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Senior Pastor Transition 2014-2015
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What has happened to get us to this point?
Please check your handout. All details and updates are also posted on our website - GraceChapel.org.
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What is still to happen?
Today – Our Candidate, Josh Weidmann, will preach and meet the congregation.
The congregation will begin submitting feedback.
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What is still to happen?
Next Week – Our Candidate, Josh Weidmann, will meet with the staff and all four Perspectives Teams.
The Staff, Perspectives Teams, and congregation will submit feedback.
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What is still to happen?
Next Elder Meeting – Elders will discuss all feedback, pray, and if possible, make a decision.
We will keep you updated every step of the way.
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Who is on the Search Team?
• Scott Margason – Non-ruling Elder• Jeff Bennett – Current Elder• Scott Leggett – Interim Senior Leadership Team• Diane Van Essen – Member• Michelle Moss – Member• Neil Holsteen – Current Elder • Brian Moe – Current Elder Chairman
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What are the Perspectives Teams?
Cover four areas:
Comprised of over 40 members of the congregation, as well as staff, pastors, and ministry leaders.
• Life Story• Leadership
• Vision• Theology
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What have we been praying through the process?
• God would bring His man to Grace Chapel.
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What have we been praying through the process?
• We would be unified as a church about God’s calling of a Senior Pastor.
• Our candidate would sense God’s calling to Grace Chapel.
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What kind of a man were we searching for?
• He loves God deeply and loves others.• He is passionate about teaching the
Word of God.
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What kind of a man were we searching for?
• He desires to reach the lost with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
• He desires to reach and is able to connect with the next generation and honors all generations.
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What kind of a man were we searching for?
• He is passionate about discipleship and training believers to love and serve others.
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Introducing … Josh Weidmann
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Who is Josh Weidmann?Currently serves as the Care and
Counseling Pastor, Teaching Pastor at Mission Hills Church in Littleton.
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Who is Josh Weidmann?
Author• Dad, If You Only Knew• Honest to God• He Walked With Us
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Who is Josh Weidmann?Evangelist - Experience with the Billy GrahamEvangelistic Association and Youth for Christ.
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Who is Josh Weidmann?
Counselor
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Who is Josh Weidmann?
Israel TourLeader
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Why Josh Weidmann for Grace?
He connects with the next generation, while relating to all and honoring all generations.
• Understands the “Millennial Generation.”• Served as “Generations Pastor.”• Relies on older mentors to speak into his life.
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Why Josh Weidmann for Grace?
He is an excellent, multi-faceted communicator.
Blogs
Teaches
LeadsWrites
Engages
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Why Josh Weidmann for Grace?
He deeply loves Jesus.
He demonstrates love for others by preaching, counseling, and engaging culture.
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Why Josh Weidmann for Grace?
He teaches the Bible passionately and relationally for life-change, giving insight into biblical applications.
He is passionate about sharing the Gospel so that people come to know and follow Christ.
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Married, with children
In 2009, Josh married
Molly Gold.
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Do Josh or Molly look familiar?• Josh’s family attended Grace Chapel between
1985 and 1998.• Molly attended Grace from 1997 – 2001.
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Introducing … Josh Weidmann