The Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts

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Supply Clergy Guidelines for Compensation and Expense Reimbursement

The Human Resources Committee has adopted a new rate for Supply Clergy Compensation and Expense Reimbursement. The diocesan HR Committee conducted a survey of prevailing clergy supply rates in surrounding dioceses 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 $150.00
For Two Services on a Sunday $200.00
Weekday Services (Minimum) $75.00

Effective January 1, 2010, the IRS  2010 Standard Mileage Rates for the use of a car (also vans, pickups or panel trucks) is:

50 cents per mile for business miles driven
16.5 cents per mile driven for medical or moving purposes
14 cents per mile driven in service of charitable organizations

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.

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.

This information is current as of December 17, 2010