PREACHING RESOURCES for Dr. Joel W. Lawrence

The following are preaching resources for Dr. Joel W. Lawrence. Please feel free to watch or listen to these sermons to get a taste of Joel's preaching gifts.

Video Sermon: 

Calvary Church – Grand Rapids, MI (www.calvarygr.com)

Date:  August 19, 2012

Sermon Title: The Deceiver

http://www.calvarygr.com/sermons/player?id=1054&type=flv

Audio Sermons:

Calvary Church – Roseville, MN | Shoreview, MN (www.calvarychurch.us)

Date:  December 18, 2011

Sermon Title: John’s Gospel: God Comes Near – No.4: The Word Gives Grace

http://www.calvarychurch.us/media/sermons/johns-gospel-god-comes-near-no.-4-the-word-gives-grace

Date:  March 25, 2012

Sermon Title: John’s Gospel: Come and See – No.23: The Crucifixion

http://www.calvarychurch.us/media/sermons/johns-gospel-come-and-see-no.23-the-crucifixion

Date:  March 11, 2012

Sermon Title: John’s Gospel: Come and See – No.21: The Denial

http://www.calvarychurch.us/media/sermons/johns-gospel-come-and-see-no.-21-the-denial1

Date:  March 18, 2012

Sermon Title: John’s Gospel: Come and See – No.22: The Criminal King

http://www.calvarychurch.us/media/sermons/johns-gospel-come-and-see-no.-22-the-criminal-king1

Please feel free to contact Kirby Stoll, chair of the CBC Pastoral Search Committee if you have any questions. krstoll@nwc.edu OR 651.261.0761

INTRODUCING ... the Joel and Myndi Lawrence Family

The Pastoral Search Committee of Central Baptist Church is proud to announce that Joel Lawrence is being recommended to the Board of Stewards to be the next senior pastor of Central Baptist Church.

Joel and his family currently reside in the Shoreview, MN area and excitedly anticipate moving into Saint Paul sometime in 2013, pending the Call.

Joel and Myndi have four children, three girls and one boy. Bethany is the oldest at nearly 9 years of age, followed by twins Anna and Katherine who are 7. Micah is five and is good at getting into his sisters’ stuff.

Joel has been the lead teaching pastor at Calvary Church’s (Roseville, MN) north campus for the past four years. He has also served as associate professor of Theology at Bethel Seminary from 2005 to the present. Joel is excited to transition to where he feels most called—to be the shepherd of God’s flock as senior pastor of Central. They have a heart for people and most days/nights their home is filled with kids and families from around the community.

GREAT NEWS! Approved Candidate for the next Senior Pastor of Central Baptist Church

The Pastoral Search Committee met with the Central Baptist Church Board of Stewards on Monday November 19, 2012, to bring before the board a recommendation for the candidate for Senior Pastor. Dr. Joel W. Lawrence was introduced on paper and after a lengthy presentation and discussion, the recommendation to have Joel as the candidate for senior pastor was unanimously approved by the Board. The approved candidate was then announced at the Annual Meeting of the church on Sunday, November 25.

More information on Joel Lawrence and family will be provided in the next blog post.

Thank you for your continued prayers and support through this search process.

Kirby R. Stoll, Chair
CBC Pastoral Search Committee

Name Submission Process

Central is currently conducting a search for our next senior pastor. The following profile is intended to attract someone who will honor the past—our heritage—and bring vision for the future: someone who will be able to share the gospel of Jesus Christ and bring people to the eternal salvation found only through HIM!

Please consider who you might think fits these key elements. Please use the other side of this insert to write in your suggestion OR go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/pscnamerequest. You have until Sunday, June 24 to submit your suggestions. THANKS! The PSC

Town Hall Meetings

The Pastoral Search Committee (PSC) announces that a series of town hall meetings will be held to further engage the congregation and gather information to create the profile document for the search process for the next Senior Pastor.

Dates (time & location) are as follows:

§  Sunday, May 6 – Sunday School Hour at CBC

§  Sunday, May 6 – Home of Catherine Westby – 4pm

§  Monday, May 7 – Home of Bill (G.W.) Carlson – 7pm

§  Tuesday, May 8 – Home of Janet Boyd – 7pm

These meetings are open to everyone regardless of your participation in the Pastoral Search Survey. The goal of these meetings is to have an open and moderated forum to go deeper with some of the results of the survey as well as addressing other things that really are best discussed in a group setting versus a survey.

Please contact any of the PSC members with any questions you might have. More detailed information on the town hall meetings will be posted closer to the event dates.

THANK YOU! CBC Pastoral Survey Now Complete

Thank you to everyone who participated in the CBC Pastoral Search Survey. The survey was conducted over a two week time period with the greater purpose of collecting information to create a PERSONAL, CHURCH, and PASTORAL profile.

The Pastoral Search Committee (PSC) will now deliberate over the results of the over 100 surveys to determine the best way to prepare these three profiles and then position them in a way to attract the best candidates for the position of Senior Pastor.

Please continue to be in prayer for the PSC. It seems that for as much as we have been able to accomplish over the past month, there is still so much work to be done. This is a very lengthy and deliberate process and your prayers and words of encouragement are so much appreciated.

Feel free to email Kirby Stoll, chair of the PSC, at krstoll@nwc.edu OR you can feel free to talk with any of the members of the PSC. We will share with you any information deemed “public” and take any questions that we are not at liberty to answer back to the committee.

