What an exciting week for St. Paul’s! Hear from the wardens about a meeting this Sunday, and how we’re planning to welcome Fr. Jay Weldon, our new rector.
Worship. Serve. Grow.
Worship. Serve. Grow.
Clergy Transition
With grateful hearts, the vestry of St. Paul’s can now announce that we have unanimously voted to call the Rev. Dr. Jay Weldon to be our next rector. Read all about it here.
Read an update from the Rev. Sarah Phelps, interim rector, as she prepares us to step boldly toward the future and transition to a new phase, preparing for new leadership.
To ensure confidentiality of candidates during visits, St. Paul’s buildings and grounds will be CLOSED to all parishioners and staff (except search committee members) as follows:
The rector search committee is excited to be moving into the next phase of our discernment: in-person visits by selected candidates. Learn more…
The application process for the rectorship closed on Oct.1, and the Search Committee immediately began the initial review of candidate profiles.
What’s up with the rector search? We’re glad you asked! The process continues, but perhaps not as visibly as with this summer’s multiple listening sessions.
Interim Rector Sarah Phelps announces that the Rev. Robert Fruehwirth, recently the rector of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Hillsborough, will be joining us on a half-time, interim basis through this next (last) leg of the rector transition period. Read more about this in Mo. Sarah’s letter to the parish.
Thank you to all who helped make last Sunday so meaningful, as we gathered to celebrate and bless Fr. Javier on his journey to becoming rector of the Church of the Holy Family in Chapel Hill. See highlights…
Dear Friends, I have spent over nine years at St. Paul’s, and that time has been filled with everything that ministry has to offer. It has included baptisms, marriages, and funerals; committee meetings and hospital visits; moments of celebration as well as moments of grief and sorrow. In conversations in the narthex and elsewhere,…