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2009-01-20 issue:

Executive director search committee named

by Mennonite Church USA

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NEWTON, Kan.—Mennonite Church USA’s Executive Board has named its search committee to find a replacement for executive director Jim Schrag. In October 2008, Schrag announced his plans for retirement in November 2009. Moderator-elect Ed Diller of Cincinnati, Ohio, will chair the nine-person committee, which plans to start work immediately. Committee members include Glen Guyton of Yorktown, Va.; Charlotte Hardt of Mount Vernon, Wash.; Sue Miller of Middlebury, Ind.; Juanita Nuñez of Ocoee, Fla.; Patty Shelly of Newton, Kan.; David Sutter of South Bend, Ind.;   J. Richard Thomas of Lancaster, Pa.; and Keith Weaver of Reinholds, Pa. Moderator Sharon Waltner of Parker, S.D., will be an ex officio member and join the group as necessary.

“It’s already become evident that we’re looking for a person,” Diller says, “who will be a spiritual and missional leader for the denomination and someone with enthusiasm and drive who can build relationships and trust—both between individuals and within our churchwide system.”

Staff and board members expect the process to take between six and eight months to complete.

The committee will begin its work immediately and will meet or otherwise communicate frequently until a new executive director is named, Diller says.