Clerks’ Corner

Information for the presbytery meeting
Meeting Held Via Zoom Video Conference The Presbytery Meeting will be held Saturday, July 11, from 9 a.m. to noon, Central Time, on Zoom. This will be a new experience for all of us as we navigate our first meeting via video conference. The following details will...
From the Moderator
By Jane Hohm POSD Moderator Dear South Dakota Presbyters, Please read carefully for some "need to know" information: 1. At a called meeting of the Administrative and Coordination Committee on May 21, 2020, action was taken on a recommendation from the Presbytery...
Families First Act: Response to the Covid-19 Webcast
MARCH 31 @ 2 p.m. EST. Heather E. Kimmel, General Counsel for the United Church of Christ, will offer a webcast on the new Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The Act covers employers with fewer than 500 employees, and may cover some churches that are not...
Becoming the Voice of Yes
By Kevin Velduisen As clerks of session you may often be forced into the role as "gate keeper", but that goes against the historical role of clerk. The primary role of a clerk is to record a congregation's history, not to dictate its future. For this reason, it is...
Clerk’s Corner: Preserving Your Story
Preserving Your Story A church’s records are priceless and irreplaceable. Should the worst happen – whether fire, tornado, or flood– if a church’s records are not properly archived you could lose the entire history of your ministry. Toward the end of 2018 we...
Clerk’s Corner: Evolution of Resources
Here to serve you. Within our everchanging world and life in the church we have an unquenched need for additional resources and guidance to help us navigate the new (and old) realities around us. For this reason we are making an effort to ramp up our resources for our...
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