On Monday, November 7th, Trinity’s Call Committee meets to continue the search for Trinity’s new pastor. The Call Committee expressed interest in a number of candidates, and 7 have returned the necessary documentation to participate in our process.

The Call Committee will determine which candidates they would like to interview, and then finalize the set of interview questions for those candidates. On Sunday, November 13th, Trinity members and friends will hear from the Call Committee at our adult education session after worship. There, the committee will give an update on the process so far, and how the rest of the process is anticipated to unfold.

Thank you to those who have been supporting and praying for the Call Committee as they go about this important and holy work.

Trinity’s congregational council met on August 17th and appointed the call committee. This team will take Trinity through the process of searching for a new pastor, including working closely with Eastern Synod staff, interviewing candidates, and ultimately submitting a name for consideration to the congregation.

Trinity is now listed on the Eastern Synod’s vacancy list, as our interim ministry process moves fully into this next stage. We hold the call committee in our prayers as they undertake this important work!

Trinity has been very blessed to have the Rev. Dr. Stephen Larson as our interim pastor for the past two years. Much good work has been accomplished in this interim ministry period so far! 

Currently, the Congregational Council is working on a Congregational Mission Profile, a key step in the transition process. Later, probably in September, the Congregational Council will thank the Task Team on Interim Ministry for their excellent work during this stage of interim ministry. Then, they will appoint a Call Committee to formally begin the process of searching for a permanent longer term pastor. By All Saints’ Day, it is likely that the Call Committee will be conducting candidate interviews.

To everything there is a season, as the author of Ecclesiastes wrote. In this turning of the seasons, hold Trinity in your prayers as we continue to discern the future to which God is calling us.