In February 2004, I accepted the request to be the Vestry representative on our search committee for a new rector, after the departure of our previous one.
Now, 13 months (and any number of doubtless-boring-to-the-point-of-tears posts here) I’m pleased to announce (as word has been given to me) that our nominated and selected candidate to be the next rector of our church has accepted the offer.
W00T!
He’s intelligent, energetic, has a dry sense of humor, an engaging speaking style, a focused conversational style, and I think he’s going to be a great rector for us for some years to come. He has a very nice wife, too. He has broad experience in starting congregations, running large congregations, dealing with congregations in crisis, and in non-profit management. I think he’s going to be a great fit.
He starts on Sunday, 1 May. I’m very much looking forward to it.
(And, no, I’m not mentioning his name here, yet, since I don’t want folks, upon searching for it after the announcement Sunday, to find this post as one of the top entries. Bad form, y’know? I’ll go into more detail next week, for those who are interested.)