Important Pastor Search Committee Update
OMPC Brothers and Sisters,
It is with great rejoicing and deep gratitude to our Father that we send this update to you on behalf of the Pastor Search Committee. Following a rigorous evaluation of candidates from all over the nation and a Spirit-led discernment process, we are delighted to share with you that we have reached a unanimous recommendation for OMPC’s next lead pastor.
Over the next two weeks, we will share details about this pastor, his family, and their heartbeat for ministry together, as well as our team’s testimony of the Lord’s faithfulness in this process. We believe you’ll be encouraged by the way our paths have intersected at this specifically ordained time.
We will announce this man’s name and ministry experience to our congregation this Sunday, August 13, as we desire for him to be able to communicate appropriately with his own friends and congregation. For now, we can share with you that while he does reflect every aspect of our pastor profile, he and his family have also felt particularly and convincingly called to our church body. We can’t wait for you to meet them!
In the meantime, we want to share with you some important dates so you may come alongside us in the introduction of this man and prioritize your presence at our congregational vote.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 13
8:15 am & 10:45 am Services // Announcement of recommended candidate name to congregation
9:30 am // Combined Discipleship Hour of Prayer (With emphasis on praying for the recommended candidate and OMPC’s upcoming transition)
SUNDAY, AUGUST 20*
8:15 am & 10:45 am Services // Lead Pastor Candidate Preaches
9:30 am // Combined Discipleship Hour in Sanctuary with children, youth and adults (PSC & Candidate Panel: “Get to Know the Lead Pastor Candidate”)
* Note that in light of this special Sunday at OMPC, our discipleship classes for children, youth and adults will be postponed until September 10. All other Fall Launch events will take place as scheduled!
SUNDAY, AUGUST 27
9:30 am // Congregational Meeting in Sanctuary for congregational vote (Combined Discipleship hour for children, youth and adults)
This has been a year of following the path already set before us by a good, gracious, merciful, and kind Father. We have co-labored diligently as a team to walk it, but we have never once felt alone in this work. You have upheld us and encouraged us through your intercession, your notes, your words of affirmation, and in other ways we will never know. Thank you. We look forward to (finally!) being able to share with you our excitement and anticipation fully and without restraint in the coming days.
In His Service,
The OMPC Pastor Search Committee
