1. Parish Self Study

  • Search committee selected and commissioned ✔
  • Parish survey: May 22 – June 12 ✔
  • Parish focus groups hosted: June 12 -26 ✔
  • Parish information session: Aug 7 ✔
  • Parish profile published: August 28 ✔
  • Office of Transition Ministry portfolio posted: August 30 ✔


2. Solicitation of Nominations & Applications

  • Nomination period from August 30 until October 14 ✔
  • Review of applicants by the diocese ✔


3. Candidate Discernment

  • Applications reviewed by search committee ✔
  • Discernment conversations with selected candidates ✔
  • Search committee selects 3 final candidates and recommends to vestry ✔
  • Diocese review of selected candidates ✔
  • Selected candidates invited to St. B’s for in-person interviews
  • Discernment regarding final candidate


4. Call of New Rector

  • Request for the bishop’s permission to call final candidate to St. B’s
  • Vestry extends invitation to final candidate
  • Candidate accepts call
  • Announcement of new rector


Parish Communications

Questions

Questions about the search committee’s role? Contact search committee chairs, Gretchen Abernathy or Brian Roark, at rectorsearch@stbs.net with any questions or feedback.

Search Committee Members

  • Gretchen Abernathy (Co-Chair)
  • Brian Roark (Co-Chair)
  • Jill Danford
  • Josh Franklin
  • Bob Garth
  • Nancy Hyer
  • Erik Larsen (Vestry)
  • Thorunn McCoy
  • Lisa Smithen
  • Andrea Sullivan
  • Steve Thorne
  • Morgan Wills