Transition Team Questions - Pastoral Priorities - Week 4 (3/17)
Please answer the following questions to help us better select a new pastor for Messiah.

Pastoral Priorities

Below are 20 roles that pastors may perform in a typical parish.  Please indicate how important you believe these functions are using this scale:

5  Most Important
4  Very Important
3  Medium Importance
2  Somewhat Important
1  Not Important

Your responses, and those of other members, will help us set priorities for our pastoral search. 
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1.  Ministers to the sick, dying, and bereaved
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2. Preaches effective and engaging sermons

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3. Leads public worship with energy and reverence
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4. Administers Baptism, Holy Communion, and presides at weddings and funerals

Clear selection
5. Counsels with people making major decisions such as marriage and vocational choice, and those facing moral and personal problems
Clear selection
6. Serves as chief administrator for the parish
Clear selection

7. Participates in community projects and organization

Clear selection
8. Assists victims of social neglect or injustice
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9. Participates in denominational activities
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10. Supplies ideas for new congregational activities and projects

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11. Recruits, trains, and assists lay leaders
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12. Maps out strategy for congregational vitality
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13. Maintains harmony, deals effectively with conflict, resolves interpersonal problems in the parish
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14. Helps manage church finances
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15.  Visits new residents and recruits new members
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16. Trains members to actively reach out and invite non-members into the community

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17. Teaches and works directly with parish youth

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18. Talks with members about their spiritual development

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19. Maintains a disciplined life of prayer and personal devotion

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20. Follows a definite schedule of reading and study

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