Nominations and Applications closed Friday March 15. We received
over 40 applications. Candidates were contacted by both phone and email
and had until Friday March 22 to submit the requested documents. The
Nominating/Search committee will now begin the process of assessment
using a common rubric for the documents submitted. The candidates who
will move forward to the next stage in the process will be contacted and
phone interviews with teams of committee members will be set up.
Additional materials will be requested and submitted. Those not moving
forward will also be notified. Face to face interviews will be conducted
with candidates who move forward following the phone interviews. These
will take place in early June.
The committee asks your prayers as we move through this discernment
process. We pray God's guiding hand will be with each of us as we move
through this assessment period. Please join us in using the prayer below
as we move into this important phase of the process.
Gracious and loving God, who speaks to us
in the deep places of our hearts, grant us the wisdom to listen for
your voice and to follow your will in our lives. We humbly ask that you
guide us as we seek a shepherd for the Diocese of Southern Virginia.
Support with your grace those that you have chosen to respond to this
call. Let your Holy Spirit so direct them and us, that together we may
discern your call for the next Bishop of the Diocese of Southern
Virginia. We ask this in the precious name of your Son Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.
Pam Pringle
Chair Nominating/Search Committee
More about the Search for the 11th Bishop of Southern Virginia and the Diocesan Profile can be found at www.diosova.org/bishopsearch.
