The Guest in Your Pulpit Program is a listing of available ministers, seminarians and lay pulpit guests for congregations in the Ohio-Meadville District. This program was created to assist OMD churches to find people who are willing to provide services.
Ministerial guests have experience in the congregations they have served. Seminary students have provided the district with at least two references. Ministerial guests should be paid according to the UUMA guidelines. These guidelines are:
- For Sermons, Sunday Morning Servce: $200 (one service), $250 (two services) plus $0.555 per mile (current IRS rates)
- Weddings: $300, with rehearsal $350 plus $0.555 per mile (current IRS rates)
- Funerals or Memorial Services: $200, with committal $250 plus $0.555 per mile (current IRS rates)
- Other Program Services: $50 per presentation hour plus $0.555 per mile (current IRS rates)
Lay participants voluntarily put their name on the list and congregations can request that they come to present a service at their church. Currently there is no application process or review of the presenters, although we do ask for references. Lay presenters have set their own fees that range from an exchange service, or expenses, to a flat fee.
Please contact the OMD Office for more information about the guests listed below.
To join the Guest In Your Pulpit program, please download this form (word ~ pdf) fill it in and send it to the OMD Office.
