MiniCom has the responsibility on behalf of the whole Presbytery, through the PRC, for the careful, sensitive and confidential discernment of ministry vocations and capability. We interview, advise, work alongside those members who have completed their Period of Discernment (POD) and have been recommended by their Zone for one of the specified ministries named above. We provide Presbytery contact, oversight and pastoral care for our Candidates for ministry, including attending Ministerial Formation interviews and other formal processes, and leading them through the final stages of formation and into Presbytery affirmation, placement and ordination. 

We interview Lay Preachers and recommend them to the PRC and Presbytery. 

The work of the MiniCom requires wisdom, a variety of personal, social and church experiences, a compassionate heart and sometimes a hard head. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

for those in preparation for Ordained Ministries and presbytery members working with them

A guide to formation for the ministries of the Uniting Church through the United Theological College

 

Comprehensive guidance for MiniCom members and applicants working through the Candidature process

 

Specific guidance for presbytery members assisting applicants