Clerk’s Corner
Stated Clerk of Presbytery of the Miami Valley
Stated Clerk: statedclerk@miamipresbytery.org
PMV office: 937-258-8118
For questions or assistance with anything on this page, please contact Ruling Elder Marge Morgan at margemorgan56@gmail.com
Ways Your Presbytery Serves Your Church
Checklist of Ways Your Presbytery Serves Your Church
We welcome sessions and others using this checklist to encourage further discussion and feedback.
2026 Pastors’ Compensation Recommendation
2026 Budget Guidance for Churches and Current Pledge and Payment Forms
To make the fillable PDF work properly, download and save the fillable PDF form to your computer. Open that saved form, fill in the fillable spaces, and then save the filled-in document to your computer using a new name. That will save all the information you have added to the form.
Pastor Contract and Salary Form Templates
Please only use the form that applies to your pastor’s status. To make these fillable PDFs work properly, download and save the fillable PDF form to your computer. Open that saved form, fill in the fillable spaces, and then save the filled-in document to your computer using a new name. That will save all the information you have added to the form.
Annual Review of Session Records
Guidelines for Hosting Presbytery Meetings
Presbytery Child and Youth Protection Policy
Presbytery Child and Youth Protection Policy
The Presbytery has adopted this policy to apply to meetings, events or activities that are explicitly sponsored or financially underwritten by the Presbytery and that include or involve children under the age of 18, either as the focus of the event or in a separate child care setting for an adult event.
The Leadership Council has appointed the Stated Clerk as the Designated Official under this policy. For questions or interpretations, statedclerk@miamipresbytery.org or call 937-258-8118.
Sample Church Child and Youth Protection Policies
Annual Statistical Report Materials
The portal for churches will open on January 2, 2026 for statistical reports. Reports must be entered into the system by the week of February 13, 2026. If you have any questions, please contact the Presbytery Stated Clerk at statedclerk@miamipresbytery.org or Ruling Elder Marge Morgan at margemorgan56@gmail.com
For reporting Ruling Elders in your congregation (whether currently serving on Session or not) who died in 2025.
This includes Ruling Elders ordained by other churches who were members of your church at their time of death. Please return this form by January 31, 2026.
Please complete this form and return it within 10 days after your congregation has approved your pastor’s compensation for 2026, if you have an installed or designated pastor (do not use the form for stated supply, interim or CRE positions).
Please return the report even if there are no changes approved at the congregational meeting.
Also at the same time please send the Presbytery a copy of your church’s annual report to the congregation used at your congregational meeting.
Other Clerk’s Corner Resources
Resources for Understanding Per Capita
Resources are available from the Office of the General Assembly to help congregations, sessions and presbyteries better understand what per capita is and how it is used. The resources include leaflets, brochures, a PowerPoint presentation, articles, per capita offering envelopes, etc.