Succession

at southview church

As a church family, we are in a time of prayer and discernment as we prepare to say goodbye to Clyde Glass and welcome a new Senior Pastor. We invite you to engage with this process as we prayerfully consider the best process and people to guide us through this season. Please check back regularly for updates as we embark on this journey together.

How Can I Be Involved?

First and foremost, please pray. Pray that the Succession Planning Team and the Search Team would be open and eager to hear God’s voice and prompting. Pray that we would have clarity in this process, and that the right person (or persons) would be drawn to Southview with a passion to lead us forward. Pray for Pastor Clyde and Jillian as they move towards a new phase in their lives. That God would continue to use them both to expand His kingdom and lead as many as possible to passionately follow Jesus. Pray for our staff that there would be continued unity in purpose and mission as we move through the transition.

Second, please communicate with us. Share your thoughts and feedback through our designated email.

Latest Update from the Team: May 2023

Although we have been providing Succession updates regularly during Community Life at the weekend services we have not sent out a Realm update in some time. That being the case, what follows is a brief overview of all that the succession planning team has been working through as we move forward with our planning for our next Senior Pastor.

This Succession page provides a brief timeline that we are following. The last number of weeks we have been encouraging you to provide your input by filling out a brief survey (see link above). We have been gathering all of that information and as that survey time comes to a close, the succession team will begin to develop the Ministry Profile of our next Senior Pastor.
 
At the same time, the Succession Planning Team will be recommending to the Board of Elders, individuals to be approached to serve on the Search Committee. The individuals to be recommended are to be members of Southview who currently serve in some capacity within the church. This group will include current Succession Planning Team members (to maintain continuity), individuals serving on the Board of Elders, and individuals from the congregation. 
 
We realize that the search process could take some time and as we approach Pastor Clyde’s final weekend with us (June 10/11), Southview will need an interim leader to guide the day to day activities of the church. We announced during the March 25, 26 weekend services that Sam Seifert will be taking on the role of Interim Senior Leader. He will be assuming that role effective June 12, 2023.
 
Over the past months Pastor Clyde has catalogued the day to day activities currently on his plate and began the process of handing those tasks off to various individuals on staff to make the transition as smooth as possible. Many of those tasks will fall to the Interim Senior Leader while others will be shared among the existing staff where they intersect with their ministries.
We appreciate your continued prayers as we walk through these coming weeks before Pastor Clyde’s final weekend. Be praying that God will be preparing us as a congregation and staff for this interim period. 
 
Also, be praying for Clyde and Jillian in this time that God would be directing and leading them to the ministry that He has prepared for them and that they would continue to have a profound impact on expanding the Kingdom of God. 
 
While we will be sad to see Clyde and Jillian move into the next phase of their ministry, we are excited to see where God is leading us and how we will continue to reach those within the walls of our building, in the communities surrounding us, and the nations of the world where we are called to serve.
 
The Succession Planning Team
Justine, Andrew, John, Roy, John & Arch

The Succession Planning Team

The purpose of the Succession Planning Team is to prayerfully and thoughtfully discern a Ministry Description for our next Senior Pastor.

Through discussions with our pastors, staff, and ministry leaders and input from the broader congregation, the Succession Planning Team will assess Southview’s current strengths and growth areas as we strive to fulfill our mission of leading as many as possible to passionately follow Jesus.

Using that information, the Succession Planning Team will develop a Ministry Description, Profile and Job Posting for the new Senior Pastor. The Search Team, appointed by the Board of Elders, will use these documents as a framework as they walk through the search and candidating process.

Justine Lofgren

John Nichols

Andrew Shareski

Arch Wong

John Amusan

Roy Harvey

Timeline

Nov 2022

Clyde announces retirement plans for end of ministry year (June 2023)

Nov 2022-May 2023

Identification of Strengths & Growth Areas

March 25, 2023

Announcement of Sam Seifert as Interim Senior Leader

May - June 2023

Development of Ministry Description & Profile for Senior Pastor

June 10 & 11

Pastor Clyde’s final weekend as Senior Pastor

June 2023

Search and candidating process

TBD

Recommendation to the Western Canadian District of the C&MA

TBD

Western Canadian District appointment of the Senior Pastor

TBD

First day of new Senior Pastor

Timeline

Nov 2022

Nov 2022-May 2023

March 25, 2023

May - June 2023

June 10 & 11, 2023

June 2023

Clyde announces retirement plans for end of ministry year (June 2023)

Identification of Strengths & Growth Areas

Announcement of Sam Seifert as Interim Senior Leader

Development of Ministry Description & Profile for Senior Pastor

Pastor Clyde’s final weekend as Senior Pastor

Search and candidating process

Recommendation to the Western Canadian District of the C&MA

Western Canadian District appointment of the Senior Pastor

First day of new Senior Pastor

FAQ

Southview’s mission remains to lead as many as possible to passionately follow Jesus and our focus continues to be forming disciples who make disciples.

We begin with prayer. Asking God to guide, lead and reveal His will for Southview.

Succession Planning phase – Through discussions with the Pastoral and support staff, Elders, Ministry Leaders, and the congregation, the Succession Planning team gathers information about where Southview is at as a body. Identifying what areas we are doing well in and where there are growth opportunities.

This information is reviewed and grouped into overarching themes that will provide the Ministry Description for the next Senior Pastor. That Ministry description will then be used to develop the Senior Pastor Profile, Job Description and Posting.

The Succession Planning Team will meet with the Search Team to provide an overview of how the Ministry Description, the Senior Pastor Profile, Job Description and Posting were developed and release them to carry out the search, candidating and recommendation to the Western Canadian District of the Christian and Missionary Alliance.

Search Team phase – During this time the Search team will seek out candidates through the job posting, and discussions with resources, such as the Western Canadian District, other churches, Ambrose University, and retired Alliance pastors, who are well tied into the Alliance community.

The Search team will provide their recommendation to the Western Canadian District of the C&MA. The District will have final approval and will ultimately be the body to appoint the next Senior Pastor to Southview.

The Board of Elders will appoint individuals (both male and female members of Southview) to the Search Team. This will include some from the current Succession Planning Team, Elders and congregants.

We at Southview are so fortunate to have such a strong and capable staff in place to carry on day-to-day operations largely unchanged. Various pastors will be asked to take additional tasks that are currently carried out by Clyde.

Working in consultation with the Board of Elders, Sam Seifert has been appointed as our Interim Senior Leader, to provide guidance and leadership to the staff during this period of time.

We are also fortunate to have great teachers within our pastoral staff and church body, to continue to share God’s word and preach the Bible on a weekly basis.

We expect this interim period could take a year or more. Our desire is for God’s will to be done in this process and we will be patient and take the time required to listen to God’s direction. He has prepared a person for Southview and we trust that through this process we will be led to that individual.  And in the meantime, we have a solid team in place that will continue to carry out God’s mission for Southview.

Leave a Note for Clyde

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