Grace in Transition
What's Happening in the Coming Weeks
- Wren Blessing’s last Sunday will be July 25th.
- We’re planning an all-parish gathering on Sunday, July 25, in person at Grace, to say goodbye to Wren.
- We have diocesan support for Stephen Crippen to stay with us for up to four months following Wren's departure.
- Canon Arienne Davison will work with the vestry to identify the interim priest by the end of August, or mid-September.
- If you would like to reach out to Canon Arienne Davison, please contact her at [email protected].
If you would like to read Wren’s letter to Grace, click here.
If you would like to read the Wardens’ (Daphne Davies and Luke Yoder) letter to Grace, click here.
You can contact them at [email protected] and [email protected].
Click here for Warden Daphne Davies’s remarks during the June 27,2021 9:30am service.
You can listen to Luke Yoder’s remarks at the 9:30 service on June 20, 2021 here.
Coming up in Summer and Fall 2021
- Listening sessions during the early weeks of the transition.
- Introduction of the interim priest, when that person is named.
- Information about the future discernment process for a new rector.
References
If you want more information about the transition, please check out the following Diocesan materials going over the process:
- https://resources.ecww.org/transition-clergy-resource
- Check out the diocesan video “So You’re in Transition: An Orientation for Vestry/Bishop’s Committee”: https://vimeo.com/542425396
