2025 Journal-Yearbook

Illinois Great Rivers Conference 2025 Journal-Yearbook

from the board/committee/group to attend in his/her absence. The active participation of all groups identified is critical to the work of the Connectional Table. g) Term: Voting members are not to exceed two consecutive four year terms in their current office (in accordance with Standing Rule IV.D.6.d) except in cases where the Discipline or IGRC rules provide otherwise for a specific position. h) Vacancies will be filled in accordance with the procedure dictated for each position by the Discipline or by IGRC Rules. 7. Meetings: Minimum of twice a year and at such other times as are necessary on the call of the Chairperson 8. Quorum: A quorum shall be 50% of the voting members plus one. V. MINISTERIAL MATTERS A. Clergypersons appointed to staff positions in the Annual Conference structure shall be under the employee policies and procedures of the Conference Personnel Committee. The Conference Personnel Committee shall provide comparable rights and privileges to clergy serving under appointment to conference staff as provided for clergy serving in local church appointments. All Conference Personnel Committee policies and procedures related to clergypersons under appointment to conference staff shall comply with the current Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church. B. Ministerial Appointments 1. The effective date of new appointments and salaries will normally be July 1, unless another effective date of appointment is set by the bishop. Vacation days not used in any single appointment year are lost and do not accrue, nor shall the charge be obligated to pay additional compensation for any such unused days. 2. The pastoral service on a charge shall be the responsibility of the pastor appoint- ed to that charge. No pastor shall perform pastoral acts in any parish other than the one assigned to him/her, except by invitation of the pastor-in-charge, or, in cases of emergency, with the consent of the district superintendent. 3. All pastors serving a full-time charge shall be granted a paid vacation of thir- ty-one (31) calendar days annually, including up to four Sundays and exclud- ing holidays. (The understanding of “holidays” will be mutually agreed upon by the pastor and the Staff/Pastor-Parish Relations Committee). This amount of time (whether taken all at once or in two or more shorter intervals) shall be granted during each appointment year. The pastor, in consultation with the Staff/Pastor-Parish Relations Committee, shall arrange for pulpit supply and other needed pastoral service during such vacations. The church shall bear the cost of providing pastoral service during vacation periods. 4. Each charge shall allow its pastor to assist up to two (2) weeks (to include up to two Sundays) of evangelistic meetings, assisting at Conference camps and other ministry activities e.g. School of Christian Missions, Mission trips, Academy for Spiritual Formation) per year. None of these activities shall be counted against vacation time. 5. Pastoral leave for spiritual growth is dealt with in ¶ 350.2-3, 2020/2024 Book of Discipline . 6. Each charge shall provide time and financial resources for its pastors to participate in continuing education according to the policies recommended

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