Grace Church Van Vorst Rector Search
As we begin the search for a Rector, we will create two committees that will guide and lead us through the process. The first committee is charged with creating the parish profile and the second committee uses the parish profile as a helpful guide as they set out on the search for qualified candidates to present to the Vestry.
Grace Church Van Vorst Parish Profile Committee
This committee is responsible for creating the Grace Church Van Vorst parish profile. The Parish Profile Committee’s mission is to create a document that provides a view of who we are at Grace Church and who we want to be. The parish profile committee will consist of eight members from the congregation and two from the Vestry.
The committee will have a chairperson who functions as the leader and managing editor of the group. The chairperson helps the Profile Committee members stay organized and focused as they gather information and conduct the interviews and surveys needed to provide a thorough picture of Grace Church Van Vorst. The information gathered, and the document created from this process, will help guide the Search Committee as they move forward in the process of finding qualified candidates to be presented to the Vestry for consideration. The committee chair will need to have strong administrative skills and be able to make the considerable time commitment needed to lead the Profile Committee during this process. The chairperson must be a pledging member of Grace for at least one year and cannot be a Vestry member.
The Profile Committee will need to thoroughly analyze the following categories and include a section about each within the parish profile:
- History / Mission
- Demographics of the church and the Jersey City community
- Worship
- Financials
- Buildings and Grounds
- Outreach
- Children and Youth
- Grace Community Services
- Grace Van Vorst Episcopal Housing
- Strengths – Weaknesses – Opportunities - Threats
Grace Church Van Vorst Rector Search Committee
This committee is responsible for taking the information created by the Profile Committee and using it to help in their search for potential candidates for the position of Rector at Grace. This committee will consist of nine members with two members coming from the Vestry. The Search Committee will post the position, review resumes, interview candidates by phone and/or in person, visit candidates in their current parishes to hear them preach, speak to references and make recommendations of viable candidates to the Vestry.
The Search Committee chairperson needs to lead and guide the committee through the search process while managing the committee and keeping the Vestry up to date on their progress. The chairperson must be a pledging member of Grace for at least one year and cannot be a Vestry member.
Search committee members need:
Proficiency in interviewing
Skills in resume analysis
The ability to travel
Ability to analyze references
If you are interested in serving on either one of these committees, please contact Julie Dalton, Vestry member, in person or by email at jdalton881@aol.com by June 15th. We look forward to working with many people on this important task for our parish.
Zoë Hauser, Chi Modu (Wardens), Stevie Clifton, Julie Dalton, Fletcher Gensamer, Mark Guerette, Kathryn Narramore, Bret Schundler (Vestry members).
