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Search Committee News and
Notes, October-September 08
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Committee News and Notes, June thru August, 2008
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The Search Nook
A
corner of our Fellowship Hall has been converted into a comfortable space for
you to actively participate in the search process. Three upholstered chairs, a
desk, and a side table have been grouped together to form a welcoming
conversation and communication area.
Please
visit regularly to check on
our progress and activities and See what questions we would like you to answer.

The Rev.
Dr. Brenda Pelc-Faszcza, Interim Minister
Jennifer deSimas, Director of Christian Education
Benita Rose, Director of
Music Ministries
Denise Beeney, Secretary
Martha Bernier, Administrator
Avon Congregational Church
6 West Main Street
Avon, Connecticut 06001
Tel: 860-678-0488
Fax: 860-674-1516
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Susan K. Smith
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Pastoral
Search Committee
Avon Congregational Church
Avon, CT
Survey Says!
Creating our Local Church Profile
from Surveys
The October 15th deadline for surveys is now past. We are grateful to everyone
who has taken the time to fill them. As of the printing of this newsletter, we
are not yet certain about the exact number received.
Sixteen hand-written surveys came in between October 12th and 15th. More have
been submitted via computer. We’ll have to convert the hand-written surveys into
a digital format first. Then we can subtract the number of hand-written surveys
from the total number of digital surveys to figure out how many responses
actually came in. Our goal was to have about 100 to 125 so that we could
represent at least one third of our membership. Even if the total number of
returns is lower, we must go forward with the information we have.

(l-r) Nick Noyes and Keith Gregorian-Michaelson
work on the ACC Church Profile, Pastoral Search Committee, Nov. 11,
2008. Photo by Nora Howard
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Our next step is to sift through all the answers so that we may complete our
Local Church Profile. This will be easy for the questions that just required you
to check a box.
The software program we are using will generate percentages. So,
for example, we will determine the “most desired qualities a new minister should
possess” by listing the 12 most frequently checked answers.
For the questions that required you to write your own answers, the selection
process will be more challenging. We may see the same idea being expressed in
many different ways, or many different ideas. Our job as a search committee will
be to list the ideas that are clearly a priority, to choose from the
well-expressed opinions, and to create a Local Church Profile that is a truthful
blend of all the ideas offered. Essentially we will piece together our church’s
Local Church Profile as if it were a community-made quilt. Like anything that is
handmade by a large group of individuals, the process of writing it will take
much thought and time.
We will most likely be working on this one large document until late November.
Please be patient as we incorporate your survey ideas into nearly 40 separate
questions, have the document reviewed by our UCC advisor, and make the final
changes so that it will be ready for candidates to review. We will let you know
of our progress and of the things we discover along the way. Thank you to all
who took the surveys. We appreciate that you walked with us through this
critical part of the search process.
The Search Committee
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