The
Ministry Council met November 8-10, 2007, at Faith Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, Bartlett, Tennessee.
Agreed that the Ministry Council
will honor the post-retirement agreement between Davis Gray and the
General Assembly Council following the dissolution of the General
Assembly Council. This agreement provides for Davis Gray to
continue in a part-time position with the Ministry Council to aid in
the restructuring transition. Mary McCaskey, Administrative
Assistant to Davis Gray, will continue in her position.
Met with available Denominational
Center Staff to discuss transition issues and concerns. Fourteen
staff members were present.
The corporate charter for the
Ministry Council is being prepared by legal counsel to be presented to
the upcoming Called Meeting of the General Assembly.
Approved a working copy of the
Job Description for the Chief Ministry Officer (Director of
Ministries). After input from the Denominational Center Staff,
the final version of this document will be available to the church
at-large on December 7, 2007. Position will be advertised through
various means through the entire Church with salary commensurate with
skills, experience, and sense of Call.
Formed a six-member Search
Committee to receive dossiers and applications for the Chief Ministry
Officer (Director of Ministries) consisting of the Ministry Council’s
Executive Committee (Mike Wilkinson, Gwen Roddye, Iwao Satoh, and
Elizabeth Horsley), one Council member at-large (Jill Carr), and one
Denominational Center Staff member (Marjorie Shannon). After
reviewing dossiers and applications, the Search Committee will
recommend applicants to the entire Ministry Council for interviewing
and possible extension of Call.
Adopted the following tentative
timeline to fill the position of Chief Ministry Officer (Director of
Ministries):
December
7, 2007-April 11, 2008: Advertise the position and receive dossiers and
applications
April 12-30, 2008: Search
Committee reviews dossiers and applications
May 1-7, 2008: Search Committee
schedules interviews
May 8-10, 2008: Ministry Council
conducts interviews
May 16, 2008: Extend the Call
July 1, 2008: Assumption of
duties by the Chief Ministry Officer (Director of Ministries)
Ministry Council representatives
will be available to the 2008 presbyterial and synodic Spring meetings.
Approved report to the called
meeting of General Assembly, and elected Rickey Page as the Council’s
Representative and Ellie Scrudder as Alternate. Elected Mike
Wilkinson as Representative to the 2008 General Assembly in Japan and
Sam Romines as Alternate.
Our new Ministry Council web page
is under construction and soon will be available for viewing.
The next meeting of the Ministry
Council will be January 18-20, 2008, in Fort Worth, Texas.