Competency-Based Standards for Lay Ecclesial Ministers.pptVIP

Competency-Based Standards for Lay Ecclesial Ministers National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry What are Competency-Based Standards? They are a profile of the knowledge and skills needed by adults in the role of Youth Ministry Leader parish, school, or other setting . They are written in competency-based language because there is a building of knowledge and skill based on an individual’s depth of experience and education. Lay Ecclesial Minister Lay Ecclesial Ministry: The State of the Questions: A Report of the Subcommittee on Lay Ministry Washington, D.C.: United States Catholic Conference, Inc., 1999 established the following criteria for understanding the term “lay ecclesial minister:” A fully initiated lay member of the Christian faithful including vowed religious who is responding to the empowerment and gifts of the Holy Spirit received in baptism and confirmation, which enable one to share in some form of ministry One who has received the necessary formation, education, and training to function competently within the given area of ministry One who intentionally brings personal competencies and gifts to serve the Churchs mission through a specific ministry of ecclesial leadership and who does so with community recognition and support One to whom a formal and public role in ministry has been entrusted or upon whom an office has been conferred by competent ecclesiastical authority. Lay Ecclesial Minister A lay ecclesial minister is typically a paid parish staff person full- or part-time or a volunteer who has responsibility and the necessary authority for institutional leadership in a particular area of ministry. A Brief History on Certification and Accreditation Standards and the NFCYM First CYM standards approved by USCC/CCA 1990 NFCYM was unique because we did not choose to do national certification with our standards. 1996 revised second set of standards approved NALM 1995 and NCCL 1996 have standards approved. Inter-organizational meetin