Below is the text of the above announcement, made at the 9:15am worship on Sunday, February 26.
The Vestry has a few updates to share with you regarding the search for a new Rector. First of all, thank you to everyone who said they would serve on the parish profile committee. We have selected a group of people we feel is representative of all the different constituencies of the church and will use their gifts to help us grow and build a bright future for our parish community.
Betsy Aikens, Beth Beckett, Reid Blynn, Joe Bonn, Deborah Geffken, Kate Ineson, Cindy McCallum, Tom Petro, Tim Phelps, Joe Romano, and Sarah Westcott have agreed to serve on the parish profile committee, and we thank them in advance for agreeing to serve. We anticipate they will have their first organizational meeting in a week or two and begin their work.
Next, we have retained The Very Reverend Ronald Clingenpeel, a retired former dean of the St. Louis Cathedral, to walk us through this time of change. We interviewed several other consultants and we felt he was very engaging and had the most to offer us, including significant experience and outstanding results in recruiting at the parish and diocesan level.
Soon we will be soliciting your input through the use of an online survey and will be holding several listening sessions (both online and in person) where we can meet and talk as a community. We want to understand your priorities and vision for the future of St David’s. We hope to have more information about the survey and listening sessions soon.
Finally, the vestry will be meeting soon to begin to assemble the discernment committee that will search for a new rector. We expect to announce the members of that committee in the coming few weeks.
St. David’s is a very special place and with God’s help, we are confidently charting a path to an exciting future.
Please keep the vestry and our new profile committee in your prayers as they begin their work.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact any of the Wardens:
Jim Dolan, Rector’s Warden
Edie Lewis, Junior Warden
Alison Hastings, Secretary
Jay Baldwin, Accounting Warden
Thank you!
Your Vestry