Mission Support Committee

MANDATE

1. Membership and responsibilities of members

The committee shall consist of:

a) a chair or co-chairs and five or four members elected at the annual meeting of Conference, normally from a slate of nominations prepared by the Conference nominating committee; the chair is a member of the Conference Executive;

b) one representative from each Presbytery appointed or elected by that Presbytery, to act as a liaison between the Presbytery and Conference committees;

c) one representative from the Toronto United Church Council (TUCC), to act as a liaison between TUCC and the Conference committee;

d) the Conference executive secretary;

e) one person to act as a theological reflector for the committee.

2. Meetings

The committee shall meet at the call of the chair, but not less than twice per year, one of which shall be the annual autumn funding consultation.

3. Responsibilities of the Committee

The committee shall be responsible for...

a) applying the current policies and procedures of the General Council relating to the Conference mission support grants

b) developing and proposing mission support priorities to the Conference annual meeting or the Conference Executive for adoption;

c) making recommendations to the Conference Executive on levels of support for pastoral charges, outreach ministries and chaplaincies* applying for mission support funding;

d) making recommendations to TUCC on levels of support for pastoral charges or outreach ministries applying for funding through TUCC’s Treble and Davenport trust funds;

e) making recommendations to the Conference Executive of persons to represent the Conference at the General Council mission support consultation;

f) co-operating with the General Council when requested regarding Ventures in Mission (VIM) funding, and being available for advice on VIM matters;

g) co-operating with the General Council when requested regarding capital assistance funding (e.g. technology grants, camp and education centre grants, congregational capital assistance, manse modernisation), and being available for advice on capital assistance matters;

h) dealing with any other matters referred to it by the Conference Executive or the Conference annual meeting, or brought to it by the Conference executive secretary including issues such as real property, emergency supply assistance, and moving expenses.

* The Conference’s chaplaincy committee makes recommendations on funding levels for chaplaincies based currently on 20 percent of the total mission support money available to the Conference.

Reviewed by the Toronto Conference mission support committee - May 5, 1998.
Approved by Toronto Conference Executive - May 13, 1998.

Amended by mission support committee - October 14, 1998