First Congregational Church | Where God is Still Speaking

Interim Search

Posted on December 7, 2011 - Filed Under |

Per the FCC Bylaws

4. Pastoral Search Committee for an Interim Minister.  If the Church is seeking an interim minister, a Pastoral Search Committee shall be appointed by the Council which shall be comprised of the following members: Moderator; Moderator-elect; Chair of the Board of Deacons; Chair of the Board of Christian Education; and Chair of the Personnel Committee.  After the Committee has interviewed all recommended nominees for the position, a three-fifths affirmative vote of the total membership of the Committee is required to recommend a candidate to the Council, for its approval.

Members of this committee are Howard Tejchma(Moderator), Jeannette Maxey(Moderator-Elect), Gale Nicholson(Deacons), Pam Keesler(CE), Jim Freidrich(Personnel) and Rick Welch(since he is the new moderator elect for 2012).

The interim search committee started it’s work on December 6 and will continue to meet until we are done. We are done with a list of qualities and our agenda for the interim so now we are ready  to select the best candidate to carry us forward in the coming year. Please help us keep this process surrounded by prayer.

Agenda for Interim Time

Interim Characteristics: nurturing, church community builder, dynamic scriptural-based preaching, Vision/Strategies work facilitator and ability to work with our lay leaders on interim agenda.

Here is a diagram showing the process a church goes through when recieving a notice of a pastor is leaving, to calling an interim and finally a permanent pastor searc and call.   Pastor Search and Call

We feel well positioned in the interim process since we have been engaging in interim type work for the last couple years…