From the Senior Warden

Dear Friends,
Our dedicated discernment team has been very busy leading Vestry and staff through the first round of in-person interviews as we search for a new rector.  The outcome of these recent meetings is that the diocese is being asked to re-post our rector position so that more candidates can be considered.
This feels like a long process, doesn’t it?!  But we have to be patient and follow the path of discernment.  That’s not exactly a simple decision-making process.  Discernment means listening for and reflecting on what we hear God calling the parish to be and to do.  It means prayer.  Let’s keep praying The Lord’s Prayer together.  It is perfect for us now and always:  “…Thy will be done…”
“Discernment brings about a sense of peace and ‘rightness’ for the whole vestry and parish once the decision is made,” wrote Denis C. Brunelle (Vestries: Listen to God’s Call, Vestry Papers, January 2014.)  I especially like that part of the article!  Our parish is worth that time and that patience, so we can discern God’s will.  We want to call the person who is just the right fit for St. Timothy’s.
I wish you a very happy Easter—it’s coming soon!                                                                      
Faithfully,
Joy Rouse, Senior Warden
March, 2022