July 8:Response from Phil re meeting

Hi Bonnie,

Once again, thank you for your clarifications.

At this time, I believe Council needs to be working on a conflict resolution process based on Council's action last month - to engage a professional consultant from a respected and objective organization knowledgeable in church conflict mediation to guide the congregation through a conflict resolution process.

I expect that as part of this process there may be future opportunities to consider possible revisions to the policy.

At this time, I believe the intensity of this conflict has increased to a level 4 on the Alban Institute Conflict Intensity Chart, which is a level that clearly requires professional intervention to achieve a resolution.  And thus, my immediate efforts will be to begin this conflict resolution process using a professional consultant.

Thanks,

Phil