Search Team Leadership and Committees

Leadership Roles

Chair Person - Justin Duncum

Tech Chair - Erick Leon

Prayer Chair - Rhonda Burkhalter

Communications Chair - Melissa Zinsitz

Secretary - Brooke Duncum

Ad-Hoc Committees

Community Assessment - Alf Tichler and Rhonda Ryan

Congregational Assessment - John Watson and Ann Bayliss

Kingdom Assessment - Teresa Cramer and Kim Greer

History Assessment - Alan Cramer and Kim Martinez

The minister search is a multi-step process, and each person on the search team has taken a specific role so the right person will be led to our congregation.

Some of the roles are self-explanatory. Justin Duncum is the team’s chair person. Erick Leon is the technology coordinator, Brooke Duncum is the secretary, and Melissa Zinsitz is in charge of communications. Rhonda Burkhalter fills the prayer chair, keeping the team spiritually aligned with daily prayers. She also is coordinating efforts to involve each member in prayer for the minister search.

The team also has formed four committees to compile information that will be used to introduce our congregation and community to prospective candidates.

Alf Tichler and Rhonda Ryan are conducting a Community Assessment and are talking to community leaders and organizations to identify the needs, problems, and opportunities of our community.

Teresa Cramer and Kim Greer are doing a Kingdom Assessment to learn how God is at work around us. They’re contacting congregations that are making significant contributions to the kingdom and our area.

John Watson and Ann Bayliss are composing a Congregational Assessment to gather information about our church’s identity, our makeup and our overall health. It will be crucial that everyone takes the survey so each voice is heard and we have an accurate picture of the body at 1548. Everyone will be given more details before the survey is launched on January 21.

Finally, Alan Cramer and Kim Martinez are not on the search team, but they are heavily involved in plans for our church’s 100-year celebration, so they are composing a brief history to look at our church’s foundation and how that informs who we are today.

All of these materials will be compiled for our use and given to prospective candidates so they can gain a sense of our community and our mission. If you’d like more details about the search process, just ask any of us and we’ll tell you more.