Chenoa Baptist Church 01-27-2008 Update

This is our second Pastoral Search Committee (PSC) newsletter, and we wanted to share what has happened since our September newsletter.

The committee has completed several more steps in the search process. These are the steps we must go through during the search process and where we are at right now:

Status	Step	Task
Done	1	Survey the Church to find out the type of Pastor desired.
Done	2	Share the results of the Church survey with the Church.
Done	3	Prepare information packets which contain data and pictures about our Church.
Done	4	Use Church survey results to search for prospective candidates.
Done	5	Exchange information with the candidates and arrange for interviews if appropriate (packets from step 3 are used in this step).
Done	6	Conduct interviews.
Done	7	Select the candidate that will be presented to the Church congregation.
In Progress	8	Schedule and prepare for the “Candidate Sunday” and Church vote
	9	Introduce the candidate to our Church family at a potluck dinner. (This will be held the day before the “Candidate Sunday”).
	10	“Candidate Sunday” and Church vote

As you can see, the committee has accomplished a great deal since September, and we have some exciting news to share with you. This past Sunday the individual we felt led to has indicated that they feel led by the Spirit to accept our calling! We are very excited because we feel God has confirmed His plan for who He wants to be our next Pastor.

We wanted to get this good news out to you right away and want you to know that we intend to prepare another newsletter as soon as we have the details for the candidate weekend worked out with the candidate. Hopefully those details should be known within the next month! In the next newsletter we will be sharing a brief bio and picture of the candidate as well as the details of the candidate weekend.

As we now begin the process of actually preparing for our candidate weekend, we could really use extra prayers!