ST. PAUL’S UCC SEARCH COMMITTEE – 2008

With the retirement of our Senior Pastor, our church called the Reverend Harry W. Keppley Jr. to serve as Interim Pastor to the congregation as we search for a new full time Senior Pastor. The Church Council called ten church members to serve on a Search Committee. This committee will create a church profile representing the history, life, and ministry of the congregation and will consider clergy candidates to fill the call to ministry at Saint Paul's United Church of Christ.

Names of Search Committee Members 

Sandy Bachman, Pat Faust, Kathy Glass, Barbara Lentz, Chuck Lysakowski, Don Snyder, Sharon Stauffer, Dave Terfinko, Cathy Brandell, Secretary, Eric Schoener, Chair.

Pastoral Search Committee Update

 Greetings from the Pastoral Search Committee!  We have been meeting weekly for most of February and March and have made excellent progress towards the completion of our church’s Profile.  During this time, we have reached out to various committees for assistance with various parts of the Profile.  We are now at the point where we need input from each of you, the members of St. Paul’s UCC to complete our church’s Profile.  We are employing two different means to obtain your input; a questionnaire as well as a series of town meetings.  The questionnaire will focus on certain aspects of the Profile while the town meetings will focus on different aspects.    

 
The questionnaire should arrive by mail at your homes during the first week of April.  Upon receipt, please give the questionnaire prayerful consideration and return it as soon as possible, but no later than April 13th.  You may drop off the completed questionnaire in a specially marked box at the church or mail it to the church, Attention Search Committee at:

 
St. Paul’s UCC

PO Box 336

Trexlertown, PA 18087

 
In addition to the questionnaire, the Pastoral Search Committee is holding a series of town meetings.  Please plan to attend one of the following town meetings:

 
Sunday, April 6^th – 10:15 AM

Sunday, April 6^th – Immediately following the 10:30 Service

Thursday, April 10^th – 7:00 PM

Sunday, April 20^th – 10:15 AM

Sunday, April 20^th – Immediately following the 10:30 Service

 
As you know, the Profile is the document that prospective pastors will use to evaluate their initial interest in being the Senior Pastor of St. Paul’s UCC.  As such, it is important that our Profile be as accurate and complete as possible.  For that to occur, we need everyone’s input into the document.  So, on behalf of the Pastoral Search Committee, I urge each of you to complete the questionnaire and to attend one of the town meetings.  If anyone has any questions, please feel free to contact any member of the Search Committee, (a listing of the committee members can be found on the church’s website or on the poster in the back of the sanctuary).      

                                                                                    Eric R. Schoener

                                                                                    Chair – Pastoral Search Committee

Link to PASTORAL SEARCH COMMITTEE QUESTIONNAIRE