As you are aware, my responsibilities as Transitional Pastor/Head of Staff are twofold:

1. Worship and Preaching, and
2. Mission Study Work to Prepare to call GPC’s next Pastor.

In order to best prepare for a Pastor Nominating Committee’s selection, our congregation needs to address three (3) basic questions:

1. Who are we in the aftermath of Covid, four (4) full-time staff departures, and now a church in transition?
2. What kind of Pastor do we need/want?
3. What is our mission to Georgetown and the world?

As a Transitional Pastor, I have secured a team of people to collaborate with me in addressing and answering these three questions. They are Jim Lee, Moderator, Dick Rose, Becky Mann, Dick Schwab, Elizabeth Ford, and Bill Kahn.

First, it will take us 4-6 months to complete our task as a Mission Study Team.

Secondly, our team has met twice and is scheduled to meet in the near future.

Thirdly, the team will address each of the “three” questions in separate surveys to the entire Georgetown congregation. Our hope will be to have as many people as possible to respond to each survey.

Fourthly, once all answers are received by the congregation, our final task will be to gather the raw data into a 4–6-page document called…GPC’s Mission Study Report.

Fifthly, once this report is approved by Session and Presbytery, the congregation will elect a Pastor Nominating Committee.
The Pastor Nominating Committee will present this report to potential pastoral candidates as a way to introduce them to GPC.

Return to this page to find updates from the Mission Study Team.

Rev. Joel M. Long and the Mission Study Team (Posted July 5, 2024)

Georgetown Family…

This post introduces you to our first survey from our Mission Study Team.

During our June 30 worship service announcements, I informed our congregation that we would be completing a survey during our worship service on July 14.

Access to our “The Pastor We Seek” survey has been closed. Click the button below to find the results from the survey.

Survey #2 is available below in both PDF and Google Form formats! Please complete as soon as possible!