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A message from Jack Guynn, chair of the Personnel Committee:
Longtime NDBC member Don Janney will wrap up his role as interim Operations Administrator on April 30, a position in which he has served since October 2021.
Late last summer the Personnel Committee realized that the church would be without pastoral leadership from fall until the the Pastor Search Committee had concluded its work, so we set about identifying interim church leadership. We recruited Greg DeLoach and Matt DuVall to fill the ministerial roles, but there was no one to work with non-ministerial staff in the interim.
We concluded that the ideal choice would be one of our own, Don Janney. We were reluctant to even approach Don about this special role, because he had already given the church decades as one of our most faithful lay leaders. However, the committee asked him to take on three months overseeing the church’s administrative functions. Without hesitation, Don replied that he would accept the role, and in fact he served for seven months.
Don has been ideal for this position. He knows the church inside and out. His past work with the Facilities Committee has left him very familiar with the church’s aging infrastructure, and he has helped with various personnel and administrative issues over the years.
Don has spent considerable time in person at the church each week. Since Scott Hovey was called to our church, he has been instrumental in helping Scott learn about the church, its programs, and its members. The staff has commented often on how important it has been to have Don in his role and what a pleasure he always is to work with.
There are many church lay leaders who have stepped up during the period of pastoral leadership change, and we are grateful to each of you. Recognition is owed to all, but none more than Don Janney. Please join me in thanking Don for the gift of his talents in service to Northside Drive Baptist Church.
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