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1/22/21 update
The Call Committee has been diligently working through the final steps of the Call process including Zoom Conference calls and in person campus visits.
The next steps of the process will include the Call Committee presenting our candidate(s) to the Board of Directors who will then schedule an Information meeting for the entire congregation followed by a Voter's meeting to vote on the call along with any other issues. Please see the Board of Directors announcement about dates and times for those meetings.
Please continue to keep the Committee and our future Lead Pastor in your prayers.
11/11/20 update
The Call Committee continues our work in seeking the man that God has identified as our next Lead Pastor. The candidate that stood out on our last list recently removed his name from consideration due to family health issues. He was very complimentary toward St Paul and the process we are using and he said he will continue to pray for us as well.
This means we have started again with a new list. We received information back from the NID on 12 candidates, some of whom were submitted by the congregation. This is a very fluid process, many other churches are also seeking pastors right now, and one man on our new list has already accepted another call. We have all individually reviewed and as a group discussed the 11 remaining names. The next step will be calling nine of them to see if they are willing to go through the call process with us. Then we can schedule another set of Zoom interviews.
We are thankful to everyone in the congregation for your prayers, your submission of names, and your overall support and patience as we work through this process again. We are also thankful to Pastors Weidler and Buss for all their help and support. We are especially thankful to God as He continues to carry the Call Committee and St Paul forward. Just like the Israelites in the Old Testament (shout out to all you Immerse Bible: Beginnings readers!) God has a plan for us and He will send the right pastor to lead us in His timing, just like he sent Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.
Don’t lose faith, stay thankful, and keep praying, God is still in control!
10/22/20 update
The Call committee began meeting on July 22nd, the committee consists of Mel Wille, Bob French, Sue Wyeth, Ann West, Ginger Whitney, Elizabeth Rakow, Cara Volz and Sam Schmidt. We have met 9 times since which includes a meeting with Pastor Buss. The congregation has submitted 9 names to the district for consideration and several were removed from the list by the NID. The NID reviewed the names and added some of their names to give us a total of 18 names for consideration. We completed Zoom interviews with the top 5 candidates. We also submitted 8 more names from the congregation and are waiting for the NID to review and send back more of their own. 1 Candidate stands out so far and we are coordinating an additional Zoom interview. Lastly, please continue to pray for our new pastor and the call committee.
9/24/20 update
9/16/20 update
- Lead pastor job description
- Lead pastor desired qualities (based on the results from this summer's Congregation Survey)
- Lead pastor nomination form - When it is completed, please give it to an Elder or the Chairman of the Call Committee, or turn into the Leader Pastor Nomination box found in the narthex (lobby). Nominations are currently being accepted.
1/22/21 update
The Call Committee has been diligently working through the final steps of the Call process including Zoom Conference calls and in person campus visits.
The next steps of the process will include the Call Committee presenting our candidate(s) to the Board of Directors who will then schedule an Information meeting for the entire congregation followed by a Voter's meeting to vote on the call along with any other issues. Please see the Board of Directors announcement about dates and times for those meetings.
Please continue to keep the Committee and our future Lead Pastor in your prayers.
11/11/20 update
The Call Committee continues our work in seeking the man that God has identified as our next Lead Pastor. The candidate that stood out on our last list recently removed his name from consideration due to family health issues. He was very complimentary toward St Paul and the process we are using and he said he will continue to pray for us as well.
This means we have started again with a new list. We received information back from the NID on 12 candidates, some of whom were submitted by the congregation. This is a very fluid process, many other churches are also seeking pastors right now, and one man on our new list has already accepted another call. We have all individually reviewed and as a group discussed the 11 remaining names. The next step will be calling nine of them to see if they are willing to go through the call process with us. Then we can schedule another set of Zoom interviews.
We are thankful to everyone in the congregation for your prayers, your submission of names, and your overall support and patience as we work through this process again. We are also thankful to Pastors Weidler and Buss for all their help and support. We are especially thankful to God as He continues to carry the Call Committee and St Paul forward. Just like the Israelites in the Old Testament (shout out to all you Immerse Bible: Beginnings readers!) God has a plan for us and He will send the right pastor to lead us in His timing, just like he sent Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.
Don’t lose faith, stay thankful, and keep praying, God is still in control!
10/22/20 update
The Call committee began meeting on July 22nd, the committee consists of Mel Wille, Bob French, Sue Wyeth, Ann West, Ginger Whitney, Elizabeth Rakow, Cara Volz and Sam Schmidt. We have met 9 times since which includes a meeting with Pastor Buss. The congregation has submitted 9 names to the district for consideration and several were removed from the list by the NID. The NID reviewed the names and added some of their names to give us a total of 18 names for consideration. We completed Zoom interviews with the top 5 candidates. We also submitted 8 more names from the congregation and are waiting for the NID to review and send back more of their own. 1 Candidate stands out so far and we are coordinating an additional Zoom interview. Lastly, please continue to pray for our new pastor and the call committee.
9/24/20 update
- The Call Committee is excited about the opportunities this upcoming week to conduct Zoom interviews with potential candidates for our next Lead Pastor.
Please continue to keep the Call Committee, our congregation and future Pastor in your prayers.
9/16/20 update
- The Call Committee has been busy moving forward with the process of identifying potential candidates for our next Lead Pastor.
We initially started with 23 names but after review by District Presidents and changes in Pastor availability, that list was trimmed down to 16 potential candidates. - The Committee has spent the last couple of weeks reviewing Pastor’s Information Forms (PIFS) and Self Evaluation Tools (SET) for these 16 pastors and further paired the list down to 11 potential candidates.
- Moving forward , the Committee will contact these 11 potential candidates and determine their willingness to participate in this process with St. Paul and move forward with interviews.
- Please continue to keep our congregation and future Pastor in your prayers during this process
