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Members gathered for the purpose of voting on the call to Tim Hayse as senior pastor of Christ Community Church.
On Sunday, June 28th, more than 90 members of Christ Community Church gathered for the purpose of voting on a call to Tim Hayse for senior pastor. Immediately following the worship service with guest preacher Ryan Harding (City Church), ballots with call details were distributed and Michael Marshall was nominated as moderator of the congregational meeting. After some discussion, the vote yielded an overwhelming majority “Yes” vote.
The Pulpit Nominating Committee then gathered before the group, and elder Nate Henkel thanked them and their families for their sacrifice and commitment to the body and to the process of finding our pastoral nominee. Lynn Livers concluded the afternoon meeting by thanking the congregation for its unity and support over the past year.
Our leadership extended the call to Tim yesterday and he accepted it. The official call details as adopted yesterday by three times a quorum of our membership will now be delivered to the North Florida Presbytery of our denomination (the PCA) for approval. Pending that, we have a tentative timeline in place that puts the Hayse family here in Gainesville by mid August.
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Praise God from whom all blessings flow!
Hello CCC,
We are excited to announce an all church event this coming Sunday June 21st.
We are excited and in God’s plan and timing we have nominated a candidate for Senior Pastor. We believe that God has directed us to Tim Hayse; a candidate that is wonderfully suited to CCC and a great fit with what we have been and hope to be.
Part of the process of nominating a candidate to the congregation has Tim Hayse coming to preach on Sunday the 21st. Immediately following the morning service there will be an Italian themed all church lunch on the grounds. This will be a time for fellowship with Tim, his wife Robin, and their children, Noah, Anna and Avery. Prior to the lunch there will be a question and answer time.
We need you to sign up to help. We need people to bring food, help set up, help serve and to help clean up after the event. Please use the sign-up sheet on signupgenius to indicate how you will be able to help.
Tim, Robin, Noah, Anna and Avery Hayse.
The PNC and Session are available at any time to answer your questions. Please don’t hesitate to ask or contact us.
Praising Him –
Brian, Charlie, Christian, Harry, Lynn, Mike and Sharon (Your PNC)
On Sunday, May 31, the Pulpit Nominating Committee announced the nomination of Tim Hayse for the role of senior pastor at Christ Community Church. This exciting announcement is the culmination of 9 months of vigorous seeking and searching. You will find a letter from Tim below, and you can also hear him preach by visiting http://nsfellowship.org/
- We have scheduled an interview weekend for June 20-21st in which Tim and Robin will be at CCC, meeting with many groups within the church. Tim will also preach on Sunday, June 21st, and afterwards the congregation will share a meal with the Hayse family.
- On June 28th we will have a congregational meeting for the purpose of voting to call Tim as our next Senior pastor.
In the coming weeks, we will be working to keep the congregation updated on specific details. We also welcome your questions and feedback. Please do not hesitate to contact any of the church’s leadership as we walk through this process together.
The Hayse Family
Tim, Robin, Noah, Anna and Avery Hayse.
Hello Christ Community Church!
We are excited to meet all of you! My wife Robin and I both grew up in Florida. We met in school at King College in Bristol, Tennessee, where I earned a BA in Business Administration. Together, we served at Christ Church of Jacksonville right out of college. After my training at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, I joined the staff of North Shore Fellowship in Chattanooga. We have been serving there for 8 years now.
Robin and I have been married for 13 years and have three children. Noah is 9 and loves baseball; Anna is 7 and enjoys drawing and art; and Avery just turned 6 and loves baby dolls and pretending to be a mama. As a family we enjoy sports, being outside, and sharing a good meal. We love people and having them in our home. We are grateful and humbled by the call Jesus has on our lives to serve His church.
Psalm 103:2-5a is our family’s theme Scripture:
“Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good.”
We long for a gratitude that is rooted in the grace of Christ Jesus who rescues and redeems our lives. Our prayer is that we know his love and mercy and seek satisfaction in him alone. Thank you for those who have been praying for our family in this process.
We have also been praying for you and your church in this time and are excited to meet each of you. We are both humbled and excited at the possibility of serving and celebrating our precious Jesus together as we seek His Kingdom in Gainesville.
Grace and Peace,
Tim Hayse
CCC Family,
The search for the next Senior Pastor of Christ Community Church has been God’s process from the beginning; we have been dependent upon Him throughout and He has been faithful.
The PNC will be nominating a candidate for Senior Pastor to the congregation this coming Sunday, May 31st. Please save the dates of June 20-21st for an interview weekend with the nominee and his family AND June 28th for a congregational meeting to vote on his call. These are two very important weekends in the life of our church and more details will be coming this Sunday and in the coming weeks.
We want to thank you for your prayers for the PNC, CCC and this process over the last 9 months. Please continue to be in prayer for CCC and for the man and his family God has called to lead us.
As always, if you have any question please ask any member of the PNC or session.
Trusting in Him,
Brian, Charlie, Christian, Harry, Lynn, Mike and Sharon (Your PNC)
On December 15th our Senior Pastor Position was posted on the CCC website, the PCA stated clerk and we have since listed the position on seminary job boards as well. We are continuing to network with friends of CCC and others in our denomination to seek candidates. We are very encouraged and excited that in the past 3 weeks we have received many applicants from around the country that are strong men of God with diverse experience, education, and gifting. God is providing for CCC. The process of accepting candidates just began 3 weeks ago and we expect that over the next month there will be many more candidates. The PNC has started the process of reviewing candidates and will continue reviewing them over the next several weeks.
Please continue your prayers for the PNC, this process and our church. Specifically we ask you to pray for wisdom, discernment and unity for the PNC. Also please be in prayer for the man God has called to be our next Senior Pastor and his family. Specifically for wisdom for them and that God would prepare them to serve CCC.
If you have any questions about the search process please don’t hesitate to ask any member of the PNC. We hope you are as excited and encouraged as we are and know that God has great things planned for our future.
