Presbytery Resources & Forms
The Vision Task Force has created a cover letter to be shared with Heartland Presbytery.
Presbytery Meetings
You will find dates for all the presbytery meetings on this page. Packets and highlights are posted on the individual meeting pages, as they become available.
Presbytery Report Form - click this link to access the Committee/Commission Report form to the presbytery
Manual of Operations - Currently Under Revision
Please consider the Manual a living document which will continuously evolve over time as corrections are made, omissions addressed and updates offered. In the Table of Contents there are live links to each section.
Payment Request/Reimbursement Form
Use this form to be request payment or reimbursement from the presbytery, except mileage.
Mileage Form
Use this form to be reimbursed for mileage from the presbytery.
Financial Contribution Form
This form may be used for Shared Mission Support, Per Capita, PC(USA) Directed Mission Support and Extra Committment Opportunities, Special Offerings and Heartland Presbytery Programs.
For Session Clerks
Below are the required yearly forms/documents Session Clerks are asked to complete. Please contact adminassist@heartlandpby.org with any questions.
Terms of Call Form (if applicable)
Minister’s Information Form (if applicable)
Property/Liability Insurance Declaration Page
Child Protection Policy (Please send us a copy if you have made recent changes or if we have not received a copy within the past five years.)
Sexual Misconduct Policy (Please send us a copy if you have made recent changes or if we have not received a copy within the past five years.)
Bylaws (if changed)
Communications
Information about the communications vehicles used by Heartland Presbytery, as well as submission deadlines, can be found here.
Heartland Leadership Handout
This guide is meant to help inform potential new leaders and their communities of the possible pathways into church leadership here in Heartland Presbytery.
Per Capita
Total per capita for 2023: $43.94
$31.19—Presbytery
$2.90—Synod of Mid-America
$9.85—General Assembly
Pastoral Compensation
The Minimum Terms of Call is updated each year.
2024 Minimum Terms of Call
The Minimum Terms of Call is updated each year.
As reported to the September 2023 meeting of Heartland Presbytery, the Commission on Ministry set the 2024 minimum terms of call to increase at the same amount of the Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment. That figure is 3 percent. Therefore, Heartland Presbytery's minimum terms of call for all pastoral positions will be as follows, effective January 1, 2024. All installed pastors' terms of call, as well as all contracted pastoral positions approved to begin after that date, must meet these minimum requirements:
Approved by Heartland Presbytery on the recommendation of Commission on Ministry, September 2022. Salary figure may be scaled proportionally for part-time positions. Continuing education allowance, vacation and study leave apply at the same levels regardless of whether position is part-time or full-time.
Minimum Effective Salary (on full-time basis)—$51,735
Pastoral Plan PC(USA) Pension and Medical Dues—39% (For minimum salary, $ 20,176.65)
Continuing Education Allowance—$1000 (cumulative to $3,000)
Vacation—Four Weeks (including four Sundays)
Study Leave—Two Weeks (including two Sundays)
Congregations are reminded that these figures are minimums, and do not fully reflect the value of competent, faithful pastoral leadership. Whenever possible, congregations should seek to offer greater compensation than the minimum, commensurate with the pastor's responsibilities and experience.
Changes to Pastoral Coverage Compensation
At the September 2022 Stated Meeting Heartland Presbytery voted to change the compensation for Pastoral Coverage
Pulpit supply $150
Moderating Meeting ( Session or Congregation) $75
Safe Boundaries
All Teaching Elders or CREs serving in Heartland Presbytery, those approved to provide pulpit supply and candidates under the care of Heartland Presbytery are required to complete this yearly training.