Beloved in Christ,
This letter comes to you with prayers that you may have a very blessed Holy Week. Your Standing Committee continues to be hard at work on the early stages of the episcopal election process; we wanted to give you an update.
We are thrilled to announce that we have hired a consultant for this process. She comes highly recommended by the Presiding Bishop’s Office for Pastoral Development, and has seen many dioceses through similar processes. We know that she will be a great help to us, the Nominating Committee, and the Transition Committee through this momentous season in the life of our Diocese. She is very clear that her sole task is to help the Committees put everything in place in order to get the right candidates for the Diocese of Florida’s election of a Bishop Coadjutor.
The Standing Committee’s next step is to appoint the Nominating Committee, which we expect will consist of 12-14 persons. The goal will be to appoint a group that accurately reflects the rich breadth and diversity of the Diocese of Florida, who mutually seeks the greatest good of the Diocese. We are working with our consultant on an application process for potential Committee members, which we expect to release through the appropriate channels shortly after Easter.
Once appointed, the Nominating Committee will begin the Listening Process in order to create a Diocesan Profile.
Please keep this process in your daily prayers.
Yours in Christ,
The Standing Committee
