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Pastor Nominating Committee Training

Pastor Nominating Committee Training. The Presbytery of Cayuga-Syracuse The Committee on Ministry. Devotions and Prayer. A study of Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 The sharing of prayer concerns A time of prayer. Preparing For Our Ministry As A Pastor Nominating Committee. Introductions Name

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Pastor Nominating Committee Training

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  1. Pastor Nominating Committee Training • The Presbytery of Cayuga-Syracuse • The Committee on Ministry

  2. Devotions and Prayer • A study of Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 • The sharing of prayer concerns • A time of prayer

  3. Preparing For Our Ministry As A Pastor Nominating Committee • Introductions • Name • How long have you been associated with this congregation? • How do you serve Jesus Christ in this congregation? • Please share a story about a minister who made a significant impact on your life

  4. Welcome to the PresbyterianAlphabet Soup! • PCUSA – Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) • PNC – Pastor Nominating Committee • COM – Committee on Ministry • CLC – Church Leadership Connection • CIF – Church Information Form • PIF – Personal Information Form

  5. Theological Foundationsof the Pastoral Call Process • What is a “call”? • Who is “called”? • Election to PNC is a sacred trust

  6. An Overview of the Activities of a Pastor Nominating Committee • Getting organized • Writing a church information form • Receiving approval of a CIF • Searching for candidates • Reviewing personal information forms • Interviewing • Selecting a final candidate • Presenting the candidate to the congregation

  7. Getting Organized • Chair • Vice Chair • Secretary • Devotions and Spiritual Life of the PNC • Budget • Communication • With Presbytery • With Candidates • With Session/Congregation • With Interim Pastor

  8. Resources • “On Calling A Pastor – A Manual for Churches Seeking Pastors” • PC(U.S.A.) Churchwide Personnel Services • “Searching For A Pastor The Presbyterian Way” by Dean E. Foose • Geneva Press • “Pastoral Search” by John Vanhof • The Alban Institute

  9. The Church Information Form • What is it? • What is it used for? • How do we write it? • What resources are available?

  10. Who Approves the CIF? • The Pastor Nominating Committee • The Session • The Committee on Ministry • Church Leadership Connection

  11. Searching for Candidates • Submitting the CIF to the Church Leadership Connection • Advertising in church publications? • Word of mouth • Self-Referrals • Check them out with the Presbytery! • Provide an Informational Packet on Church and Community

  12. Reviewing PIFs • Email/Phone call to confirm availability • Reading Teams? • What do we look for? • Checklist? • Which ones should we consider?

  13. Preaching Gifts • Visit to current church of service? • Sermon tape/video

  14. The Telephone Interview • Develop set of questions • Speaker phone? Conference Call? • Set up appointment • One questioner or several? • 45 minutes max • Keep notes!

  15. Reference Checks • Develop questions to ask • Who calls? • Take notes • Secondary references? • PRESBYTER TO PRESBYTER CHECK

  16. Face to Face Interview • Invite candidate for visit, interview, and/or preaching at a “neutral pulpit”. • Family? • PNC pays all candidate’s expenses • Family expenses? • Meet with PNC • Tour Church building and community • Meet with COM representatives? • Preaching at a neutral pulpit?

  17. Selecting the Final Candidate • Consult with COM • Make sure all reference checks have been completed • Prepare Terms of Call to be offered to candidate • Contact the candidate and invite him/her to candidate • Negotiate Terms of Call

  18. The Congregational Meeting • Session is asked to call a meeting of the Congregation • Congregation receives packet of information about candidate • Candidate (and family?) arrive on Friday • Candidate given some free time on Saturday • Informal reception at church (Saturday?) • Candidate leads worship and preaches • Congregational Meeting • Vote

  19. Approval by Presbytery • Candidate presents statement of faith and is interviewed by COM • Candidate’s presbytery must dismiss • Cayuga-Syracuse must approve call, terms of call, and transfer of candidate

  20. The Ministry Begins! • Starting date • Moving arrangements • PNC dismissed with thanks! • Celebration and prayer

  21. Some Final Thoughts • Importance of Confidentiality • Within PNC membership • Everything surrounding the candidates • Importance of Communication • With Session • With Congregation on a regular basis • Bulletin Board • Website • Sunday Bulletin • Sunday Minute for the PNC

  22. God Bless Your Special Ministry!

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