Survey Workshop Set for May 1st

On May 1st, First Covenant Church will have a combined church service starting at 10 a.m.  Following the service, the pastoral search team will hold a survey workshop. 

Our goal during this workshop is to give the congregation the opportunity to weigh in on several important issues.  We must prepare a church profile that reflects who we are, what our mission is, and how we accomplish that mission.  In addition, as a congregation, we need to determine where we desire to be in those areas.  The church profile is used by the team and the denomination in matching our church with potential candidates.  Thus, the church profile is vitally important to determining the candidates we receive.

Some of the specific topics that will be discussed are worship style, sermon style, core mission, priorities in our mission, and pastoral characteristics.

During the workshop, lunch and childcare will be provided.

Please plan to attend.  Be prepared to discuss your opinion and listen to others.  

Everyone is invited, whether member or regular attender or visitor.

Almost There! (With the Survey)

The search team made progress with the survey again this week.  Our hope is to schedule the survey workshop soon.  It is even possible that we will have a date set by next week.

Tonight we compared the questions on the covconnect church profile with our survey questions.  One thing we are trying to address is how to evaluate where we are as a congregation and where we would like to be.  These may be two different places.

Ideally, we want a new pastor who can lead us from where we are to where we want to be.  Of course, this requires that we know where we are and where we want to go!

The format for the workshop is also coming together.  We spent tonight discussing when might be a good time, and how the process should work.  Our goal remains to get the survey completed as soon as possible so that we can fill out the church profile and begin the next steps of the process.

Survey Progress Continues

The Search Team met on April 4, 2011 to continue work on the survey.  The primary focus was on the area where the congregation ranks the importance of several desired characteristics of the new pastor.  These rankings are then used in the church profile to "match" our church with potential candidates.

At this meeting, the focus was on content, with format being the focus for the next meeting.  Obviously, it is important that the congregation, who will be taking the survey, understands what we are asking for and how to answer the questions (this can be more confusing that you would think)!