{"id":138476,"date":"2023-10-13T09:26:51","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T15:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?p=138476"},"modified":"2023-10-13T09:26:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T15:26:51","slug":"the-meaning-of-the-vote-to-call-a-settled-minister-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/the-meaning-of-the-vote-to-call-a-settled-minister-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Meaning of the Vote to Call a Settled Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>On <strong>Sunday, October 29<\/strong>, the congregation of First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin will be voting \u201cto affirm the Ministerial Search Committee\u2019s recommendation to call the Rev. Chris Jimmerson as a Settled Minister.\u201d Voting to call a settled minister is one of the most important votes you will cast as a member of this congregation. This is a unique type of vote &#8211; it is\u00a0<strong><u>not<\/u>\u00a0the same as an election.<\/strong>\u00a0You are not being asked to elect Rev. Chris.\u00a0Instead,\u00a0<strong>you are voting on the following issues:<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>whether the Search Process was comprehensive, inclusive, collaborative and transparent,<\/li>\n<li>whether the congregation was heard and represented accurately by the Search Committee,<\/li>\n<li>whether the Search Committee sees the qualities and gifts of the candidate are a good match for the congregation\u2019s needs,<\/li>\n<li>whether the congregation is willing to move into a shared ministry partnership with the candidate, and<\/li>\n<li>whether this candidate is best for the whole congregation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>You are NOT voting on:<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>what is best for a particular individual within the congregation,<\/li>\n<li>whether individuals think they would have chosen the candidate who was identified by the search committee on their own, given what they know about the congregation,<\/li>\n<li>whether individuals think that every sermon the candidate preaches will or will not speak to the hearts and minds of every single member every single time, whether there might be a better match out there somewhere, or whether the candidate is the perfect minister.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>In summary, this vote is not like a political election or popularity contest. Rather, it is the culmination of a process that identifies the church\u2019s needs and asks whether the person we are considering, in this case Rev. Chris, has the qualities and gifts that are a good match for what the congregation needs.<br \/><br \/>Members of the Board will be available Sundays after each service to answer your questions about this or any other aspect of the Ministerial Transition.<br \/><br \/><br \/>Gretchen Riehl, Board President<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, October 29, the congregation of First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin will be voting \u201cto affirm the Ministerial Search Committee\u2019s recommendation to call the Rev. Chris Jimmerson as a Settled Minister.\u201d Voting to call a settled minister is one of the most important votes you will cast as a member of this congregation&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138477,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138476\/revisions\/138477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}