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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 30, 2024
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.
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 2025.
Parish Boards of Elections should ensure before the sample ballot is issued the following two action steps:
a. Each Candidate for the current year's election has passed his/her background check.
b. For Parish Council members not on the ballot who are RETURNING to serve in January, 2025, he/she must be current with background check through March 1, 2025. Simply put, the parish admin for Youth Safety needs to notify returning parish council members whose background check expires between now and March 1 to undergo a new background check before election results are sent to the Metropolis for ratification.
Therefore, please click the link here, to begin the process of your background check.
If any clarification is needed, please contact me at [email protected].
Forms to download, read and review:
A - 2024 Cover Letter to Clergy Board of Elections
B - 2024 Training
C - 2024 Seminar Dates Locations by Conference
D - 2024 Checklist for Parish Election Ratification
E - 2024 Certification of Pre-Election Seminar Attendance
F - 2024 Parish Council Candidate Pledge
G - 2024 Election Results Form
H - 2024 Verification of Parish Elections
I - 2024 Verification of Parish Total Membership Form
J - 2024 Parish Council Election Guidelines
K - 2024 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 2025 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