Pastor Steve Knowles, our pastor of the last 15 years, moved away on September 18th, 2011, to be closer to family in California.
We are very sorry to see him go, but wish him and his family well.
Pastor Steve urges those
at Emmanuel to stay with the church through this time of transition.
Pastor Knowles' resignation letter
The Reverend
Doctor Tom Patterson was chosen by the Pastoral Transition Committee to
be Emmanuel's interim pastor. -- 9/25/2011
About interim pastor Tom Patterson
The Session has proposed, and the congregation approved a plan for
selecting the Pastor Nominating Committee (PNC). -- 11/13/2011
View the PNC Formation Plan
View PNC Job Description
Download Job Description file PNC_Job_Description.pdf
The Pastor Nominating Committee (PNC) was chosen by the congregation. -- 12/4/2011
The Pastor Nominating Committee is
composed of Larry G., Alida M., Jim C., Lori M., Dave F., Steve M., and
Linda A.
The members and friends of Emmanuel were asked to participate in the
Transforming Church Index survey. -- 12/4/2011
The survey is to help identify areas
of strength
and areas for improvement within the church.
The Pastor Nominating Committee (PNC) and Session participated in a
teleconference with TAG, the organization that conducted the
Transforming Church Index survey. -- 1/14/2012
The PNC and Session were briefed on
the church's strengths and areas to improve. The next step for the PNC
is to go through training on how to conduct small group sessions to hear
about member's thoughts on the church, their wishes for the church and
what they value about the church.
A synopsis of the remainder of the process as of 1/14/2012:
- The interim pastor will conduct training for the PNC on appreciative
inquiry interviews of congregants as well as neighborhood exegis and
local demographics research.
- The PNC will then conduct the appreciative inquiry interviews and local demographics research.
- The PNC will then use that information to draft the Church
Information Form (CIF), and present that to the Session for approval.
- After approval, the CIF will be submitted Committee on Ministry of
the Presbytery of North Puget Sound for review. Once approved there, it
will "go live" on the Presbyterian Church (USA)'s website.
- Pastor Information Forms (PIF)'s from potential candidates will flow
through the Committee on Ministry to the PNC. This part of the process
will be strictly confidential. Once the PNC has found a candidate they
will present to the congregation for approval.