Lehigh Presbytery

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Lehigh Presbytery
710 N. Cedar Crest Blvd.
Allentown, PA 18104
(610) 391-9020

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Policies, Forms, Grants, Loans

 

Policies of Lehigh Presbytery

BY LAWS, STANDING RULES, STAFF PERSONNEL

  • Lehigh Presbytery By Laws– approved 11/19/2019
  • Staff Personnel Policy – rev 11.5.2013

 

PRESBYTERY MEETINGS

  • Guidelines for Lehigh Presbytery Meetings and Worship
  • Lehigh Presbytery Highlights for Host Churches from “Guidelines for Lehigh Presbytery Meetings & Worship”
  • Lehigh Presbytery Stated Meeting Sidebars

 

PASTORAL & CHURCH

  • Lehigh Presbytery Pastors Personnel Policy
  • Exception G-2.0504c BOO – calling temp sup 6 25 2013
  • Lehigh Presbytery Church Dismissal Policy –  as amended 4/28/2015
  • Sexual Misconduct Policy
  • Dissolution of Pastoral Relationships Policy – adopted 5/21/2019
  • Severance Policy of Lehigh Presbytery – adopted 5/21/2019
  • CREOC – Commissioned Ruling Elder Oversight Committee
  • CRE Commissioned Ruling Elder Info and FAQ’s
  • CRE Commissioned Ruling Elder policy -CPM-COM-approved 9.21.2019
  • CRE Application
  • CRE Session Endorsement Form

Forms

REMITTANCE FORMS, MISSION PLEDGE FORM

  • Church Per Capita & Mission Remittance Form
  • 2021 Mission Support PLEDGE FORM

 

SESSION MINUTE READING, NEW CLERK FORM

  • Session Minute Review Form 2020
  • Clerk Form 2021

 

CALL FORMS, CONTRACTS, AND VALIDATED MINISTRY FORMS

  • Interim Pastor Contract Template
  • Temporary Supply Contract Template
  • Pulpit Supply Contract Template
  • Validated Ministry Annual Report Form– for ministers on the other roll
  • Terms of Call Form 2021 – Fillable – for ministers in a called position
  • Pastoral Call Form – 2020 – for new calls

 

MINIMUM TERMS OF CALL, HONORARIA, PULPIT SUPPLY LIST

  • 2021 Minimum Terms of Call
  • 2021 Honoraria for pulpit supply & moderating
  • Pulpit Supply List – Lehigh Presbytery

Grants, Loans – Presbytery-Synod-PCUSA

    • Lehigh Presbytery Mission Grant Application
    • Synod of the Trinity Grants – Innovation Grants, Mission Travel Grant, Partnership Grant, Peacemaking Grant, Student Study Grant
    • Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)  – Grants
      Presbyterian Mission Agency Grants & Scholarships
      New Worshiping Community Seed Grant
      New Worshiping Community Investment Grant
      New Worshiping Community Growth Grant
      Thank Offering Grant
      Birthday Offering Grant
    • Presbyterian Investment & Loan Program (PILP)
      Construction Loans
      Accessibility Loans
      Renovation, Additions, Repair Loans
      Energy Efficiency Loans
    • Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Financial Aid Service
      Undergraduate
      Graduate – Theological Programs
      Managing Educational Debt
      Parent Loan
      Debt Assistance Program

Sample Policies

  • Child Protection Policy for Churches – Sample from Safe Church
  • Child & Youth Protection Policy for smaller churches – Sample

Presbyterian Church (USA)

  • Book of Order 2019-2021
  • Book of Order 2019-2021 – Korean
  • Book of Order 2019-2021 – Spanish
  • Book of Confessions
  • Book of Confessions – Korean
  • Book of Confessions – Spanish

Upcoming Events

  1. Committee on Shared Gifts

    March 2 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
  2. Committee on Preparation for Ministry

    March 2 @ 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
  3. Committee on Ministry

    March 2 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

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Recent News

  • When Can We Go Back to Church? Resources for Session Decision-Making
  • Let’s Canoe the Mountains Together!
  • How might we adjust?
  • A Word from our Transitional Leader on Stewardship
  • Change, Transition, and Hope: September Presbytery Assembly Looks to the Future

Lehigh Presbytery is called by God to nurture its congregations as they grow in every way into communities whose head is Jesus Christ, so that they will go out to make disciples, baptizing and teaching in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and to witness, through their actions, to the love of God. cf. Ephesians 4:15 and Matthew 28:18-21

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Lehigh Presbytery
710 N. Cedar Crest Blvd.
Allentown, PA 18104
Tel (610) 391-9020

Monday – Friday
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Presbytery Quick Links

  • 222nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
  • Amendments to the Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
  • Information for Church Clerks
  • Information for Church Treasurers
  • IRS Standard Mileage Rate

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  • Helping Hands Care Team
  • Knowing Your Present To Live Into God’s Future
  • Presbyterian Women of Lehigh Presbytery
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