Call Process Booklet

Moving from Reflection to Engagement
When the Mission Site Profile (MSP) is nearly complete it is time to prepare for the next
steps. First, connect with your synod staff contact to arrange a meeting, and, second,
prepare to adopt the MSP.
God’s
work.
Our
hands.
There will be two major goals for the meeting with a synod staff. The first is to review
the MSP and the second is to train the Call Committee for their important work.
At the very least, the MSP team and the Call Committee (sometimes these are the
same group) should be present. It would be very appropriate to invite the Congregation
Council to attend. You may also wish to invite any other interested members. The more
people who see the document and have a stake in making it better, the better it will be.
In preparation for this meeting, your synod staff contact will read your profile with three
lenses:
1. We get out our blue editor’s pen. We are not proficient at proofing, but if we find
stray typos or grammatical errors we’ll point them out.
2. We strive to be sure that you are clearly communicating what is important to you. If
we are unsure of what you mean, potential candidates may have the same
questions. If something is phrased strangely we’ll try to draw out what you mean. If
we are aware of an important issue that doesn’t seem to be adequately addressed,
we’ll point that out.
3. We imagine reading the MSP as a potential candidate. What are the things that are
appealing? What areas pose potential red flags?
These last two lenses are very subjective, but our goal is a clear, forthright, compelling
profile that communicates your identity and mission clearly. Any suggestions we make
are purely that: suggestions. The team that worked on the draft MSP should consider
how to address these comments and when a final draft is ready they should notify the
Congregation Council and ask for adoption of the MSP.
The Congregation Council may choose to adopt the MSP by Council action or at a
specially called meeting of the congregation. If it is by Council action only, be sure that
all Council members have read the document and participated in the formation of the
salary package, enter the MSP into the minutes of a Council meeting, and share it
widely within the congregation. If it is to be adopted at a specially called congregational
meeting, the Council should do all of the above work in addition to calling the meeting.
The advantage of this way is that there is a better chance of widespread ownership of
the vision and mission expressed in the MSP. When it is adopted submit the final draft
to the MSP database.
Walking together † for the sake of mission † in God’s world
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