.SEARCH TEAM NEWS:Rector Search news
From Search Team Leader Sam Dreyer:
"Another zoom interview took place on Monday, October 21st. Please be praying for our Search Team and the candidate in the conversation and questions and answers.
Previous Search Committee News
The Parish Profile for St. Francis Episcopal Church has been approved by Bishop Susan Snook and Canon Gywnn.
St. Francis Pauma Valley is now at the search stage of accepting candidates.
Interested candidates should apply by sending their OTM portfolio, résumé, and cover letter (directed to St. Francis) to:
The Rev. Canon Gwynn Lynch
Diocese of San Diego, CA
Canon to the Ordinary
email: [email protected]
Phone: 619-481-5457
Rector Search progress - more news week of July 7
Good news! The first of the advertisements for the Rector Search have elicited a couple of applications. Fr. Eaton says we would be doing very well with 10 to 15 applications. This is not only about “advertising” and “marketing.” It is also – and should be primarily – a matter of prayer. So be praying that more potential candidates will respond by whatever means (database posting, advertising, word of mouth, direct invitations). That means YOU being engaged in this phase! So please be praying daily for the news to get out, and applications to get in.
Rector Search progress - more news week of July 14
Good news! The Rector Search Team will be meeting to pray, to review applications, and begin their evaluations; their first meeting in that mode was this past week.
As a parish we have come full circle from last summer's invitation to a 30-Days of Prayer to reacquaint ourselves with the voice of Jesus (with lots of precedent from the life of St. Francis!) and now there will be a new invitation to daily prayer as we beseech the Lord for very specific discernment. Our prayers must also include our Search Team and the Vestry. You will have a copy of that daily prayer discipline shortly.
If you do think of the name of a priest that you’d like to see come to St. Francis, contact them, and ask them to consider and pray about it, and to get their resume, etc., to our Diocesan office, care of the Rev. Canon Gwynn Lynch. She will let our Search Team leader, Sam Dreyer, know of the reception of the application.
Rector Search progress - more news
The Rector Search Team has begun their initial review of a few has a few applicants. Advertising through nation-wide Episcopal media is now in place to attract more applicants. YOUR job is to pray for more, which will include (by deduction) the person who will be your new Rector.
The next 30-days of prayer schedule will begin on Tuesday, August 6. A service of Evening Prayer, with a Litany for discernment, will be held on that evening, at 6 pm. The parish is invited to attend and use that event as inspiration for beginning the first segment of 15 days of prayer out of the 30. Materials for the daily prayer, written by Fr. Eaton, will be provided before next weekend. Watch for that.
Please continue to pray for the search process. you may also add the following Litany to your prayers. This is an important moment in our "season of discernment." Click below to find the Litany.
Litany for Discernment for congregation seeking new ordained leadership
If you have any questions regarding our search for a new Rector for St. Francis,
speak to Search Team leader Sam Dreyer, Senior Warden Dave Winebarger or Fr. Eaton for more information.
Click here to read our St. Francis Parish Profile.
Drone footage of the beautiful grounds of St. Francis Pauma Valley. Click here.
Rector Search progress - more news
The Rector Search Team has begun their initial review of a few has a few applicants. Advertising through nation-wide Episcopal media is now in place to attract more applicants. YOUR job is to pray for more, which will include (by deduction) the person who will be your new Rector.
The next 30-days of prayer schedule will begin on Tuesday, August 6. A service of Evening Prayer, with a Litany for discernment, will be held on that evening, at 6 pm. The parish is invited to attend and use that event as inspiration for beginning the first segment of 15 days of prayer out of the 30. Materials for the daily prayer, written by Fr. Eaton, will be provided before next weekend. Watch for that.
From Search Team Leader Sam Dreyer:
"Another zoom interview took place on Monday, October 21st. Please be praying for our Search Team and the candidate in the conversation and questions and answers.
Previous Search Committee News
The Parish Profile for St. Francis Episcopal Church has been approved by Bishop Susan Snook and Canon Gywnn.
St. Francis Pauma Valley is now at the search stage of accepting candidates.
