[Magdalen] Little prayers, please

[Judy Fleener]

Our rector of 21/2 years announced his resignation last week.  It was a
shock.  He is 59 and not looking for another job.I rejoice.  He was a bad
fit for me personally.  He was affable but never around.  No office hours.
So now we search again.

On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 8:51 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The search committee I was on that brought us the
> excellent-in-many-ways Fr. David Cobb did the diocese-recommended
> parish survey (CAT, or Congregation Assessment Tool, from Holy Cow!
> Consulting of Ohio) and held a forum or two to collect input. What our
> survey results didn't tell us was the most important thing: "Change
> the music staff, or anything about the music, and you'll be run out of
> town on a rail." We learned many lessons on that one. We've got a
> potential search coming up, once a mutual decision is made as to
> whether our priest-in-charge will become rector. I'm all for it, but
> of course it has to work for him, too. If not, I think the Vestry
> plans to be the search committee. In any case, I won't be on it!
>
> On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 7:31 PM, Marion Thompson
> <marionwhitevale at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I wonder how effectively selection committees communicate with the folks
> in
> > the pews and, indeed, how thorough a job is done in preparing a
> congregation
> > for change, any change!!!
>
>
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>



-- 
Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
Western Michigan