The Church Council would like to invite all Long Lake Lutheran members to a “special”Congregational Meeting on Sunday, August 29th at 9:00 a.m. for the purpose of receiving the recommendation from the Call Committee on a candidate for Senior Pastor and then voting to call the proposed Senior Pastor. The Call Committee as elected during the 2010 annual meeting is prepared at this time to recommend a candidate for call. In preparation for the meeting on the 29th the call committee has followed a rigorous process with help from the synod. Process steps included reviewing 12 pastoral candidates resumes provided via nomination from our congregation, recommendations from the synod and/or specific requests to be a part of the Long Lake Lutheran call process. The call committee then chose 5 candidates for personal interviews; followed by the opportunity to witness 3 of the candidates in a worship setting. This process has been an awesome opportunity for each of the call committee members with much discussion and prayer to reach this point. It is the call committees belief that we have a candidate that will meet our needs as determined during the transition teams efforts in 2009. We are excited and eager to share with you our recommendation. On August 5th the Church council had the opportunity to meet with the candidate and family and feel confident in positively endorsing the candidate for call to lead the Long Lake Lutheran congregation in Mission and Ministry to this community. On August 29th you will have the opportunity to hear specific information about the candidate including a name and bio. Until that time we need to protect privacy and exercise confidentiality for the sake of the candidates congregation being served at this time. Once the vote is taken, if it is positive, the letter of call will be completed and provided to the Synod and Candidate. The candidate then has30 days to respond to the letter of call. Then depending on the situation where they are currently working, they will have to give notice and fulfill their obligations to that position. The candidate is allowed 30-60 days to transition to their new church. This timing places a new Pastor at Long Lake early November or early December. If the vote is negative or the Pastor would say no to the call we would begin the process again with the synod and a new timeline would be set.

Please make every effort to join us for this historic event as we move towards our future.
Please continue to pray for all hearts and minds to be open for service and to call.
Blessings,
Tony Steiner, Council chair
Ronda Fenlon, Call committee chair