If you believe you are eligible for ordination at our next Annual Conference, please download and complete the Ordination Candidate Packet by clicking the button below, and send it our Ordination Candidate Coordinator, Rev. Leigh-Anne Williams at BOMordination@gmail.com.
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Paragraph 407 gives the details for the educational requirements that must be fulfilled before Deacon and Elder ordination. Paperwork for deacons is due each year at the end of November. Paperwork for those applying to be an ordained elder or deacon/elder is due by January 31 of each year. If you are uncertain, contact Rev. John Newsome at revjnn91@gmail.com.
As we follow the Holy Spirit in designing and developing the Trinity Conference together, being intentional about clergy faith development is vital. Discipleship does not just happen in our congregations and it does not just happen for us either. Shepherding can be a lonely vocation, and we, as your fellow clergy, recognize how crucial it is for us to develop deep, humble, earnest, and accountable friendships. The Spirit of Christ leads. His followers to participate in disciplines that shape and form us, helping us to become more and more like Jesus.
Band Meetings are small groups that meet regularly, in person, by phone, or online. Each person shares for 15-20 minutes about how they are doing, discusses struggles and successes, and how the Spirit is speaking to them through the Scriptures and in other ways. The meeting then closes with prayer for one another.
A Band is a single-gendered, confidential, and safe place where you can be vulnerable, verbalize struggles, experience the power of confession and forgiveness, find healing, deal with hard personal issues, celebrate the work of Christ, and share your life outside the role of a pastor.
A Band is NOT a time for you to fix others or have yourself fixed, for a counseling session, for updates or bragging, for gossip, or of judgment or obligation.
Your Trinity Conference Band Team was formed to encourage and assist every pastor to lead by example, by participating in a Clergy Discipleship Band. The Team is not trying to force anyone into a Band, but we do want to raise awareness, assist you in any way we can, and encourage all clergy in our conference to practice this vital and deeply Wesleyan, spiritual discipline. Each member on the Team has benefited from a Clergy Band and wants to share that opportunity with you!
Please complete this short survey regarding clergy bands, so we can better understand your needs and desires and how we can help you take the next step to involvement.
Trinity Conference Clergy, please fill out this short survey.