Pastor Nominating Committee (PNC)

July Status Report

 

The PNC sincerely thanks the 52 members of the congregation and the PNC who attended the Informational Meeting on June 29^th.  We are encouraged by the turnout and the high level of interest exhibited at the meeting.

 

The PNC completed the first draft of the Church Information Form (CIF) on June 16^th and presented it to Session at their meeting on June 22nd.  The Session approved the CIF.  The approved CIF was forwarded to the Presbytery Committee on Ministry (COM) seeking their approval at the next meeting on August 5^th.

 

While the CIF is awaiting COM approval, the PNC worked ahead in July.  Networking and referral contacts have been identified who may help spread the word of our search for a pastor.  Through our networking contacts we may gain knowledge of pastors with a calling for a new church such as ours.  A process for reviewing Personal Information Forms (PIF) was also formulated.

 

The CIF is the document the PNC will use as Southminster’s story to introduce our congregation and our sense of identity and mission to prospective pastoral candidates.  It will also identify the gifts, talents and abilities that are being sought in the new pastor, as well as provide the terms of call.  Once the CIF is formally approved by the Presbytery’s Committee on Ministry, it will be posted on the PCUSA website.  This will begin the active search phase of the pastor nominating process and allow the PNC to start receiving Personal Information Forms (PIF) from prospective pastor candidates.

 

The PNC will continue to communicate their progress in weekly Church Bulletins, the Narthex Bulletin Board, the Information Center, monthly Moment for Mission speakers, the PNC website and monthly Signal articles.

 

The PNC thanks you for entrusting them with this important responsibility and continues to ask for your prayers.