E-note 5/20: Search Committee

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ [don't forget the Potluck],

"It takes the entire church to provide a vague imitation of the glory of God...We need to be a corporate body, smitten with the glory of God, committed to the unity of the church, deluged by His love, and faithful as we walk together in obedience to Him, even in our suffering. We need to need other people less and love other people more." - Ed Welch

At the annual meeting this Sunday the seventy-plus members of TBC will work together to form a Pastoral Search Committee. According to the order set out in our church constitution, a search committee must be formed within three weeks of an announced resignation. The elders automatically have a place on the search committee, though some elders will be more active than others as travel prevents full participation. There is also a need then for two women and two men from the membership to be added to the committee. How those four will be selected is outlined below. By the time you leave the Annual Meeting on Sunday you should know the identity of the whole search committee. The process for Sunday then is as follows:

(1) Every member will be allowed to nominate one other member to the search committee. The nominations will happen from the floor of the meeting. You must be present Sunday to nominate another member who must also be present.

(2) Those individuals nominated may or may not accept the nomination. Every nominee has the right of refusal.

(3) Two columns of nominees will be written on a white board, a column of men and a column of women.

(4) All members present will then be given a ballot to vote for two of the women nominated and two of the men nominated.

(5) The two women with the most votes and the two men with the most votes will join the elders on the search committee. Vote counts will not be announced.

If you are a member of TBC, we certainly hope you will invest in the future of TBC by attending the meeting and nominating someone...or even be nominated yourself! If you are not a member of TBC, we would love to have you at the meeting so you might be encouraged by our unity and good order in pursuing God's will. To make the Annual Meeting a little easier for families, Janet Stowell has graciously stepped forward to provide some childcare and pizza for the children. If it is a sunny day, the playground and pizza should make things much easier. Yours in Christ, the Elders