An Update from the Elder Board

08Apr, 2014

Hello SDBC,

Thank you for your prayers as we met over the weekend. The elders and Pastors Rick, Jordan, and Paul spent Friday evening and all day Saturday together. David Horita from Fellowship Pacific provided excellent facilitation and leadership as we walked through a daunting agenda of reviewing SDBC’s mission, vision, values; discussing governance, board effectiveness, board/staff collaboration; and laying a framework for beginning the search for our next lead pastor.

Our time together was extremely valuable and productive. There was a clear spirit of openness and honesty. Each one present had opportunity to speak and be heard and all would agree that we are a group united, seeking God’s will for SDBC and leading humbly as He provides wisdom and guidance. The elders affirmed Rick, Jordan, Paul and the rest of the staff as they faithfully serve Our Lord thru the many programs and activities taking place in and around SDBC. Our discussions presented a number of clear next steps that we will be actively working on in the weeks to come. We agreed that SDBC’s mission and vision needs refreshing to ensure that we all have a common view of where we feel God calling our church. In the next few weeks we’ll announce a date for a town hall gathering where we want all our SDBC family to gather and participate in this process. We are planning to execute this process over the summer and will be forming a small team to help collate various inputs and wordsmith any updates to Mission, Vision and Values. If this is an area you feel called to serve please let us know by sending an email to Peter Grierson.

The output of the vision refreshment process will be a critical component needed by our search team as they seek out SDBC’s next Lead Pastor. Additionally, our hope is that it will engage our congregation and excite us about the work that God is doing and will do at SDBC. Over the next few weeks the Elders will be seeking out potential members for a Pastoral Search Team. Elders and Pastors are prayerfully considering individuals in our midst that are uniquely gifted for this opportunity. If you have suggestions or would like to offer yourself for this team please email the Elders.

This is an exciting time for SDBC, God is at work and we’re eager to see our communities impacted for His Glory. Please continue to pray and seek God’s will and leading.

Blessings,
your Elder Board

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