Update on Our Rector Search Process

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

We are on our way!

Our process of finding our next rector began as a five-member selection committee created by the vestry met several times to prayerfully discern proposed members for the Search Committee. At its meeting on Monday, December 10, 2012, the St. Luke's Vestry reviewed and voted to accept this Search Committee membership as proposed. During the 10 o'clock worship service on Sunday, January 6th, 2013, St. Luke's will officially commission the Search Committee, and our work will begin in earnest.  

Search committee members are:

Karen Collins, Chair

      Jackie Bennett       Mardell Johnson       Chip Ulrich

      Janet Card               Jay McManus             Donna Vanstrom

      Norma DeJoy         Patrick Monaghan     Catherine Way

      Kurt Gustafson      Jay Phillippi                  Jay Yaggie

Paul Johnson, Warden (ex-officio)

Donna Phillippi, Warden (ex-officio)

The other warden, who will be elected at the Annual Meeting at the end of January, will also have the prerogative of serving on the Search Committee as an ex-officio (non-voting) member.

Throughout the search process, we will proceed with mentoring from The Very Rev. Canon Barbara Price, who is our diocesan Canon for Transitions Ministry. Canon Price will be joining us for our first meeting this month. We will then continue with working meetings, and plan to join the Vestry for its retreat in February, providing an opportunity to talk and pray about the search together.

Our first task will be the development of a Parish Profile, which provides an in-depth look at our church - our history, current mission and ministries, and our dreams for the future. We will need input from all parish members as we pull these ideas together, and there will be several different opportunities to be part of this process.

The overall timeline for our search process will probably be a year to a year-and-a-half. We are all eager to have our new rector in place; at the same time, we are committed to finding the right person for this position, and have faith that this will happen in God's time.

We will keep the parish posted on the search process on a regular basis. Meanwhile, what can you do?

*Watch for opportunities to be involved as we seek input from congregation members in creating the Parish Profile.

* Pray for the vestry in their leadership of the parish, pray for the search committee, pray for St. Luke's, and pray for our next rector, wherever he or she may be right now.

With many thanks for this opportunity to work together for our future,

Karen Collins

Search Committee Chair