Spiritual Formation Minister Search Committee

We are pleased to announce the slate of candidates for the Spiritual Formation Search Committee.

Bill Davini
Ryan French
Jane Gerber
Renee Macomber
Emily Moses-Thomsen
Mary Kay Sauter, chair
Anne Seltz

Confirmation of the search committee vote will be on the agenda for the August 25 special meeting, following the second service. A booklet with bios and photos has been produced; copies will be available at the meeting.

Background: Plymouth has settled on a three-clergy ministry staffing model, which has been communicated to the congregation in a variety of ways following discernment of the Deacons, Leadership Council, counsel from Interim Minister Dan Wolpert and current ministers and staff.

We currently have two ministers: Paula Northwood and Beth Hoffman Faeth. Seth Patterson, as Director of Spiritual Formation and Theater, has been serving as the third member of the ministerial team. This position was a ministerial position in the past, and we are proceeding to make it a called clergy position once again. A search committee for the Lead Minister was commissioned at the annual meeting of the congregation in June to fill Paula’s position upon her retirement. We now need to form another search committee to round out our three-clergy ministerial team.

Our bylaws require that when a ministerial position is open, the congregation must approve a search committee. This search committee will review all possible candidates, including internal candidates (which does include Seth, who is finishing his requirements for ordination) and make a recommendation to the Deacons to take to the congregation. We expect the work of this committee to last approximately 3 to 6 months.

Thank you,
Brian Siska, Moderator