CALVARY TRANSITION INFORMATION

The Transition Team's intent is to use open-mindedness, inclusion and transparency as guiding principles throughout this process. We will strive to communicate in a timely, clear manner. As part of this commitment, the Transition Team will hold a third forum in the sanctuary between services in June 2007. Watch for the specific date and monthly forums throughout the summer for further updates as the process continues.

Click this link - Forum 4-15-07 - for questions asked, along with answers from the forum on April 15, 2007.

Click this link – Forum 5-20-07 – for notes, questions and answers from the forum held on May 20, 2007.

Click on the two links below to view the .pdf reports produced from the engagement with Church Innovations that were used for the Visioning Process on May 19, 2007. You’ll need to have Adobe Reader on your computer to view these report.

Listening Leaders Report

Future Finders Report

In response to Keith's retirement announcement, the Church Council and Keith set up a transition plan. This plan included partnering with an outside consulting firm that specializes in organizational and leadership transition. The purpose of this plan is to help identify our congregation's strengths and opportunities in order to facilitate discovering a congregational direction, a pastoral "Calling", and a smooth transition for the next pastor. This process included identifying a Transition Team and two interview teams, which were identified by the Executive Church Council. The two interview teams, the Future Finders and Listening Leaders, have completed their work and the responses from interviews and the information gathered have been combined into two final reports. These reports, which identified certain themes and strengths, are being used by the Transition Team and the Visioning Team as we move forward.

The Visioning Team will develop a vision for Calvary, which will provide guidance in the call process for a new senior pastor, along with guidance for the congregation as a whole. There is a need and opportunities for involvement from many to be a part of several committees being formed, including but not limited to a "Call" committee.

Several means of communication have or are being set up to help ensure openness and clarity throughout this process. Those means are the following:

Email: calvarytransition@gmail.com - for questions, comments or concerns

Phone: Calvary Office (Ardy Horning) 320-763-5178 - for questions, comments or concerns

Web site: www.calvarylutheranalexmn.com - for updates

Transition Bulletin Board - for updates

Current Members of the Transition Team:

o Ardy Horning	o Colleen Rooney
o Doug Cyphers	o Melisa Schueler
o Doug Griffin	o Kim Sjostrand

Current Members of the Call Committee:

o Carla Beem	o Jason Lattimer
o Doug Cyphers	o Kara Schultz
o Marv Larson	o Chris Worley