North Park Church has called David O'Leary as their next Senior Pastor.
November Prayer Prompts
Please pray for David: as he leaves Gospel Fellowship and joins us. Give him wisdom and grace to learn who we are as individuals and how the Lord will want him to lead us.
Praise God for His faithfulness!
Updates
These are highlighted updates of the search process.
November 2024
David O’Leary passed his Presbytery examination and will begin working on December 1.
The candidate, David O’Leary, preached his sermon. Afterward North Park Church held a congregational meeting and voted David as our next Senior Pastor. David will be examined by the Presbytery as the final step in his call to North Park.
October 2024
The Search Team created a bio of the candidate. Two meet and greets are scheduled for October 27 and 30. The candidate will preach on November 3 and a congregational meeting will follow.
September 2024
The Search Team has a candidate and he will meet with the Elders and the Staff.
December 2023
The Search Team created a Church Overview to help candidates get to know NPC. Also, the position was posted and applications are now open. See the Pastor Profile.
September 2023
The Search Team compiled and released a summary of the Listening Sessions and Church Survey. See the raw survey results here.
July 2023
The Search Team released a letter detailing the process and progress up to this point.
June 2023
The Search Team released a letter detailing the process and progress up to this point.
May 2023
The Search Team conducted a survey of the congregation to help us put together a profile of our church and to identify the key traits and strengths of our new pastor.
April 2023
The Elders and Search Team held seven listening meetings to give every person in the congregation a voice. This allowed us to celebrate where we are thriving and healthy, and also to dream of what could be and should be the ongoing mission of North Park Church. Through these meetings we heard first-hand stories of what God is doing at NPC and discussed where we see Him taking us in the future.
March 2023
The Search Team members were elected and approved by the congregation.
February 2023
Senior Pastor Dan Hendley announced his resignation and move towards retirement after 14 years holding that position.
Search Team
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Erin Bender
Deborah Holt
Natalie Karr
Kevin Sanders
Phil Van Sickel
Andy Stites
