1. Associate Pastor Nominating Committee
APNC
Associate Pastor Nominating Committee

2. Members Debra Reginnitter Ben Currie Clark Jensen Marj Luchtenburg
Joyce Rash (Presbytery Liaison)
Bret Voorhees
Jim VandeBerg (non-voting staff liaison)

3. Conduct search and listen for call for an Associate Pastor
Role
Conduct search and listen for call for an
Associate Pastor

4. Three way call
Westminster Church
Presbytery
Candidate

5. Old Table of Organization
Session
Senior Pastor
Music Christian ED Outreach/Youth Communications Associate Pastor
Business Admin.
Accountant
Front Office
Custodians

6. What Happens?
SrP monopolized with day-to-day staff and operational issues.
Reduced time for Pastoral Care
Reduced ability to reach out to community
Little time for fund raising
Hard to think strategically when up to your neck in day-to-day challenges and issues

7. Current Structure Session Senior Pastor Associate Pastor
Music Christian ED Outreach/Youth Communications Business Admin.
Accountant
Front Office
Custodians

8. What Happens? SrP Still in Charge!
Now Associate Pastor serves as Chief of Staff, Chief Operating Officer
Associate Pastor takes on most of day-to-day operational and staff challenges
SrP has more time for
Pastoral Care
Outreach
Strategic and Visionary Leadership

9. What Does Assoc. Pastor Do?
Task
Time Spent
Staff Leadership
34.00%
Committee Support
2.00%
Emergeny Pastoral Care
0.50%
Worship
Issue Identification & Mitigation
20.00%
Ad Hoc Projects
41.50%
Total
100.00%

10. Time For You to Help Look at Leadership Competencies for your table
Pick top three and prioritize…
Number 5 on button for top one
Number 4 on button for second
Number 3 on button for third

11. Place Your buttons on competency
Discuss and come to an agreement as a table
Report out to rest of the meeting

12. Complete a Ministry Information Form – church and job description
Steps for APNC
Complete a Ministry Information Form – church and job description
Leadership Competencies
Narrative questions dealing with our Vision, Needs, Position description.
Gain Session approval of MIF & minimum Salary posting

13. Gain Presbytery approval of MIF
Next Steps
Gain Presbytery approval of MIF
Sent to National Office for Best Matches of seeking Pastors
Pastors also see posting and can self apply

14. Next steps
Select Finalists
Neutral site for sermon
Select Finalist for Meet and Greet at Westminster
Congregation approves with paper ballots!

15. Questions?