Cyclical PCC
Cyclical PCC is a church-planting support initiative within The Presbyterian Church in Canada, in partnership with Cyclical Inc. It is designed to encourage leaders within the denomination take first steps towards beginning new worshipping communities.
Participants in this program will be led through a three-step process of discerning call and vision, taking initial steps towards living out the vision and establishing a sustainable new ministry. Coaches play an important role in helping participants in Cyclical PCC develop their capacity for starting new worshipping communities and define the vision of ministry to which they are called.
Role of a Coach
A coach's primary commitment is to help the participant develop their competence and capacity for starting healthy and sustainable ministries. All goals established within the coaching relationship should be agreed upon by the participant and the bodies that oversee the developing ministry. The coach’s role is to help clarify these goals, reach agreements, and focus the leader’s work on reaching the goals.
Expectations of a Coach
The coach and the discerner/starter/leader will have regularly scheduled conversations over the course of a year. The coach will be also available for emergencies via email or phone. At a minimum, coaching sessions will be fifty minutes, once a month.
Upon accepting an assignment, the coach will contact the Cyclical PCC participant to acknowledge their role, form a relationship, and begin the work of discernment.
Specifics of a Coach's Job
- Listens to the concerns of the leader includes leadership team when appropriate.
- Helps all involved parties work together to define and clarify the vision and its
- embodiment for the emerging project. Vision is understood to include but is not limited to, core values, behaviors, and cultures of both the congregation and its neighbours.
- Works with the leader on developing strategies to reach and fulfill this vision.
- Support for Cyclical PCC Coaches
- Coaches will be trained in the Cyclical PCC process.
- Coaches will be given access to coaching resources developed by Cyclical Inc. and the PCC.
- Coaches will be provided training opportunities through Canadian Ministries.
Honorarium: $1,500
Payment Schedule
$750.00 upon approval of a mid-term report.
$750.00 upon approval of the coaching covenant and submission of a final report