Diocesan Resource Center
Located at St. Thomas, Sunnyvale

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Diocesan Administration and Finance Resources

• ECR Administration Updates
  Updates from the Diocesan Administrator are posted in "The Good News along the King's Highway as needed. 
• Corporate Audits
• Diocesan Budgets
• Diocesan Communications Liaison Guidelines
• Diocesan Conflict of Interest Policy 
• Diocesan Strategic Plan
• ECR Graphics - Logos, Seals, Etc.
• Safe Churches Policy
  • Policy to Protect Children - Executive Summary
  • Policy to Protect Children - Updated June 21, 2012
  • Seguridad en la iglesia: Política de protección de menores
  • ECR Background Check Release Form 
  • Photo Permission Forms - may be adapted also for videos
    • MS Word
    • PDF
  • See also Youth Ministry Forms below

Personnel Resources - Diocesan and Congregational

• Insurance and Risk Management - Contact James Booth or Stacia Hilliard
• Personnel Policies and Procedures, Edition 6, April 2009
  • MS Word
  • PDF
• Clergy Disciplinary Board Intake Officer, the Rev. Canon Linda S. Taylor, rector, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 1957 Pruneridge Ave., Santa Clara, CA 95959-6515, phone: 408-296-8383, email: canonlinda@at-marks.org.
• Supply Priests by Deanery
• Schedule of Minimum Clergy Honoraria
  Note:  This list from July 2007 is still current as of September, 2011
• Minimum Compensation for Full-time Parochial Clergy
  as passed at Diocesan Convention 2011
• Taxation for Clergy - Presentation by The Rev. Robert L. Rible, January 24, 2009
• IRS Form I-9, expires 8/31/12 (PDF)
  • See also U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis 

Parish Administration and Finance Resources

• Fairshare Information for 2009-2010
• LOA (Letters of Agreement) - Samples
  • Cover Letter from Diocesan Deployment Officer - PDF, Updated 06/09  
  • Letter of Agreement - Rector -PDF / MS Word Updated 10/12
  • Letter of Agreement - Vicar -PDF / MS Word Updated 06/09
  • Letter of Agreement - Assistant Minister/Curate - PDF / MS Word Updated 06/09
  • Letter of Agreement - Interim Pastor -PDF / MS Word Updated 06/09
• Parish/Mission Record Form 2012 -PDF / MS Word
• Parish/Mission Delegates Form 2012-PDF / MS Word
• Diocese of ECR Confirmations and Receptions Form 2011 - MS Word
• Year Round Diocesan Key Dates -PDF / MS Word
• Music and Video Licensing
• Vestry Training Resources and Bibiliography, Episcopal Resource Center, September 2009
• Vestry and Treasurer's Training - October 2012 - PDF
• Risk Management Resources
  • Emergency and Crisis Survey - PDF / MS Word
  • Ten Most Frequently Asked Insurance and Risk Management Questions - PDF

Episcopal Church Resources

•  Financial Resources for Mission (6.43MB)
  This report reflects the mission priorities established by General Convention in 2003. Convention adopted a three-year budget and prioritized the Church's use of financial resources as follows: Youth Adults and Youth, Reconciliation and Evangelism, Congregational Transformation, Justice & Peace, and Partnerships. (June, 2005)

Youth Ministry Forms

• Youth Ministry Forms (Please click the link to the left)
  This PDF contains:
  • Transporting Children and Youth in a Motor Vehicle
  • Confidential Reference Form
  • Application for Children/Youth Workers
• Parent/Guardian Permission Form - updated 2/2010 (Please click on the link below: PDF or MS/Word)
  Event organizer/leader should send copies of all the permission forms to the diocese office.  A copy should also be provided to the primary parent or guardian, and the original should be kept by the child's congregation for a minimum of 3 years after the event.
  
  • PDF
  • MS/Word
     
• ECR Background Check Release Form      

Youth Advisories

• Youth Advisory - No 15 Passenger Vans
• Youth Advisory - Standards of Behavior

Photo Release Forms

• Parental Publicity Liability Release
• Publicity Liability Release