Discovery and GrowthFebruary 2, 2020

Transition Process and Call Committee Update

Emily McGarvey, Lisa Turnquist, Lisa Pole

Church Council’s Role

• Church Council selected the Call Committee, which is intended to be representative of St. Barnabas across age and gender

• not involved in candidate selection or recommendation process – this information is not shared with Council

• Church Council will receive the name of the recommended candidate when the Call Committee has a person to recommend

• A congregational vote will be called by Church Council on the recommended candidate

September October November December

Preparation

Transition Readiness

CAT

Transition Project Manager

Call Committee CC MSP

Prayer Group, Celebrations

January

Transition Project Timeline – late 2019 - January 2020

• Transition Project Manager – keep track of all the work to support the transition to a new Lead Pastor

• Transition Readiness – led by Scott Gilyard, has documented all job responsibilities for Pastors and staff

• Preparation – includes Church Council work and Congregational Assessment Tool (CAT) survey, led by Andy Cosette

• Church Council Personnel Committee - drafted Lead Pastor job description, available to candidates

• Call Committee – selected by Church Council and assembled in October, Congregational Conversation (CC) held

by Bishop Ann Svennungsen on Dec. 10; drafted, finalized and posted Ministry Site Profile (MSP)

• Praying as We Journey Through Change – email prayer group, led by Glenna Whitmill, to support the transition

• Celebrations – led by Holly Bayer to celebrate Pastor Wayne’s retirement!

Detailed

Transition

Project

Timeline

Transition Process

Upcoming projects

• Prayer/Spiritual – room for additional ideas and volunteers

• Grief Management – call for ideas and volunteers, there are Synod resources

to help with this

• Tradition Maintenance – call for leaders and volunteers

Call Committee Role and Process

• Call Committee: Emily McGarvey – chairperson, Duane Cox, Audrey Faust,

Laurie Sanderson, Steve Mandt, and Beth Grosen

• Call Process:

• Review candidate(s)’s profile(s)

• Interview selected candidate(s)

• Multiple interviews

• Option to travel to hear pastor preach or view via video

• Make final candidate recommendation to Church Council

Call Committee Timeline – early 2020

“Quiet Period”

Call Committee is required to keep candidate names, interviews, selected candidate confidential until

candidate is approved by Church Council

Candidate(s) can include:

• Pastor Amber (if she indicates she is interested)

• Pastors who self-nominate (based on St. Barnabas’s Ministry Site Profile) - they are vetted by Bishop’s

office as a good potential fit before their candidate profile is sent to St. Barnabas

• Pastors identified by the Bishop’s office

• Pastors nominated by St. Barnabas members

January February March April

Call Committee reviews candidate profile(s), interviews candidate(s), recommends

one candidate to Church Council

Call Committee “Quiet Period”

May June July August

Church Council votes on recommended

candidate, if approved, Congregation votes

Pastor Wayne

retires

New Lead Pastor startsRetirement

Celebrations!

Call Committee Timeline – mid 2020

• If recommended candidate is approved by Church Council, St. Barnabas will hold a congregation meeting

to vote Yes or No on calling the recommended candidate

-if candidate receives ‘Yes’ votes from at least 2/3 of the voters, an official letter of call will be sent

to the Synod for the recommended candidate

-if candidate does not receive enough ‘Yes’ votes, the process starts again until the Call Committee

recommends another candidate

• New Lead Pastor start date is TBD, depending on candidate and their availability, goal is start date in July

or August

Transition Timeline – late 2020

• The work of St. Barnabas continues after Pastor Wayne retires!

• We need you – consider getting involved/more involved in the work of St. Barnabas

September October November December

Tradition Maintenance

New Program Year - Education

Welcome Lead Pastor

Call Committee Christmas

Advent

How can you get involved?

• Join email group “Praying as We Journey Through Change”

• Pray for Pastor Wayne, Pastor, Amber, Call Committee, and St. Barnabas

• Contact Glenna Whitmill, sign-up sheet at Welcome Center

• Get ready to celebrate with Pastor Wayne!

• Start gathering memories and photos to share

• Volunteer to help Holly Bayer plan and run celebration events

• Think about where you want to get involved, then get involved!

• Everyday operations of the church: greeter, usher, coffee hour, mowing the lawn, Lighthouse

• Transition activities: Celebrations, Grief Management, Tradition Maintenance

How we can go forward together

• We are all in this together as a congregation

• Change can be hard, but we can rely on each other

• Keep people’s privacy in mind, talk with respect about the process and the candidates

• Resist temptations to feed the rumor mill

• Assume positive intent

• Focus on coming together