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Candidates for president, area minister, interviewed

March 2001

It won’t be long before a few new faces come on to the scene in the Massachusetts Conference.

Four searches - one for Minister and President and three for area ministers - are ongoing, and three of the committees expect to make their decisions within the next few months.

“All the committees are working diligently and are on schedule, meaning we should have two, and possibly three, new staff members on board by the first of September,” said Conference Interim Minister and President Erwin Bode.

The search committee for the Minister and President is in the process of interviewing candidates, and expects to make a recommendation to the Board of Directors in May. The Board would then recommend the candidate to Annual Meeting delegates in June.

Annual Meeting Delegates may also get a chance to meet the new Associate Conference Minister for the Metropolitan Boston Area. That search committee is also interviewing, and expects to present a candidate to the Board in May. That appointment does not need to be confirmed by Annual Meeting.

Meanwhile, the Northeast Area search committee is almost ready to begin reviewing profiles, and that committee hopes to have its interviewing complete before the summer.

The Western Area search committee has been formed, and will meet for the first time in March. The committee is being chaired by Alice Wilmot, a member of the First Congregational Church UCC in Stockbridge.

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