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Recent News, from Your Rector Search Committee

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From, Your Rector Search Committee

June 25, 2020

We know it’s been a while since you have heard from us, and we wanted to provide you with a brief update on the Rector search process.  We are delighted to report that the Search Committee is now actively interviewing candidates who have put forward their names to be our next Rector.  Under the latest guidelines from the Diocese, we are allowed to complete much of the process virtually — interviews, reviews of sermons and liturgy, and everything else that might have traditionally been done in person.  We are doing exactly that, and we have an excellent pool of candidates with whom we are engaging in discussion and discernment.

As we have mentioned before, this is the “quiet” and confidential phase of the search process.  While we would love to share more with you, out of respect for the candidates and the process, we cannot — and we hope you’ll understand!  That said, we are of course happy to provide any information and answer any questions that we can.  Please feel free to reach out to Evie, Louis, or any of the members of the committee if you have any questions.  And please, please, please continue to pray for St. John’s, for the work of the committee, and for all of the candidates as we continue on this journey of discernment together.

Her Way of Love Book Club at Saint John’s

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The Her Way of Love Episcopal Church Community of Women follows The Way of Love as a rule of life. During the 79th General Convention of the Episcopal Church, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry encouraged Episcopalians to adopt the The Way of Love as a rule of life, through the seven practices of Turn, Learn, Pray, Worship, Bless, Go + Rest. The Her Way of Love mission is to provide a community of support for women seeking to cultivate an intentional life of prayer and action by committing themselves to The Way of Love. 

Learn more about The Way of Love here:  https://episcopalchurch.org/way-of-love  & Learn more about Her Way of Love here: https://www.herwayoflove.com

At Saint John’s, we’re inviting you to join an eight month journey in the “Her Way of Love Book Club.” Through memoirs, theology, and poetry, we’ll enrich our spiritual lives and grow together.  Each month of book club we will read a book that is paired with one of the practices. We are continuing in the month of June, with the theme Bless, and reading, Shalom Sistas: Living Wholeheartedly in a Brokenhearted World, by Osheta Moore.

Join Here: https://www.herwayoflove.com/bookclub

Please know that you might choose to read any one or all of the eight books on the reading list at any time, during the eight months, and that you may choose reading at your own pace, contributing at your own pace, and reflecting at your own pace. This book club is intended to be a gentle and nurturing tool that brings, “Joy to Your Journey,” with no deadlines, no distress, and especially, no dread. 

From Your Rector Search Committee

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We suspect many members of St. John’s are curious about how the COVID-19 crisis has affected the Rector search process.  We have an update, and some good news on progress. 

In mid-March, the Diocese paused all clergy transitions, to allow priests to focus on their families and communities.  Just last week, the Diocese announced that it was lifting that pause as of May 1st, and allowing parishes to move forward with Rector searches.  This will allow us to post our Parish Profile publicly, to accept applications, and to conduct interviews (by phone and Zoom, consistent with social distancing requirements).  In other words, the search is back on!

As we move forward, we have a few requests of you.  First, and most importantly, please continue to keep St. John’s and the search committee in your prayers.  We need them now more than ever!  Second, after May 1st, please spread the word that St. John’s is accepting applicants to be our next Rector.  Our Parish Profile will be posted publicly on our website, and priests can find information on the application process through the Diocese (or by contacting Evie or Louis).  And finally, please continue to be patient with us as we enter this “silent” phase of the search process, in which we will evaluate candidates confidentially until we are prepared to bring finalists before the Vestry.

Of course, as always, please feel free to reach out to Evie, Louis, or any of the members of the committee if you have any questions.