Dear Mentor,
Peace be with you!
Thank you for your efforts as an ordained mentor of a licensed minister this past year. The time has come to renew licensee's License for Ministry. As you know, once a year the Nurturing and Credentialing Committee (NACC) and the Ministry Commission has each licensed minister and the mentor to fill out separate progress reports as part of the license renewal process. Beginning this year we are asking the mentor to complete the report as a representative of the licensee's Calling Cohort. You may even want to have the cohort discuss this prior to completing it. Please fill out this form thoughtfully, completely, and prayerfully.
The licensed minister and the Calling Cohort may want to take some time to review the Covenant of Accountability which was to be in place by the end of 2015.
This year we are going to renew all the licensees at the same time, in a wonderful celebration at District Conference. This will be a time when the ministry of our licensees can be affirmed by the whole district and they can receive the blessings of the entire PSWD.
The licensing renewal service will take place at District Conference, during Sunday Morning Worship, November 13, 2016 at the Modesto Church of the Brethren, Modesto, California. Our District Executive Minister, Russ Matteson, will be leading the service. Your licensee's congregation is receiving a letter asking them to free the licensee from congregational responsibilities for that Sunday. As this person's Mentor, we hope you will be able to attend also. I look forward to this being a wonderful spiritual event that helps bind us together as the Body of Christ.
I want you to know that the Ministry Commission is excited about your ministry to our licensee's journey towards ordination. Please do not hesitate to contact me if we can be of any assistance.
Wishing God's blessing on your work,
Tom Hostetler
Ministry Commission Chair
(909) 392-4354
THostetler@livingathillcrest.org
