APPOINTMENT of DEACON in FULL CONNECTION And

APPOINTMENT OF DEACON IN FULL CONNECTION and PROVISIONAL MEMBER IN THE DEACON TRACK CENTRAL TEXAS CONFERENCE UMC This form can be completed by using the Tab button on your keyboard for navigation. Please be aware of “Drop-Down” selections and click on arrow to see selection list.

PART I NAME: BUSINESS PHONE: HOME PHONE: CELL PHONE: FAX: E-MAIL: BUSINESS ADDRESS: Street/PO Box: City: ST: Zip: HOME ADDRESS: Street/PO Box: City: ST: Zip: PREFERRED ADDRESS FOR MAILING PURPOSES AND FOR INCLUSION IN JOURNAL: Business I am a FULL MEMBER of the Annual Conference, District and Report to the UMC Charge Conference.

PART II: 1. I am serving at , mailing address (street or PO Box) , (city) , (state) (Zip) , a setting extending the witness and service of Christ in the world (¶331.1a). As required by ¶331.4, I serve the local congregation of UMC, District, Annual Conference, mailing address (street or PO Box) , (city) , (state) (Zip) . 2. My primary appointment is to UMC, a local church, mailing address (street or PO Box) , (city) , (state) (Zip) and located in the Central Texas Annual Conference, Central District. 3. My primary appointment is outside the Central Texas Annual Conference, to the Annual Conference, Bishop presiding, in the District reporting to District Superintendent Rev. . My affiliate charge conference membership is in the UMC, mailing address (street or PO Box) , (city) , (state) (Zip) in the Annual Conference, District.

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PLEASE INDICATE YOUR APPOINTMENT CATEGORY UNDER ¶ 331.1: a. Agency or setting beyond the local church

PART III  My area of certification, specialization, or field of service is  I have not mailed my request for annual review and renewal of certification, specialization to the appropriate agency.  I am on my First Year of Transitional Leave of Absence. THIS STATEMENT IS NOT APPLICABLE TO ME.

01ab4fd798781f2825b2608a0a22eede.doc 10/09 Page 1 of 2 PART IV – REPORT OF THE DEACON. Read ¶ 328 and ¶ 329 below and enter your reflections about the ways in which you have lived out your call to the ministry of the deacon connecting the congregation with the needs of the world.

¶ 328. The Ministry of a Deacon—From among the baptized, deacons are called by God to a lifetime of servant leadership, authorized by the Church, and ordained by a bishop. Deacons fulfill servant ministry in the world and lead the Church in relating the gathered life of Christians to their ministries in the world, interrelating worship in the gathered community with service to God in the world. Deacons give leadership in the Church’s life: in teaching and proclaiming the Word; in contributing to worship, and in assisting the elders in administering the sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s Supper; in forming and nurturing disciples; in conducting marriages and burying the dead; in embodying the church’s mission to the world; and in leading congregations in interpreting the needs, concerns, and hopes of the world. For the sake of extending the mission and ministry of the church, a pastor-in-charge or district superintendent may request that the bishop grant local sacramental authority to the deacon to administer the sacraments in the absence of an elder, within a deacon’s primary appointment. It is the deacons, in both person and function, whose distinctive ministry is to embody, articulate, and lead the whole people of God in its servant ministry. From the earliest days of the church, deacons were called and set apart for the ministry of love, justice, and service; of connecting the church with the most needy, neglected, and marginalized among the children of God. This ministry grows out of the Wesleyan passion for social holiness and ministry among the poor. Deacons lead the congregation in its servant ministry and equip and support all baptized Christians in their ministry. The distinct ministry of the deacon has evolved in United Methodism over many years—the continuing work of the deaconess, the home missionary, and the diaconal minister. The Church, recognizing the gifts and impact of all predecessor embodiments of the diaconate and providing for the continuation of the office of deaconess, affirms that this distinctiveness is made visible and central to the Church’s life and ministry through ordination and that the ministry of the deacon is a faithful response of the mission of the Church meeting the emerging needs of the future. Deacons are accountable to the annual conference and the bishop for the fulfillment of their call to servant leadership.

¶ 329. Ministry, Authority, and Responsibilities of Deacons in Full Connection—1. Deacons are persons called by God, authorized by the Church, and ordained by a bishop to a lifetime ministry of Word and Service to both the community and the congregation in a ministry that connects the two. Deacons exemplify Christian discipleship and create opportunities for others to enter into discipleship. In the world, the deacon seeks to express a ministry of compassion and justice, assisting laypersons as they claim their own ministry. In the congregation, the ministry of the deacon is to teach and to form disciples, and to lead worship together with other ordained and laypersons. 2. The deacon in full connection shall have the rights of voice and vote in the annual conference where membership is held; shall be eligible to serve as clergy on boards, commissions, or committees of the annual conference and hold office on the same; and shall be eligible for election as a clergy delegate to the General, central, or jurisdictional conference. The deacon in full connection shall attend all the sessions of the annual conference and share with elders in full connection responsibility for all matters of ordination, character, and conference relations of clergy (¶ 334.1). 3. As members of the Order of Deacons, all deacons in full connection are in covenant with all other such deacons in the annual conference and shall participate in the life of their Order.

Describe in what new ways you envision connecting the congregation with the needs of the world.

According to ¶ 421.5, the district superintendent shall receive a report of each clergy person on his or her program of continuing education and spiritual growth. According to ¶ 351, list the ways you have fulfilled your plans for your continuing personal formation during the past year, including spiritual enrichment, service, missional and continuing education opportunities.

According to ¶ 351, describe your plans for your continuing formation during the year ahead.

Signature of the Deacon:

BOM Office will copy: The Bishop Your District Superintendent

You are responsible for copying: Bishop of Annual Conference where you serve, if not CTC Your Charge Conference

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