Resources for Sessions and Clerks - Blackhawk Presbytery

Resources for Sessions and Clerks

Minimum Terms of Call

- 2025 Blackhawk Minimums for Ministers of Word and Sacrament
- 2025 Blackhawk Minimums for Commissioned Pastors

Sample By-Laws

- Sample Corporation By-Laws
- Sample Ecclesiastical By-Laws

Annual End-of-the Year Forms, Documents and Links

- Introductory Letter
- Churchwide Mission Pledge Form 2025
- Church Information Update-2025
- Necrology Form for 2024
- Presbytery Assembly Information (allotted commissioners etc.)
- 2025 Terms of Call Report Form for Ministers of Word and Sacrament
- 2025 Terms of Call Report Form for Commissioned Pastors
- Instructions for Annual Statistical Report
- Link to Annual Statistics Data Entry https://www.pcusa.org/resources/statistics-lists/statistical-reporting-faq (deadline Feb. 15, 2025)

Annual Session Records Review

- Session Minute Requirements
- Check Sheet for Annual Review

Creating a Sexual Misconduct Prevention & Response Policy for your church

Creating a Child and Youth Protection Policy for your church

- Blackhawk Presbytery Child and Youth Protection Policy
- Creating Safe Ministries

Congregational Records

- Template for Recording Information: New Members, Marriages, Baptisms
- Retention Schedule from Presbyterian Historical Society
- Certificates available from: pcusastore.com or cokesbury.com (search for ‘Presbyterian Certificates’)