The Pastor Search Committee has wrapped up our three-month series of listening sessions, which included hearing your thoughts on NDBC's past, present and future. We held six sessions virtually and sent out two surveys online as well. Even with the challenges of Covid, we got engagement from more than 100 church members.
We've collected all of the feedback and with that have drafted two documents. First, a pastor profile: the skills and gifts that we believe our pastor will need to lead us through our next season. Second, a church profile: who we are, what is important to us, and what we would want our pastor to know about us.
We are now moving to the candidate-review stage and are accepting applications, a process we are hoping to complete within the next few weeks. If you have any candidate recommendations for us, now is the time to share those names by emailing Geneva Hall-Shelton at ghallshelton@gmail.com.
As promised, we are sharing with you the results of our work together. Many of you have asked to have copies of the slides from listening sessions, and others have requested to see the results of the polls in Session 3 which gave us a sense check on where we think we are headed as a church. We have provided this in the links below.
Additionally, we are sharing the pastor profile and the church profile with you, so that you can see the results of your participation in the listening sessions. Thanks again to each of you who participated.
The links below will give you access to each document. You may also request that a copy be printed or emailed to you by contacting ghallshelton@gmail.com.
We have truly tried to capture what makes NDBC special in these profiles, while also conveying an accurate picture of where we are and how we want to grow as a congregation.
We can't say how long the process will be from here, but we can assure you that the entire committee is putting in a lot of effort to make sure that the search is done well and that it will bring the best outcomes for our church. Thank you for your patience and support. Please continue to pray for us as we move from the information gathering stage into the discernment stage.
Thank you,
Pastor Search Committee
Geneva Hall-Shelton, Chair; Karen Massey, Vice-chair; Marie Cook, Secretary; Tim Getsay, Chaplain; Barbara Atchley; Beth Laxton; Hal Meeks; Cathy Wooten