Interested candidates should apply by sending their OTM portfolio, résumé, and cover letter (directed to St. Francis) to:
The Rev. Canon Gwynn Lynch
Diocese of San Diego, CA
Canon to the Ordinary
email: [email protected]
Phone: 619-481-5457
Rector Search progress - more news week of July 7
Good news! The first of the advertisements for the Rector Search have elicited a couple of applications. Fr. Eaton says we would be doing very well with 10 to 15 applications. This is not only about “advertising” and “marketing.” It is also – and should be primarily – a matter of prayer. So be praying that more potential candidates will respond by whatever means (database posting, advertising, word of mouth, direct invitations). That means YOU being engaged in this phase! So please be praying daily for the news to get out, and applications to get in.
Rector Search progress - more news week of July 14
Good news! The Rector Search Team will be meeting to pray, to review applications, and begin their evaluations; their first meeting in that mode was this past week.
As a parish we have come full circle from last summer's invitation to a 30-Days of Prayer to reacquaint ourselves with the voice of Jesus (with lots of precedent from the life of St. Francis!) and now there will be a new invitation to daily prayer as we beseech the Lord for very specific discernment. Our prayers must also include our Search Team and the Vestry. You will have a copy of that daily prayer discipline shortly.
If you do think of the name of a priest that you’d like to see come to St. Francis, contact them, and ask them to consider and pray about it, and to get their resume, etc., to our Diocesan office, care of the Rev. Canon Gwynn Lynch. She will let our Search Team leader, Sam Dreyer, know of the reception of the application.
Rector Search progress - more news
The Rector Search Team has begun their initial review of a few has a few applicants. Advertising through nation-wide Episcopal media is now in place to attract more applicants. YOUR job is to pray for more, which will include (by deduction) the person who will be your new Rector.
The next 30-days of prayer schedule will begin on Tuesday, August 6. A service of Evening Prayer, with a Litany for discernment, will be held on that evening, at 6 pm. The parish is invited to attend and use that event as inspiration for beginning the first segment of 15 days of prayer out of the 30. Materials for the daily prayer, written by Fr. Eaton, will be provided before next weekend. Watch for that.
Please continue to pray for the search process. you may also add the following Litany to your prayers. This is an important moment in our "season of discernment." Click below to find the Litany.
Litany for Discernment for congregation seeking new ordained leadership
If you have any questions regarding our search for a new Rector for St. Francis,
speak to Search Team leader Sam Dreyer, Senior Warden Dave Winebarger or Fr. Eaton for more information.
Click here to read our St. Francis Parish Profile.
Drone footage of the beautiful grounds of St. Francis Pauma Valley. Click here.
Rector Search progress - more news
The Rector Search Team has begun their initial review of a few has a few applicants. Advertising through nation-wide Episcopal media is now in place to attract more applicants. YOUR job is to pray for more, which will include (by deduction) the person who will be your new Rector.
The next 30-days of prayer schedule will begin on Tuesday, August 6. A service of Evening Prayer, with a Litany for discernment, will be held on that evening, at 6 pm. The parish is invited to attend and use that event as inspiration for beginning the first segment of 15 days of prayer out of the 30. Materials for the daily prayer, written by Fr. Eaton, will be provided before next weekend. Watch for that.
30 Days of Prayer and more...
At the start of the search process the parish was invited to join in 30 Days of Prayer. A prayer retreat was also held. At the Harvest Dinner, a timeline was on display and people were encouraged to add to the timeline to share events that they remembered from the church's history. Also included were times where people were fed spiritually and also when they felt challenged by events or feelings in the church community. The timeline stayed available until the annual meeting. The timeline contents are being compiled and will be included in church history files and will assist the Search Team.
At the start of the search process the parish was invited to join in 30 Days of Prayer. A prayer retreat was also held. At the Harvest Dinner, a timeline was on display and people were encouraged to add to the timeline to share events that they remembered from the church's history. Also included were times where people were fed spiritually and also when they felt challenged by events or feelings in the church community. The timeline stayed available until the annual meeting. The timeline contents are being compiled and will be included in church history files and will assist the Search Team.
