The Rector Search Committee wants to hear from you. Take the parish survey through Sunday, June 12.
Rector Search Process
1. Parish Self Study
- Search committee selected and commissioned ✔
- Parish survey: May 22 – June 12
- Parish focus groups hosted: June
- Parish information session: July
- Parish profile published: August 28
- Office of Transition Ministry portfolio posted: August 31
2. Solicitation of Nominations & Applications
- Formal nomination and application period commences
- Review of applicants by the diocese
3. Candidate Discernment
- Applications reviewed by search committee
- Discernment conversations with selected candidates
- Selected candidates visited at current parishes by search committee members
- 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 with vestry
- Vestry discerns 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
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