Self-Nomination for Conference Leadership Teams

Thank you for your interest in serving on a North Alabama Conference Leadership Team! This form allows you to self-nominate for Conference leadership team(s) to which you may be feeling called. To learn more about the available Conference teams, please click here.

Please note: Your self-nomination will remain on file for up to four years, and during that time you will be considered for any vacancies that arise on Conference teams. Any specific team(s) you indicate an interest in will be a significant factor in evaluating which teams you may be well-suited for. However, based on other information in your self-nomination as well as other Conference records (such as previous leadership roles for all self-nominations and appointment history for clergy), you may be considered for other teams that you do not specifically express an interest in.

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Your Information

Name(Required)

First Last

Email(Required)

Phone(Required)

Clergy or Lay(Required)

Clergy

Lay

Clergy Status(Required)

Associate Member

Deacon in Full Connection

Elder in Full Connection

Full-time Local Pastor

Part-Time Local Pastor

Provisional Deacon

Provisional Elder

Other

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District and Church(Required)

District(Required)

Church(Required)

Demographics

The following information is not required, but is helpful for the Nominations and Leadership Development Team to ensure that those nominated for teams reflect the diversity of the Conference. Please note that failure to provide this information may prevent you from being considered for certain teams that have composition requirements defined in the Book of Discipline.

Gender

Female

Male

Date of Birth

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Ethnicity

Professional Experience

This section collects information about your professional background. Please complete this section based on any professional experience (whether or not you are currently employed in a field), including any significant volunteer experience.

Professional Experience

Please select any field(s) in which you have professional or significant volunteer experience. To select multiple fields, hold down "Control" or "Command" while clicking each one. Please select all gifts that you feel apply to you. To select multiple fields, hold down "Control" or "Command" while clicking each one.

Additional Experience Information

Please provide any information that would be helpful for the nominations team to know. This may include additional areas not listed above in which you have experience, as well as examples of how you believe your experience may be beneficial in Conference leadership.

Local Church Experience

Church Secretary/Administrator

Confirmation Class Leader

Mission Trip Leader

Musician

Sunday School/Small Group Leader - Adult

Sunday School/Small Group Leader - Children

Sunday School/Small Group Leader - Youth

While some information about your local church involvement may already be on file, there are some important roles that are not routinely reported by churches to the Conference. Please choose any of the following roles in which you have experience in your local church.

Additional Church Experience Information

If you're involved in your local church or district in a way that you want to share but hasn't already been asked, let us know here.

Gifts and Abilities

This section collects information about your gifts and abilities. When referring to gifts and abilities, we are referring to those things that may or may not be connected to your professional experience, but that you bring to the table in a Conference leadership role.

Spiritual Gifts

Scripture identifies a number of spiritual gifts that are given specifically for building up the body of Christ. While all gifts are useful, some gifts have a particularly strong benefit on certain teams. To learn more about spiritual gifts and to take a spiritual gifts assessment, click here. Please select all gifts that you feel apply to you. To select multiple gifts, hold down "Control" or "Command" while clicking each one.

Examples of Gifts

It is helpful for the Nominations and Leadership Development Team to know examples of how you have lived out your spiritual gifts in the past. If you have any specific examples to share, you may do so here.

Reference

Please provide a reference who can speak to your experience in leadership in the North Alabama Conference. This person will receive an email with additional instructions.

Reference Name(Required)

First Last

Reference Email(Required)

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Reference Phone(Required)

Reference Relationship to You(Required)

Additional Information

What else should we know?

If there's anything that has not been captured already on this form that you believe would be helpful for the Nominations and Leadership Development Team to know, you may share it here.

Person Requesting Form

If you were specifically asked to complete this form by a district superintendent, district lay leader, operational team leader, or other individual group, please provide their name here.

Interested Teams/Positions

If you know which team(s) you may be interested in serving on, you may indicate them here (for more information about all teams, click here). If not, though, that's ok! The Nominations and Leadership Development Team will review the information provided on this form and consider you for any vacancies that may arise for which you may be well-suited. While any interests indicated here will be taken into account, they do not limit the team(s) for which you may be considered, and you may be contacted about vacancies outside of teams you indicate here. Please select all teams in which you are interested. To select multiple teams, hold down "Control" or "Command" while clicking each one.

Agreement(Required)

I have read and agree to the self-nomination agreement.

By self-nominating for consideration for service on a Conference leadership team, you agree to and understand the following:

* You agree that your personal information, including both information collected on this form and information contained in other Conference records (including but not limited to clergy appointment records, leadership assignment history, and others) may be used by the Conference Nominations and Leadership Development Team, including any staff or other Conference leadership who may be assisting that team in its work, for purposes related to the work of that team.

* You understand that this self-nomination will be kept on file for a period of 4 years from the date on which it is submitted, and during that time you may be considered for any vacancies on Conference teams for which you may be well-suited. This consideration will be contingent on your continued eligibility to serve on Conference leadership teams. If at any time you no longer wish to be considered for service on Conference leadership teams, you may withdraw yourself from consideration by emailing nominations@umcna.org.

* If invited to serve on a team, you agree to provide any additional information which may be required to process your nomination in a timely manner, and understand that failure to do so may result in your invitation to serve being withdrawn.

* If nominated and elected to a Conference leadership team, you agree to fully participate in the work of that team for the duration of your term.

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Marketing
Non-Profit/Volunteer
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Skilled Labor
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Other

Administration
Apostleship
Compassion
Discernment
Evangelism
Exhortation
Faith
Giving
Healing
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Interpretation of Tongues
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Leadership
Miracles
Prophecy
Servanthood
Shepherding
Teaching
Tongues
Wisdom

Adult Discipleship
Advocacy for Social Justice
Archives and History
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Commission on the Status and Role of Women (COSROW)
Disaster Response
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Equitable Compensation
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Finance and Administration
Higher Education and Campus Ministry
Hispanic Ministries
Lay Ministry
Missions and Outreach
Nominations
Pension and Health Benefits
Personnel
Procedures and Petitions
Religion and Race
Trustees
Conference Secretary
Conference Lay Leader
Conference Director of Lay Servant Ministries