Rector Search Process
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
January 20, 2023 Final RSC Letter
December 6, 2022 Discernment Season Letter
August 29, 2022 Nomination Season Letter
August 7, 2022 Rector Search Update & Information Session Slides
August 7, 2022 Rector Search Update & Information Session Recording
August 7, 2022 Rector Search Committee - Parish Info Session - Q&A doc
July 22, 2022 Rector Search Update & Information Session Announcement
June 7, 2022 Focus Group Letter
May 22, 2022 Service Announcement (View Handout)
April 29, 2022 Search Overview Letter
March 25, 2022 Committee Announcement
January, 30, 2022 Interim Announcement
Dec 29, 2022 Fr. Sammy's Departure Announcement
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