Transition models - Transition discussions - Hayden Lake Evangelical Friends Church

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3/1/2009 2:08 PM

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Vick Woods said

I believe the best model would be to have an interim pastor. He would be able to wean us from the way things were and help us to move forward to the future. People will have longer to understand and grasp the change. I'm afraid if we move from Bob directly to another pastor (overlap or not) the next pastor wouldn't last long. I don't understand what the benefit of an overlap pastor would be. We have plenty of staff and others who can help with that transition. I think the new pastor would have a very difficult time if Bob were still there. He would not be able to completely be himself. Also, people in the congregation might struggle with loyalty to Bob and bonding to or developing a relationship with the new pastor. We have friends who went to pastor a church where the previous pastor stayed for several months and it was very difficult for both him and his wife. I don't understand what an overlap period has to do with building relationships. For the most part we have a very friendly church and people will reach out to the new pastor and his family. Also, I'm sorry, but if a person doesn't know how to build relationships he has no business being a pastor.

3/1/2009 2:09 PM

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Good points, many of those were brought up at the advance and I’m sure the transition path we take is very clear in God’s mind and that we will find it.

3/1/2009 2:10 PM

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Vicky added

I don't understand the statement, " An interim plan might work best if the next pastor would be short termed."

3/1/2009 2:11 PM

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Remember this was just the initial discussion and nothing was decided, other than we need make sure we involve the congregation and those given responsibilities by the congregation communicate what is going on. The above statement was made with the idea that the next pastor we have, may have a very difficult time with people who believe that he is not doing it right because he is not Bob. That is a natural reaction to change. The pastor that immediately follows will take the heat for not being Bob. The idea was that the interim could help us thru that transition to the eventual person God has for us.

3/1/2009 2:12 PM

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Vicky asked

I have sometimes wondered, if we had had an interim youth pastor after Garth how that situation might have looked different. Would we have had different expectations? Would we have made different choices? Would we have known better who we were and what we needed?

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