The Transition Committee - members of this committee work together to:
- Plan, organize and conduct the “walkabouts” for the candidates in multiple locations around the diocese
- Participate in showing the candidates and their spouses the diocese and its ministries and participate in Q&A sessions
- Provide pastoral care to all the candidates and their spouses, including post-election to those who are not elected
- Plan for the consecration of the new bishop
- Arrange for the bishop-elect’s smooth transition into the diocese, including finding a home, getting connected to their new community, finding schools and services, etc.
- Oversee gifts for the new bishop
- Oversee appropriate farewell and celebratory events for Bishop Fisher
Gifts sought in the Transition Committee members:
- Gifts of collaboration, listening, and oral and written communication
- Experience with large-scale event planning
- Experience planning large-scale liturgies
- Pastoral care skills
- Technological skills
This work will begin in January 2025 initially with a combined meeting with the search committee to begin the process. Later in the spring/summer months you will start with the tasks listed above and continue working on this until March of 2026 when the new bishop is consecrated. This will require your time and talents during those months of the year. During this process we ask that you listen to what God is saying to you as you move along with your fellow committee members on this important work.
Transition Committee Members:
- The Rev. Sam Smith - All Saints - Worcester, Chair
- John Cheek - Grace - Great Barrington
- The Rev. Tom Damrosch - Trinity - Lenox
- Sergio D’Orsini - Christ Church Cathedral - Springfield
- Debbie Rawson Goddard - St. Helena’s - Lenox
- Gina Nelson - St. Paul’s - Holyoke
- The Rev. Dr. Nina Pooley - St. Stephen’s - Pittsfield
- The Rev. Pat O’Connell - St. Mark’s - East Longmeadow
- The Rev. Mary Rosendale - St. Stephen’s - Westborough
- The Rev. Michael Tuck - Trinity/St. Helena’s - Lenox
