Your Search Committee would like to reassure everyone that we’ve been focused and hard at work! Since our formation in March, several meetings have been held and tasks have been completed on schedule.
Our first goal was to send out the survey entitled “Leadership Expectations: Called Pastor.” By the June 8th deadline, we had received 23 surveys and results were tabulated. The committee would like to thank everyone who took the time to respond to this important survey.
Our next task was to meet a deadline set by Rev. Peter Wells, our UCC area minister: he asked us to complete our church profile by early July. When an applicant is interested in our church, the profile is the document he/she will receive. It contains information about our town our congregation, church finances, qualities we want in a minister, etc. Even though creating the profile is challenging and labor intensive, we were able to complete it by the deadline.
On July 31, the committee met with Rev. Wendy Vander Hart, Acting Associate Conference Minister at the UCC. She helped us “fine tune” our profile by making suggestions for improvement and asked for our “new and improved” version by August 8th.
Our finished profile is now in the hands of the UCC and an abbreviated job description in currently posted on their website. Our next steps are to wait for interested applicants to forward their own profiles and then begin the interview process. We’ll keep you informed along the way!
The Search Committee: Ron LaPointe chairperson, Jim Cathcart, Marie Feeney, Jackie Henderson, Len Ivel, Anne Mulrain, Rhiannon Orsi
