at [email protected].
Forms to download, read and review:
A - 2023 Cover Letter to Clergy Board of Elections
B - 2023 Training
C - 2023 Seminar Dates Locations by Conference
D - 2023 Checklist for Parish Election Ratification
E - 2023 Certification of Pre-Election Seminar Attendance
F - 2023 Parish Council Candidate Pledge
G - 2023 Election Results Form
H - 2023 Verification of Parish Elections
I - 2023 Verification of Parish Total Membership Form
J - 2023 Parish Council Election Guidelines
K - 2023 Parish Council Background Checks StatusPaper copies of these resources will not be mailed to parishes. Instead, Clergy and Boards of Elections may print out these forms to use in submitting them to my office for review and ratification by His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios BEFORE the 2024 Oath of Office can be administered.
Thank you and all those who will assist with this effort. May God bless each of you, your families and parishioners.
Faithfully yours,
+Fr. George Tsahakis
Chancellor