Update from APNC

Greetings from your APNC! We welcome the opportunity to update you on the search for FPC’s Associate Pastor for Youth and Families.

• At the end of August, shortly after our election, our committee trained with FPC’s congregational consultant from the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta, Cassandra Morrow. We then selected officers and developed a plan and timeline for our search, while familiarizing ourselves with the position description written by the Personnel Committee.

• In September, we developed our Ministry Discernment Profile (MDP), the document that is used to match open positions with potential candidates. The MDP must pass through several layers of approval before it can be posted on the Church Leadership Connection (CLC), the internet-based matching and referral system of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). The Session approved the MDP at their September 15 meeting, and the MDP gradually made its way through the approval process until it was released to the CLC on October 11. We encourage everyone to view the MDP at the following link: https://www.fpclagrange.org/apnc.

• October brought our congregational survey. Each and every response will be prayerfully considered as we begin crafting interview questions and other evaluative tools. Our MDP is matching with potential candidates on the CLC, and we are working to further increase the candidate pool by posting the position on various seminary job boards and on the Presbytery’s website.

We ask for the congregation’s prayers as we continue on our journey towards selecting FPC’s Associate Pastor for Youth and Families!