Attention: Interested Applicants
Next Meeting
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Meeting 9
Date: Monday, August 10, 2009
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Off-Campus
Posted Aug 18, 2009 11:57 AM by Susan Elliott Sim
Update, August 17, 2009The work comes in three essential parts at this stage of the recruitment process. One part is to receive and evaluate who may be interested in our Associate Pastor position describe their backgrounds and preferences / emphases in ministry. A second part is to pursue further those candidates who pass the paper screening. This consists of reviewing sermons and written work, contacting references, and in a group setting sharing impressions. The third part of the work is to reach out to candidates for telephone interviews.
The goal of finishing this recruitment sometime this fall is still embraced by the committee. So, all in all, there is much to be pleased about, and the committee very much deserves our thanks, best wishes, support, and prayers.
David Schofield, Search Committee Chair.
Update, June 29, 2009The Committee has been hard at work for the last three months since its formation on March 15, 2009. It has submitted IUCC‘s Local Church Profile to the Southern California-Nevada Conference of the UCC, posted the ad for the Associate Pastor on the UCC National Job Listings Board and produced a Prospectus on IUCC for interested candidates for the position.
The committee has begun reviewing Ministerial Profiles for consideration on June 10th; we have received 21 Profiles thus far. We continue to receive 10 profiles on average every two weeks.
I anticipate beginning the process of phone reference calls and phone interviews with candidates the Committee finds an interest in soon (as well as continue to receive new profiles). We have
begun to experience different summer vacation schedules of members on the Committee which will slow down our ability to meet in person and discuss the candidates; however, we will review profiles individually and be able to compare notes when we are able to meet again as a whole.
This is a very time consuming process. It takes prayerful consideration of each member of the Committee. Please keep us in your hearts and prayers while we work through this process.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Dave Schofield, Committee Chair.
Update, May 4, 2009
The Search Committee for an Associate Pastor met on April 22 after doing much committee work as individuals, according to David Schofield, Committee Chair. The task with which they were very busy involved drafting, then agreeing upon, is a "Church Profile" for IUCC. The Profile is an extensive document that captures much in the way of "just the facts" information, but also asks for somewhat subjective information. On one hand, for example, the Search Committee must report on the latest demographics of Irvine and Orange County, and on the last three church budgets. On the other hand, the Committee is asked also to define the "leadership style" preferred by the congregation.
It's tricky.
We are glad that the job is in good hands!
With a completed Profile, the Search Committee can work with our Southern California- Nevada Conference of the United Church of Christ on the recruitment process itself. Candidates are given access to the Profile to figure out goodness of fit as between them and us. We are given similar individual Profiles, in the bargain, so that in our turn our Committee can discern goodness of fit between IUCC and various potential Associate Pastors.
Your prayers and support for the Committee are very welcome!
The Committee Members of the Committee: (Left to Right) Marie Trout, Rev. Ernie Fowler (Senior Advisor), Anne Rosse, Kathy Sayler, Richard Arguile, Susan Sim, Dave Schofield, and Cristina Arce-Jones
The Charge
Irvine United Congregational Church
The Nominating Committee, the Administrative Board, and the Ministries Board
WHEREAS: The
Irvine United Congregational Church (IUCC) has grown in its membership
and in its average attendance at worship services, and desires further
growth, as stated in its Vision Statement; and
WHEREAS:
IUCC’s elected leaders have reviewed and studied the options for
growth, have solicited input from the congregation via two forums held
in February 2009 and through additional ad hoc conversations, and have
determined that IUCC requires a further ordained staff person in the
position of a full-time Associate Pastor in order both to attract and
properly minister to larger numbers; and
WHEREAS:
A committee is needed to search for an Associate Pastor, and the
persons named in this resolu¬tion have agreed to serve on such a
committee, and have been recommended by the Nominating Committee;
Now Therefore Be It
RESOLVED: That
IUCC does hereby establish a new full-time staff position for an
Associate Pastor, with the em¬ployment details (e.g., job description,
salary, benefits) to be determined by the Administrative Board in
accordance with the church’s budget for 2009 approved at the
Congregational Meeting on January 25, 2009; and be it further
RESOLVED: That
IUCC does hereby establish a Search Committee for an Associate Pastor
to consist of seven (7) regular voting members, and one non-voting
Senior Advisor; and be it finally
RESOLVED: That, reposing great trust and confidence in the abilities and commitment of each of them, IUCC hereby names
- Mr. David Schofield as Chair of the Search Committee;
- Ms.
Cristina Arce-Jones, Mr. Richard Arguile, Ms. Anne Rosse, Ms. Kathy
Sayler, Dr. Susan Sim, and Ms. Marie Trout as regular members of the
Search Committee; and
- Rev. Ernest Fowler as Senior Adviser to the Search Committee.
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