We have reached a very significant milestone or turning point in our
ministry together. I have been your interim pastor since last September. I
will continue to be your interim pastor until the next settled pastor has
moved in and is ready to begin his or her ministry with you.
Your Search Committee has been appointed and approved by the Board
and the congregation. They, myself, and your moderator met with the
Reverend Stephen Bentley, Associate Regional Pastor of the Christian Church
in Ohio. He provided us with packets that contain a congregational profile
form and other forms or information related to the Search process.
The most important item at this time is the congregational profile form.
There are questions or information that you may be asked to help supply. If
you have email, most of you should have already have received a
questionnaire from the Christian Church in Ohio asking you to rank those
qualities that you desire most from the next settled pastor.
We will be telling our story, the story of First Christian Church in
Middletown. All of the above needs to be supported by your prayers as we
seek to discern with the prompting of the Holy Spirit where God is calling us
to be.
Your Search Committee hopes to complete this congregational profile
form by early August. The Reverend Bentley will then return to meet with
committee and provide them with about fifteen profiles from prospective
candidates. I will no longer be able to be a part of this process except to
answer a question or two. Again, be in prayer!
