Provisional Year 1: Addendums A & C

Provisional Year 1: Addendums A & C

Complete this form for 1st year Provisional Elders who are serving in a local church.
District and D.S. Completing Form*
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Name of Provisional You are Assessing *

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Date onsite or online visit was made:*

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Choose how you attended worship:*

In person.Online.
Addendum A: Assessing Worship Leadership

During year 1 of the Provisional Journey, the District Superintendent will make an on-site or online visit to observe and evaluate the provisional elder in the area of worship leadership. Answer the questions below specifically highlighting strengths and areas of growth.
Name of Church *
Provisional's Title at the above church*
1. Use of Word and Table
a. In the provisional's worship leadership it is evident that they use and understand the United Methodist basic pattern of worship of: entrance, proclamation and response, thanksgiving and communion, and sending forth? (UMH P. 2 & 3)*

Yes.No.
Share specific examples to support your choice above.*
b. Does the provisional incorporate appropriate prayers, responses, Psalter elements, service music, liturgy, acts and gestures suitable to the liturgical season, sacramental act, scriptural focus and designated Sunday in the Christian Year?*

Yes.No.
Share specific examples to support your choice above.*
c. Is liturgy as "work of the people" evidenced in worship?*

Yes.No.
Share specific examples to support your choice above.*
2. Use of Scripture
a. Is there evidence that the provisional exegetes the text soundly using an appropriate hermeneutic?*

Yes.No.
Share specific examples to support your choice above.*
b. Did the provisional use an illustration(s) to support the theme?*

Yes.No.
Share specific examples to support your choice above.*
c. Was the "good news" proclaimed?*

Yes.No.
If yes, share a sentence that states the "good news" as it was presented in the sermon. If the answer is no, share what was missing.*
3. Delivery
a. Did the provisional use appropriate voice modulation?*

Yes.No.
Share specific examples to support your choice above.*
b. Did the provisional have eye contact with the congregation as they were delivering their sermon?*

Yes.No.
Share specific examples to support your choice above.*
c. Did the provisional use appropriate gestures?*

Yes.No.
Share specific examples to support your choice above.*
d. Evaluate the candidate as a liturgist (reading of Scripture).*
4. Clergy - Congregation Interaction
a. Did the provisional preside effectively with the people gathered for worship?*

Yes.No.
Share specific examples to support your choice above.*
b. Are pastoral concerns received in the context of worship? If so, how?*
c. Does the provisional understand his or her role in the liturgy?*

Yes.No.
Share specific examples to support your choice above.*
Share the provisionals top gifts and growing edges for worship leadership:*
Addendum C: Pastoral Care

During Year 1 of Provisional Membership the District Superintendent will meet with the provisional elder appointed to a local church and evaluate the provisional in the areas of pastoral care and visitation ministries. The historic questions asked as ordination: "Will you visit from house to house?" provided a framework for this evaluation.
Date of Meeting with Provisional *

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Choose how your meeting occurred:*

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Visitation Ministry
1. Share about the provisional's pastoral care plan. Have they attempted to visit the homes of members and constituents in the congregation? Do they visit those in nursing homes and the homebound? Do they understand the need for this?*
2. What are the expectations of the congregation in visitation? Have these expectations been conveyed and discussed with the provisional and the S/PPR Committee?*
3. Visitation of First-Time Worshipers: Share about the provisional's plan to follow up with 1st time worshippers. What is the provisional's understanding of the need for this?*
4. Hospital Visitation: What is the provisional's experience with hospital visitation? Have they already completed C.P.E.? What evidence is there in understanding that this is a priority?*
5. Visitation in other settings: Has the provisional been to visit people beyond the walls of the church, in their homes, in nursing homes, and hospitals? Have they visited jails, prisons, shelters, have they been involved in community events?*
6. Learnings from Pastoral Care and Visitation Ministries: What is the provisional's understanding of the role of prayer in visitation and pastoral care? How has this understanding been demonstrated?*
7. Is the provisional able to name their gifts/strengths/weaknesses in this area?*
8. Have they developed a sense of the appropriateness of a referral?*

Yes.No.
Share what you have observed as the provisional's strengths and growing edges in the area of pastoral care.*
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Provisional Year 1: Addendums A & C

Addendum A: Assessing Worship Leadership

1. Use of Word and Table

2. Use of Scripture

3. Delivery

4. Clergy - Congregation Interaction

Addendum C: Pastoral Care

Visitation Ministry

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