Supply Clergy

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Updated July 18, 2008

Guidelines for Compensation and Expense Reimbursement

The Diocesan Guidelines for compensation and expense reimbursement to Supply Clergy are listed below. Diocesan Council approved these Guidelines at a meeting on June 13, 2002. These rates were referred to the Diocesan Human Resources Committee for study at their May 2002 meeting. As a result, the HR Committee conducted a survey of prevailing clergy supply rates in surrounding Diocese' which resulted in the revised rates listed below.

Please note that Supply Clergy should be reimbursed for mileage for their travel from their home to the church.

Supply Clergy should be compensated promptly, preferably on the day of the service or within one week of the services being provided.

FOR ONE SUNDAY SERVICE $125.00

FOR TWO SERVICES ON A SUNDAY $150.00

WEEKDAY SERVICES (Minimum) $75.00

The IRS has announced a new allowable mileage reimbursement rate beginning July 1, 2008. The new rate is 58.5 cents per mile for business miles, eligible for reimbursement, beginning on July 1st. That’s an increase from the 50.5 cent rate that was in effect for the period from January 1, 2008 through June 30, 2008. Please begin reimbursing at this new rate.

Note: If the priest is traveling some distance, the priest may need overnight accommodations that should be provided by the church. This may be true if the priest is traveling some distance and you have a service on Saturday evening as well as one Sunday.

While the previous guidelines provided no current Supply Rate for parishes with three services (one on Saturday and two on Sunday), the HR Committee included that in their recent study of this matter and has developed a rate of $175 for three services.

If the Supply Priest is requested to make any special hospital or home communion calls, especially if the supply is being provided during an interim or extended leave situation, provision should be made for additional compensation, at the suggested rate of $50 per unit (a unit being a 3-4 hour period of time).

It is especially helpful and thoughtful to visiting clergy to be informed, well in advance, of local practices and expectations.