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COMMITTEE ON PREPARATION FOR MINISTRY
Report to Presbytery ~ February 7, 2007
Doug Dent, Ruby Kleymann, John Lindhom, Gerald Olson, Clay
Rosa, Iris Stevens, and Donna Buell (chair)
UPDATES ON CANDIDATES:
Ruth
Goldthwaite
(St.
Cloud, First)
–
certified ready to receive a call. Ruth has
begun work as chaplain at St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise,
ID. She has initiated conversation with the Boise
Presbytery and hopes to be examined for ordination at their
Presbytery meeting at the end of April. Our committee will
work with the Boise COM/CPM to facilitate this process. Ruth
writes: “I
absolutely want to have the ordination service in St.
Cloud. Minnesota Valleys is my church home and I can't
imagine celebrating anywhere else.”
We’ll keep the Presbytery informed as things progress.
Sara
Stegemann
(Luverne, First)
–
in her senior year at Austin Theological
Seminary. Sara is scheduled to meet with our committee on
February 17th
for her final assessment. We anticipate certifying Sara as
“ready to receive a call” at that time. Sara will have a
busy spring as she is getting married in March, graduating
from seminary in May, and will also be seeking her first
call to Ministry of Word and Sacrament.
Jeremiah Knabe
(Jackson, First)
–
in his middler year at Princeton Theological
Seminary. Jeremiah is doing field work at a church and
hopes to do CPE and take ordination exams this summer. We
expect to meet with Jeremiah for his annual consultation
this summer.
UPDATES ON INQUIRERS:
Chris
Conlin
(Mankato, First)
–
Commissioned Lay Pastor at Kasota, professor
of Microbiology at Mankato. Chris is on a long term
track toward ordination. He is planning to take Greek or do
CPE this summer. We will meet with him for annual
consultation this summer.
NEW INQUIRERS:
Dan
Voigt
(Luverne, First) - The Session of Luverne
Presbyterian Church has endorsed Daniel Voigt as an Inquirer
and is recommending him to the Committee on Preparation for
Ministry. CPM will meet with Dan this summer to discern
whether to enroll him as an Inquirer.
REQUESTS OF THE
PRESBYTERY:
Please hold
each of these persons in your thoughts and prayers.
If your congregation
has someone who is considering ordination as a minister of
word and sacrament, please contact the Committee on
Preparation for Ministry as soon as possible so that we can
begin working with them early in their discernment process.
An outline of the preparation process can be found in the
Presbytery’s Manual of Operations.
OTHER COMMITTEE
BUSINESS:
o
CPM welcomes our newest member, Iris
Stevens.
o
CPM will have its first meeting of the year
on February 17th.
o
CPM will be preparing for our new role in
working with assessing persons who have completed the Lay
Pastor training program, recommending them to the Presbytery
for Certification, and providing their ongoing support as
Certified Lay Pastors until such time as they become
Commissioned Lay Pastors and are transferred to the
responsibility of Committee on Ministry.
o
CPM chair, Donna Buell, led New CPM Moderator
training at the Annual Synod COM/CPM training event last
week. A representative of our Presbytery’s Committee on
Preparation for Ministry will be on the planning team for
next year’s Synod COM/CPM training event.
Respectfully
Submitted,
Donna R. Buell
Chairperson,
Committee on Preparation for Ministry |
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