Pastor Nomination Committee Page

April 22 2008: CIF posted on www.pcusa.org

April 18 2008: Plan to submit CIF for uploading onto PC USA website 

April 15 2008: Leslie, Lori  and Charles met with LI Presbytery Committee on Ministry, CIF approved with minor changes. 

April 8 2008: Charles met with OFC Session, CIF approved with few changes, document proofed by Drew.

April 7 2008: Committee meeting with Presbytery Advisor to address all outstanding points on the CIF

March 11 2008: Session approved updated Mission Statement with minor  corrections to grammar and punctuation (that's what happens when you have two high school teachers on session). 

March 2008: Meetings to discuss Mission Statement and CIF - various CIF requirements assigned to individual committee members.

February 2008: Several Committee Meetings PNC Survey results compiled,  PNC working on updating Mission Statement and CIF (Church Information form).          

January 2008: Several Committee Meetings, Survey drafted and  distributed with Weathervane, via website and after services.

December 2007: Your PNC is elected by the Congregation, met with Presbytery Advisor, appointed officers and actively working on updating the necessary documents to comply with filing requirements. PNC expects to distribute, by early February, a Congregation Survey, in order to get input from the our congregation.         

          The PNC will complete the Church Information Form (CIF) with the help of the clerk of session and the treasurer and submit it to session and Presbytery for approval, then to Church Leadership Connection for matching with potential pastors. Once the CIF has been matched and PIFs are received, each PNC member reads and evaluates PIFs for further consideration. A member of the PNC will be appointed to do reference checking on candidates of interest and share that information with the rest of the committee. Once it has narrowed the field of prospective pastors, the PNC will interview potential pastors away from the local area and during visits to the church community. The PNC will select a candidate to place in nomination before the congregation, works out details of the terms of call, and makes arrangements with the presbytery for the appropriate examination and approvals.

         Please contact any member of the PNC should you have any concerns or questions, however please understand PNC's need for confidentiality on specifics.