Pastors

For Your Information

Links to Current Initiatives/Reporting:

Charge Conference Forms Now submitted online. Click to view instructions and link>>
Vital Congregations / Call to Action Click for information and instructions on setting your goals>>
Vital Signs Reporting If you haven't received your weekly email for reporting, please send an email to website@nyac.com with this information: Church, District, Name of person reporting, Email for person reporting.
Apportionments / Treasurer's Remittance Report Click to view the apportionments, and to download the remittance report (please be sure to choose the year-appropriate version of the report)>>
2011 Journal Click to view the 2011 Journal online>>

2012 Intercessory Prayer Calendar (pdf file)

iTeach Newsletters —Monthly newsletters for Christian educators providing insights, thought-provoking observations and "I never thought of it that way" commentary on subjects Christian educators deal with every day. Free monthly newsletter from GBOD to which you can either subscribe, or read on the iTeach Web pages>>.

Commuter Tax — A new employer tax has been adopted effective March 1, 2009. Known as the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax (“commuter tax”), every person who received a W-2 is subject to the commuter tax.  The tax must be paid by the employer (namely, the local church) without salary deduction. There is no exemption from the tax for churches or other charities. Click here to read more>>

Pastoral Pondering by Ginny Hoch, September, 2009. Click here to read Pastor Hoch's ponderings on volunteers>>

Cokesbury Pastor Recommends Program
Click here for The Pastor Recommends page on the Cokesbury.com Web site.

Be Thou Our Vision: Making the NYAC Vision Statement Our Own — Six session plans have been provided to aid congregations in interacting with the new vision statement through Bible Study. Bible Study Leader’s Guide (pdf file)

Click here to go to the Quorum Credit Union Web site.
 

Forms & Manuals 

Click here for all 2011 Fall Charge Conference Forms>>

Safe Sanctuaries Workshops and Information>>

Clergy Profile

Parsonage Standards of the New York Annual Conference (pdf file)

Parish-Pastor Relations FAQs (pdf file)

Pastors' Moving Costs — current policy (pdf file) - updated 06/2011

Who Cares for the Pastor? (pdf file) - updated 08/2011

Health and Pension

Benefit Policies and 2012 Costs (pdf file)

More Forms

Click here for more Conference forms.