Vestry and Search Committee Guidelines
Guidelines for the Vestry and its Search Committee (May 2023)
1. Pray! Spend considerable amounts of time praying together. Pray for the Lord’s direction. Pray for the candidates. Pray for the parish. Use your intercessors, while maintaining confidentiality. Call the church to pray and include prayer for the process in the Sunday morning Prayers of the People.
2. Surrender your own agenda. You are seeking God’s person, not your personal favorite. You are not representing a constituency (young families or seniors or those who go to the early service, etc.).
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“Almighty and everliving God, source of all wisdom and understanding, be present with those who take counsel for the renewal and mission of your Church. Teach us in all things to seek first your honor and glory. Guide us to perceive what is right, and grant us both the courage to pursue it and the grace to accomplish it; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.”