Last night, at the
All Church Business Meeting, We changed the Nominating Committee structure. Thank you to all who came out to serve and join us for a wonderful evening of eating, working on the mission of the church and moving the church forward for what it was called to do. What does that meeting mean for us?
The Nominating Committee will now only deal with a certain select group of offices. These are essential to our vision of Reaching Up, Reaching Deep, Reaching Out and Administrative positions. The rest of the ministry positions in the church will be filled by a new team called the "Ministry Search Team." This new team will work closely with the department heads to help find people to serve, to help open the doors to ministry opportunities to more people, and to develop a system whereby we gather members' spiritual gift information and help people serve accordingly. The nominating committee will still meet once a year to elect these offices and those names will always be brought to the church for approval. The Ministry Search Team will work on an "as-needed" basis and will be a sub-committee of the board as well as they will report their work to the whole church.
This will allow us to begin to move into the "Large Church" mentality a little more. The Nominating Committee tends to work well for those that are in churches of 100 or so, but our church is much larger and we're hoping and planning that this will help more people get involved as well as really serve within their area of giftedness. This process will help us adapt as necessary and will allow us to implement things in a more timely fashion.
Here's the list of offices the Nominating Committee will now deal with (below).
Elders
Reach Deep
Prayer Ministry Coordinator
Community Group Coordinator
Adult Sabbath School Leader
Children's Ministry Leader
Pathfinder Director
Reach Up
Deacons
Deaconnesses
Welcoming Team Leader
Worship Team Leader
Reach Out
Evangelism Team Leader
Outreach Team Leader
Community Services Director
Administration
Clerk
Treasurer and Associate/Assistants
1/3 Ministry Search Team
Here's how the elected positions above might choose to work with the Ministry Search Team to build their team of people. A few examples:
1. The Children's Ministry Leader has a key leader moving away and she needs to find a replacement. She has racked her brain and cannot find someone for this key position. She fills out a Ministry Description and gives it to the Ministry Search Team, they look in the database and find someone who likes working with kids and has the administrative skills the leader is looking for. They then run the name by the leader and together they figure out a plan to ask that person to serve, etc.
2. The Worship Team Leader needs to develop a team of musicians, singers, organists, up-front people, etc. and deal with scheduling issues. This leader can go to the Ministry Search Team and have them work on people who will serve in the Reach Up ministry under the guidance of the Worship Team Leader.
3. The Adult Sabbath School Leader needs a new teacher for one of the classes. She knows just the person she would like to see do it. She talks it over with one of the pastors and they decide together that this person would be a great teacher. The Adult Sabbath School Leader asks that person to teach and sets a date for them to begin. The Ministry Search Team gets informed but doesn't have to be involved in what's happening because we have given the authority and responsibility to the leader to staff and train their ministry in the way that works best for the mission of the church.
The Ministry Search Team will always report what happens to the church as well as the Church Board. The Board will have oversight of the team and ministries to keep them on track, to keep them focusing on the mission and to help them when necessary. Please pray for this team and begin evaluating your life to see when you are called upon to serve, that your answer could be yes.
Make a Difference!
roger walter
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Seventh-day Adventist Community Church of Vancouver