Blessings,

CBC Pastoral Search Survey is OPEN -- Now through Sunday, April 8

The PSC has created and released a survey to the church effective Sunday, March 25. Only one survey is allowed per computer. Those who share a computer with others will need to take the survey on another computer OR take the survey via paper copy and then submit to a PSC member.

Those wishing to take the survey online should click the following link:

CBC Pastoral Search Survey

The purpose of the survey is to collect information that will aid in developing PERSONAL, CHURCH, and PASTORAL profiles in order to present Central to prospective candidates for the position of senior pastor.

The survey will remain open through end of the day on Sunday, April 8. Paper copies of the survey have  been distributed to those who do not wish to take the survey online.

Please contact Kirby Stoll, chair of the PSC if you have any questions.

Meet the Pastoral Search Committee!




Left to Right: Vic Winquist, Lois Jacobs, Amalia Canepa-Green,
Bill (G.W.) Carlson,Janet Boyd, Catherine Westby, Kirby Stoll, chair

 

     Kirby Stoll, Chair

 

§  Member of CBC for 15+ years

§  Married to Shana, six children

§  Fundraising professional, Northwestern College

§  Current/Past Church Involvements: Committee chair, Board of Stewards, MOPS, Sunday School, Worship Team, Choir, Wednesday Nights, Youth Staff

§  Favorite pastime: Loves all things about being with my family

§  What he like best about Central: Central is our extended family

Janet Boyd

§  Member of CBC for 18 years

§  Married, three grown children, nine grandkids

§  Retired child care director, teach, office staff

§  Current/Past Church Involvements: Child care, MOPS, Missions, CCSI, Board of Stewards

§  Favorite pastime: Reading, puzzling

§  What she likes best about CBC: Family feel, pastors’ sermons

Amalia Canepa-Green

§  Member of CBC for 7 years

§  Single

§  Teacher—elementary school

§  Current/Past Church Involvements: Youth (senior high) staff, MOPS, choir, worship team

§  Favorite pastime: Making music!

§  What you like best about CBC: The people! The church body is welcoming and the feeling that my mom and I first got from the body is the reason we stayed.

Bill Carlson

§  Member of CBC for 16 years

§  Married to Cathy 42 years, two grown children, five grandchildren

§  Professor, Bethel University

§  Current/Past Church Involvements: Christian Education, Sunday School teacher, various church committees, Board of Stewards--Community Ministries Team Chair

§  Favorite pastime: Reading, golf, family, politics

§  What you like best about CBC: Intergenerational, commitment to urban ministry, enjoyment and recognition of our Baptist Pietist spirit

Lois Jacobs

§  Member of CBC for 48 years

§  Married, one husband, three children, nine grandchildren

§  Sr. Administrative Assistant, Bethel University

§  Current/Past Church Involvements: Central Women’s Fellowship, Beth Moore, Choir, Ministry House, Secretary to Board of Stewards

§  Favorite pastime: Reading, camping

§  What you like best about CBC: Family feel, intergenerational

Catherine Westby

§  Member of CBC for 3 ½ years

§  Married to Jon for 22 ½ years, sons Henry & James (16)

§  Administrative Assistance, Macalester College

§  Current/Past Church Involvements: Central Women’s Fellowship, Beth Moore group leader, Choir

§  Favorite pastime: Reading, scrapbooking, cooking & baking, camping & hiking with family

§  What you like best about CBC: Family, diversity in all ways

Vic Winquist

§  Member of CBC for 13 years

§  Married to Marilyn for 50 years

§  Retired minister

§  Current/Past Church Involvements: Board of Stewards, committee chair, Moderator

§  Favorite pastime: Reading, walking

§  What he likes best about CBC: Diversity of congregation

About the Pastoral Search Process

The Pastoral Search Committee has been formed and the committee is holding regular meetings to work through the process that will ultimately lead to the calling of our next senior pastor.

The immediate action steps that the search committee will take include:

§  Gathering input from the congregation concerning the church and pastor profile. Each member of the congregation will have an opportunity to tell the search committee the qualities it should seek in the new senior pastor through a survey and series of town hall meetings. Watch for how you can be a part of this effort in the near future.

§  Assembling the church profile. This includes the wonderful brochure that was developed by the Board of Stewards, but more than that will be how Central is portrayed to prospective applicants. This document is important so that candidates can understand the heart of Central Baptist Church.

The search committee intends to communicate with the congregation on a monthly basis. Additional information will be provided more frequently as there becomes more information to communicate. Please watch The Connection, the Sunday bulletin, and Life in the Church (announcements) for more information.

Prayer for this process is vital. The search committee started their journey with an amazing two-week prayer initiative to seek God on a number of levels. Your personal and corporate prayer is needed and is much appreciated. The search committee will do its best to communicate general and specific requests for which you can pray.

Please keep the process and the following search committee members in your thoughts and prayers as often as they come to mind. Please also feel free to contact the search committee chair, Kirby Stoll, with any questions or comments at any point along the way. Kirby can be reached by email at krstoll@nwc.edu.

Welcome to the Pastoral Search @ CBC blog site!

Greetings!

Thank you for visiting the blog that contains updates on the search process for a senior pastor for Central Baptist Church. Pastor Ron Saari has announced his retirement effective February 2013 and the CBC Board of Stewards has selected and charged the Pastoral Search Committee—a team of seven church members—to lead the process of finding the next Senior Pastor for Central Baptist Church. Please read more about the Pastoral Search Committee (PSC) and keep informed through this blog and other Central communications. Any questions may be directed to PSC chair Kirby Stoll at krstoll@nwc.edu.