The Pastor Search Committee (PSC) is a group of UPC members who have been elected by the congregation to seek and find our next Senior Pastor.

• Prayer Requests - See this list of prayer requests to learn how you can be praying for the PSC.
• UPC Senior Pastor Nomination Form - Use this form to nominate someone whom you think should be considered for UPC’s Senior Pastor role
• UPC Church Profile - View the UPC Church Profile produced by the PSC
• UPC Pastor Profile - View the UPC Pastor Profile produced by the PSC

What we’ve accomplished:

• Continued meeting on a weekly basis, collaborating well with one another
• Sought and received input from the congregation, leadership, and staff
• Completed a UPC Church Profile and a Pastor Profile for our next senior pastor
• Officially published the job opening online
• Recieved applications from 23 candidates through MGI
• Established “deep dive teams” and collected/organized candidate data
• Evaluated candidates' provided documentation, sermons, and written works
• Conducted and evaluated several candidate interviews

 What we’re working on:

• Continuing to evaluate and interview candidates as they move through our process
• Evaluating candidates’ written responses to our Questionnaire
• Contacting candidates’ references and collecting Reference Reports

What’s next:

• Narrow down the remaining candidates to a final 1 or 2
• Conduct our Final Evaluations
• Initiate a Season of Prayer and Fasting

UPC’s Pastor Search Committee:

• Lisel Allbee (Communications Co-Director)
• Eglin Ayson (Committee Member At-Large)
• Justin Besteman (IT Clerk)
• Jack Bourret (Communications Co-Director)
• Vic Godlewski (Recorder)
• Brad Jankowski (Committee Member At-Large)
• Gigi Metzger (Prayer Coordinator)
• Tom Miller (Chairperson)
• Wendy Moore (Vice Chairperson)

 Additional Information:

• UPC’s Elders have engaged McGowan Global Institute (MGI) as a resource for the Pastor Search Committee (PSC) in the search for a new Senior Pastor for UPC. MGI has a proven method developed over 50 years of experience in pastor searches and has worked with over 100 churches in the PCA.
• Interim Pastor David O’Dowd is also assisting as a non-voting advisor to the PSC.
• If you would like to communicate information to the PSC, please email the team at PSC@upcorlando.org