The Search and Nominating Committee - members of this committee work together to:
- Create a process within the Diocese to discern our identity in Christ in Western Massachusetts and identify our hopes and dreams for the future, leading to a profile for our next bishop
- Create a nomination structure that will elicit a faithful picture of each candidate
- Recruit and receive nominations, discerning a final slate of 3-5 candidates to be presented to the Standing Committee
- Maintain complete confidentiality throughout and following the process for the protection of the candidates and their references
Gifts sought in Search and Nominating Committee members:
- Gifts of a discernment, through personal spirituality and prayer
- Gifts of collaboration, listening, and oral and written communication
- Interviewing skills
- Skills to lead prayerful and collaborative group engagement in the discernment process
- Technological skills and expertise
Chaplains:
- The Rev. Julie Carson - Holy Spirit - Sutton
- Mr. Will Harron - Sts. James and Andrew - Greenfield
Search and Nominating Committee Members:
- The Rev. Heather Blais - Sts. James and Andrew, Chair
- Richard Delorme - St. Francis - Holden
- William Frazier - St. Stephen’s - Pittsfield
- The Ven. Jane Griesbach - Archdeacon
- The Rev. Jenny Gregg - Cathedral of the Beloved - Pittsfield
- Caleb Ireland - Grace - Amherst
- The Rev. Joel Martinez - St. Paul’s - Holyoke
- Judith Philips - Christ the King-Epiphany - Wilbraham
- The Rev. Jimmy Pickett - St. John’s - Athol
- Amanda Watroba - St. Stephen’s - Pittsfield
- The Rev. Anna Woofenden - St. John’s - Northampton
- Adrienne Wootters - St. John’s - Williamstown
