January reporting
2026 Annual Reporting
Church Information Update, Ministry Reflection, and Necrology. Planned availability: January 4 through February 28, 2027. Requested due date: January 31.
Resources & Forms
Forms and ministry resources.
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Current forms
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Paper access is a full path, not a fallback. You do not need an account to print a packet or request one by mail.
Fall 2026
2027 Terms of Call
Report annual or initial pastoral compensation, benefits, professional expenses, leave, and approvals. 2026 values are carried forward for review and can be edited for 2027.
Policies: staff review before publication
Church administration
Policies and practical guidance
The MVP working folder contains useful source material, but every document must have a confirmed owner and review date before it is labeled current.
Bylaws
The May 2024 bylaws are the newest identified copy. Confirm with the Stated Clerk, then publish one official copy with its approval history.
Standing Rules
The available copy was approved in April 2016. Compare it with the current bylaws and later presbytery actions before publication.
Sexual Misconduct Policy
Retain as a high-priority policy, verify adoption and revision history, and separate public reporting guidance from confidential response records.
Standards of Ethical Conduct
The stored publication was approved in 1998 and printed in 2004. Link to the current PC(USA) source instead of maintaining an aging duplicate.
Ordination and Installation
The outline remains useful, but its former address and constitutional citations require review. Rebuild it as a readable checklist with a printable order-of-service template.
Sabbatical Guidance
The guidelines date to 2010 and the companion resource list to 2007. Preserve their intent, verify current policy, and replace dead links and outdated program details.
Ministry resources
Tools for worship, Scripture, formation, care, and leadership
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Connected
Bible Reader
Read or search the complete Bible in The Shared Word Translation or the Fluent Translation, with study notes and vocabulary.
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ConnectedWorship resources
Browse current prayers, liturgies, seasonal materials, Scripture connections, and worship practices maintained by Church Commons.
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ConnectedFormation resources
Use conversations, devotions, leadership resources, frameworks, articles, and series with others.
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ConnectedTraining & Formation
Find readiness-approved course offerings, including PRAC 205 Christian Presence: Prayer, Visitation, and Spiritual Care.
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Church Commons resources are developed by Rev. Matthew J. Skolnik as part of his ministry-resourcing work while serving Muskingum Valley Presbytery and the Presbytery of the Western Reserve. Making a resource available through MVP does not make every article, post, tool, or translation an official publication or endorsement of either presbytery. TSW and Fluent remain provisional. Automated integrity and consistency checks have been performed; textual and editorial review continues passage by passage. Volunteer biblical scholars are intended to examine high-risk passages and a representative sample in a future phase. No corpus-wide accuracy percentage is claimed and future independent findings will be distinguished from AI-assisted checks. Review & accuracy methodology; about the translations.