Saturday Afternoon Event and Sunday Interview Cancelled

Dear Genesee Lutheran Parish Family,

 

Pastor Joel Skindlov has withdrawn his name from our call process, as he is involved with another church call, and they are going to vote to confirm him this week.

He has offered to pray for our congregation in our process. I said that we appreciated his openness and thanked him for his prayers.

The Sunday interview is cancelled, as well as the Saturday afternoon get-together at the Valley we had planned. The Potluck will also be cancelled, a few of us will bring some refreshments for Fellowship plus there is the ice cream that Mark and Carly Stutzman brought.

If you know of someone who would want to know this information, but is not listed on this email, or who does not have email, please let us know so we might contact them, or just go ahead and contact them yourself. Thank you for spreading this word.

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Stay tuned for information about the Friday night Theology on Tap, as that, hopefully, will still take place.

As an aside, Verna Studer and I would love to discuss what we learned at Synod Assembly at Theology on Tap, so consider joining us and bring questions!

 

God Bless You!!

 

Rosanna Cartwright

Call Process Chair

285-36728-301-8881

First Pastor Candidate Interview Weekend Itinerary

We have two candidates for pastor that we will be interviewing. The first of the two candidates will be here this weekend, April 28-30; come and meet, Pastor Dana Helsing and his wife, Devanie.

Here is the schedule of events to consider attending:

Friday,  April 28th
7:00 P.M. Theology on Tap at Dan and Dana Carter's house.
1255 Broenneke Road, if you need directions you may call 208-882-9403 or Linda Chilson 208-301-8881.

Saturday, April 29th
11:00 A.M. Brunch with GLP at Genesee Valley Lutheran Church
Old Highway 95, about 4 miles north of Genesee.

Sunday, April 30th
10:00 A.M. Sunday Services and Potluck Fellowship at St. John's 
648 W. Ash Ave, Genesee

Save the date: May 26-May 28 is our second candidate's interview weekend.
Itinerary to be announced soon.

Exciting Things Happening

The call committee had their first meeting today, Sat. Nov. 19th. Here is a draft of what was done during that meeting.

GENESEE LUTHERAN PARISH

Calling Committee

Meeting

November 19, 2016

MEMBERS ATTENDING	Patrick Adams, Rosanna Cartwright, Linda Chilson, Verna Studer, and Mark Stutzman
MEMBERS ABSENT	Jennifer Parkins
CALL TO ORDER	The meeting was called to order Saturday, November 19, 2016, at 2 p.m..
OLD BUSINESS	None.
NEW BUSINESS
Membership:	Confirmation of members on Call Committee:  R. Cartwright, Chair; P. Adams; L. Chilson; J. Parkins; V. Studer; and M. Stutzman.
Distribution of Documents:	Distributed were the “Guidelines for the Call Process, Eastern Washington-Idaho Synod, approved by Synod Council 10-9-98” and “A Theology of Call”
Plan for Next Meeting:	The Call Committee will compile the results of the survey from church members.  Linda will forward by email a link to the Call Committee tutorial, and Patrick will forward the results of the congregational survey before Monday.
Bulletin Board:	The bulletin board telling the congregation where the Parish is in the process of selection of the next pastor was updated.
Adjournment:	The meeting was adjourned at 2:45 p.m.  The next meeting will be Monday, November 21, 2016, at 7 p.m.

Congregational Meeting Recap

Gathering with friends from the church this morning was wonderful!  I thought that I'd recap what I saw happen (these are not minutes of the meeting--just one member's point of view):

Council President John Marone welcomed us, explaining that the Council wanted to share what is happening with the selection process for a new minister for Genesee Lutheran parish.

The council members introduced themselves and then took a number of questions of the congregation.  John showed us the bulletin board with the goblet that will let members know where we are in the Call process.

We have completed the first two steps:  EXIT INTERVIEW and CONGREGATIONAL MEETING, Information on Call Process.

Then the group discussed three topics:
1.  What Do We Want to Hold On To
2.  What Do We Want to Let Go OF
3.  What Do We Aspire To Be

Three posters which are in the Fellowship hall have all of the ideas that we mentioned during the meeting!

If anyone wants to add any thoughts to any of these board
they may go to the Fellowship Hall and add more notes
(colored post-it notes are next to the boards).

Pastor Dave's Last Sunday Service August 28th

Our wonderful Pastor, David Deckard, is going to a new church in Boise. We want to thank him and his wife Careen for their wonderful years of service with and all they have given us. 

They will be greatly missed. We wish them success and happiness as they take this next step. Pastor Dave and Careen's last day will be August 28th. We would like invite everyone to come join us at St. John's to hear his last sermon.

The service will be followed by a fellowship meal. Please join us in wishing them well.