{"id":4129,"date":"2025-10-01T13:38:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T17:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/clergy-life\/?page_id=4129"},"modified":"2026-04-20T16:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:43:12","slug":"district-committee-on-ordained-ministry-dcom","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/clergy-life\/district-committee-on-ordained-ministry-dcom\/","title":{"rendered":"District Committee on Ordained Ministry (dCOM)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-light-gray-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-61a3764c wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:6rem;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:6rem;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide nomargin is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-e3a6cfc2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" 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href=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/clergy-life\/2025-2026-written-work-and-dates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Written Work Prompts and Deadlines<\/a><\/strong><br><em>Written Work due for District Committees (dCOM) for those seeking Commissioning<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Resources<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/clergy-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/12\/2025-2026-dCOM-Handbook2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dCOM Handbook<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/clergy-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/dCOM.Responsibilities.2016.Updated.pdf\">dCOM Responsibilities<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ministry Tracks<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/14reggUwOR-cqHAjWO6j1AwACrK12TJvEC2phcUlp5aY\/edit?usp=sharing\" 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