October 12, 2007

connecting the Community of Christ staff community

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New Staff

Kent Parker will be joining the IHQ staff as the Customer Service [Herald House] Specialist beginning October 22, 2007. He will be located with the Customer & Member Services Team, Auditorium 3rd floor, northeast corner.  Kent brings experience in the customer service field, most recently with the State of Iowa, Fifth Judicial District clerk’s office.  He is an artist, pastor, and Seventy.   

Jan Marshall will provide training and support as she transitions into her new role as team leader of the Co-Missioned Pastor Initiative Team. We look forward to Kent joining the IHQ staff, and to the new role that Jan will assume.  We invite you to introduce yourself to Kent as you interact with him and the customer and membership services staff. 

New Tour Hours

A revised tour schedule begins November 1. Guided tours, the Temple museum, and Temple book shop will be open for during the following times. Everyone is invited to participate in the Daily Prayer for Peace every day of the year at 1:00 p.m. in the Temple Sanctuary.

November through March
Monday–Friday: 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Sunday: 1-4 p.m.

April through October
Monday–Saturday: 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Sunday: 1–5 p.m.

Tours, museum, and bookstore will be closed on Thanksgiving, December 24 through January 1, Easter Sunday, and July 4.

New Book Published

Congratulations to Don Compier and Tony Chvala-Smith for their contributions to a new published work. Don is one of three editors of a new book called Empire and the Christian Tradition: New Readings of Classical Theologians. Tony is one of the distinguished theologians that contributed to the book and his article is titled Augustine of Hippo.

You can check out this book at the Temple Library.

Human Resource Committee Meeting

The HR Committee met on October 9 and spent some significant time in prayer asking God for the following blessings for the employees of the church:

• Perseverance through the ups and downs of ministry.
• Recognizing that we too, are vulnerable to God’s grace.
• Confirmation of individual worth and the knowledge that we are all forgiven.
• Individual understanding of the connections we have to each other as staff; each part of this body is important in fulfilling our mission.
• Hope and wholeness.
• We will be conduits for God’s grace.
• We will have peace at heart and courage to reach out to those most in need.
• A sense of what God’s call is to each of us.
• To feel the embrace of the divine.

Open Enrollment

Watch for more details from Human Resource Ministries about the open enrollment period for benefits beginning in November.