Private launch review
What happens to each Dropbox source file?
This register turns the 22-file “MVP Documents and Forms” folder into explicit website decisions. It does not publish the source files or declare an old document current.
Read-only review completed September 4, 2026. No Dropbox file was renamed, overwritten, moved, or deleted. The separate WordPress archive contains 385 documents and remains the historical comparison source.
| Dropbox file | Observed date | Website treatment | Before release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 May MVP Bylaws | Amended May 22, 2024 | Current candidate Governance page + printable PDF | Stated Clerk confirms this is the governing copy. |
| MVP Standing Rules April 2016 | Approved April 16, 2016 | Review Governance page | Compare with bylaws and later actions; consolidate if superseded. |
| Sexual Misconduct Policy | Date not established in file review | High priority Public policy page; confidential records stay restricted | Confirm adoption/revision date, reporting instructions, and current contacts. |
| Standards of Ethical Conduct | GA 1998 / publication 2004 | Replace source Link to current PC(USA) publication | Verify current denominational source and MVP adoption/use. |
| Terms of Call Form 2025 | 2025 | Superseded source Archive; use governed 2027 workflow | Do not present the Dropbox PDF as the current form. |
| Board of Pensions: Understanding Effective Salary | Stored editions include older material | External authority Guidance link from Terms of Call | Use current pensions.org guidance; avoid maintaining duplicate rate sheets. |
| 2025 MVP Contributions Form | Updated February 2025 | Renewed in staging Online + print + mail | 2027 rates loaded: MVP $25.36, Synod $3.40, GA $13.04. Mission giving is 100% MVP; confirm final accounting route. |
| General Fund Grant Application | Effective November 1, 2022 | Renew form Online + print + mail | Confirm fund limits, eligibility, approving bodies, attachments, and reporting. |
| Background Check Request | Updated February 1, 2021 | Restricted Secure intake only | Never collect SSN, birth date, address history, or ID through public forms or ordinary email. |
| 2022 Church Directory Form | Updated November 2021 | Replace Fold into Annual Reporting | Separate public church facts from private leader contact data. |
| Pastor Directory Update | Stored since 2018; document date unclear | Restricted Private people-directory workflow | Minimize family and birth information; define access and retention. |
| 2023 Necrology Report | 2023 reporting year | Replace Recurring Annual Reporting section | Use editable dates and clear family-notification guidance. |
| Intentional Interim Pastor Covenant | December 2011 | Renew form Guided COM workflow + print | Update terminology, duties, termination, approvals, and link to current Terms of Call. |
| Terms of Dissolution | Date unclear | Guided only COM-controlled document | Legal, polity, severance, release, and benefits review before use. |
| MVP Exit Interview | Stored since 2019 | Renew guide Pastoral-transition resource | Update contacts; present as facilitated conversation, not ordinary submission. |
| Ordination / Installation Outline | Cites Book of Order 2019/2023 | Renew guide Checklist + print template | Update former address, constitutional citations, offering instructions, and roles. |
| Installation of Moderator and Stated Clerk | Names former specific officeholders | Archive Meeting record, not reusable public form | Build a neutral template only if staff still needs one. |
| Sabbatical Guidelines | April 2010 | Renew guide COM policy + planning checklist | Confirm eligibility, duration, funding, approval, and return expectations. |
| Sabbatical and Continuing Education Resources | October 2007 | Rebuild Curated current links | Verify every program and link; do not republish the old list unchanged. |
| Stewardship / Leadership Pledge Card | Uses former office address | Confirm need Online + print if retained | Confirm program ownership, current address, payment path, and privacy. |
| Year A 2025–2026 | Liturgical year 2025–2026 | Resource tool Worship area, not Forms | Use a maintained lectionary source and avoid a stale annual PDF. |
| Understanding Effective Salary (older edition) | Copyright 2011 | Archive Do not publish as current | Replace with current Board of Pensions guidance. |
Recommended order
Renew the highest-use workflows first.
- Contribution Form — likely recurring and time-sensitive.
- General Fund and Two Cents a Meal grants — shared grant structure with fund-specific rules.
- Interim Covenant and pastoral-transition resources — COM-controlled and connected to Terms of Call.
- Governance and safety documents — confirm ownership and dates, then publish one official copy.
- Restricted people and background-check workflows — only after secure intake and retention controls exist.