Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
April 19, 2014   
Message from the Clerk
Dear Friends,

Interim Meeting of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting is charged with several key tasks on behalf of our faith community.  One of them is the appointment of our General Secretary, the chief administrator of our yearly meeting.

Last year, after learning of Arthur Larrabee's intention to retire, Interim Meeting discerned and approved the job description for the General Secretary and approved the formation of a General Secretary Search Committee.  Since then we have received ongoing status reports from the Search Committee as it has conducted its work.

I am delighted to announce that on Saturday, April 12, 2014 Interim Meeting prayerfully received a recommendation from the Search Committee and approved, with joy, the appointment of Christie Duncan-Tessmer to become our new General Secretary starting August 25, 2014.  Christie currently serves as Associate Secretary for Program and Religious Life for Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and is well known throughout our faith community.

Please join me in congratulating Christie and join us at Annual Sessions in July, where we will formally welcome Christie to her new role.

New General Secretary Named
Christie Duncan-Tessmer

Following a thorough and extensive discernment process over eight months, the General Secretary Search Committee united on its recommended choice of Christie Duncan-Tessmer to become the next General Secretary of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.

 

And on Saturday, April 12, 2014, Interim Meeting approved her appointment.  Interim Meeting expressed its confidence that Christie is the right person "to move our community forward together in the Light"

 

Christie is well known across our yearly meeting through her ministry with youth programs. Since 2008 she has served as Associate Secretary for Program & Religious Life and was the Children's Religious Education Coordinator from 2005 to 2008.

 

She is a strong and capable leader who carries the skills, passion and blessings that will help our yearly meeting continue the transition towards the more vibrant community we are in the process of becoming.

 

Please join us in congratulating Christie on her appointment to become the next General Secretary of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.  

 

 

 Read the Announcement  

 

 Read Christie's Biographical Sketch  

 

Read the Report from the General Secretary Search Committee  

 

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