07/29/2010
The committee met on Wednesday evening 07/28/2010. We would like to update the congregation on the following items:
1) We very much appreciate every one's participation in the online survey. The survey is now closed. We had a very good response and your answers are greatly helping us in our information gathering.
2) The committee is busily reading and listening to various resources provided to us regarding the calling of a pastor. Thank you everyone for your recommendations. We are continuing to glean wisdom from various places to bring to bear on our church's search. If you have any resources for us, please see one of the committee members.
3) The committee is continuing to work on our church information packet which we will give to each prospect. This packet will contain information about our church including a description of the call, specific traits we are looking for in a minister, some biographical data on our church, and a description of our vision. We hope to finish this packet in the upcoming weeks.
4) After the completion of the church informational packet, we will be closer to actually starting a dialogue with the prospects. We hope to begin engaging prospects in September. We have already received some interest in our church from a few men.
5) The committee is developing what we are calling a "friends of HPC" list. This list will be comprised of key individuals in our denomination, or closely affiliated with our denomination who may have some knowledge about our church and have some knowledge of candidates who are searching for a church. This may include current pastors in the PCA, members of our presbytery, people associated with seminaries, etc. We plan on heavily relying on this "friends of HPC" list to help provide us with names of men who would be excellent candidates. If you know of anyone we should consider for this list, please notify a committee member.
Also, just a reminder that this Sunday (08/1), the PSC will be giving a brief update to the congregation immediately before the Sunday School hour in the new fellowship hall. We will also have a brief time for questions.
Our next committe meeting is Saturday August 7th.
Prayer Requests
1. Please pray as we complete our church informational packet. Pray that we are concise and clear in communicating the "call" and in describing our church.
2. Please pray that we can begin engaging candidates in September.
3. Please pray for the "Friends of HPC" list. Pray that God would lead us to Godly men who can assist us in identifying candidates for our pulpit.
4. Please pray for the physical and spiritual health of the committee members.
5. Please pray that the committee would empty ourselves of man's wisdom and rely only on God's wisdom during this process.
