Rector Search
Search Process
As All Saints’ enters its 101st year as a church community, we are eager to move forward under new leadership and discern what God is calling us into next. Our Rector Search Committee is faithfully engaged in a well-defined, Spirit-led process, mindful that we are working on God’s timetable as we seek to call our next rector.
The Search Committee is excited to report that we have entered Phase 3 of our rector search process and now are accepting applications from rector candidates, as well as nominations of potential candidates.
For nomination and application forms, visit the Rector Search website.
Phase 1 – Organizing and Listening
In June, the seven-member Search Committee was commissioned and formed subcommittees to work on key components of the search process: communications, listening sessions, the parish profile, candidate recruitment, and interviewing/visitation.
In July, the committee held three listening sessions attended by 140 parishioners who provided invaluable perspectives on their lives at All Saints’ by participating in round table discussions about the values that define our parish, and our challenges and opportunities.
Phase 2 – Writing the Parish Profile
In August and September, the Search Committee worked systematically on a Parish Profile that is a comprehensive, honest and inviting portrayal of our church. The Profile reflects input from the listening sessions and has been approved by the Vestry and the Diocese. The Profile will be used to attract rector candidates, help candidates discern whether they may be called to serve at All Saints’, and guide the Search Committee and Vestry in their discernment about which candidates may be a fit for our parish.
Phase 3 – Seeking Candidates
Our Parish Profile has been published on our new rector search website, and we are accepting applications and nominations. Rector candidates can apply online by completing an application form and providing supplemental application materials. Parishioners and others in the Episcopal community are encouraged to nominate potential candidates using the nomination form on the rector search website.
For nomination and application forms, visit the Rector Search website.
The deadline for nominations is Friday, October 24.
The deadline for applications from candidates is Friday, October 31.
Phase 4 – Interviewing and Evaluating Candidates
The Search Committee will carefully review all applications and begin a three-step interviewing process. The committee will conduct preliminary interviews with a select group of candidates on Zoom. Then the pool of candidates will be narrowed, and Search Committee members will visit a limited number of applicants in their home churches. An even smaller number of candidates will be invited to visit All Saints' to meet with the Vestry and Search Committee and see our church and city. During this evaluation process, the Search Committee will also listen to sermons and check references on the candidates.
Phase 5 – Final Discernment - The Call
After the interviewing and evaluation phase, the Search Committee will prayerfully discern and make a recommendation to the Vestry. Then the Vestry will then engage its own process of discernment and ultimately extend a call to the next rector of All Saints’.