PRESENT A Pastoral Candidate's NAME

Presented by Scott Williams, Church Board Secretary during Worship Hour Announcements:
We do bring good news today - exciting news for you!  We kept hearing from Michigan District Superintendent, Pastor Brad Dyrness, as we have gone through the process of searching for a pastor that, “If it seems good to the Holy Spirit and to us.” We kept hearing that through this opportunity that started a little while ago.  As you know, the board has been prayerfully considering pastoral candidates throughout the summer.  We have had a few in, we have had a chance to get to know a few.  We have appreciated your pray support, oh my, have we needed that! It seems like it’s been a really long time but we have needed the prayers and you have done such a great job at lifting us up.

The Church Board received a new candidate from the District Superintendent, Brad Dyrness, at the end of September.  We were able to interview the candidate on October 8th. The board convened on October 12th to discuss and voted to nominate the candidate to the church for the position of Lead Pastor of Cross Community. So we have found a candidate. This week, the District Superintendent informed the board that the candidate has agreed to have his name presented for a vote from the congregation. The board is now presenting to you the name of Rev. Kyle Fellows.

It's exciting to see what's happening. We have had a number of pastors who have stepped up and those getting their local licenses. We have been blessed tremendously in this church, more than we could have ever anticipated with what this was going to look like about five months ago.

The pastoral selection process, according to the Church of the Nazarene Manual requires that we make the announcement of the vote two weeks prior to the vote, so yes, two weeks from today, we will be voting. This means that we will announce it again next week, and the voting will take place at a special meeting right after the church service on Sunday, November 2nd. Please note that only members of the Cross Community Church of the Nazarene may participate in the vote and you will need to be present to vote. 

If you have questions, please seek out a board member that will be glad to answer your questions.  Thank you.

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