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Our New Rector Hopes and Expectations of a New Rector Nativity was fortunate to conduct three meetings with the Parish and members of the Search Committee in November 2020, at a time in between the loosening and re-tightening of attendance restrictions. Over three nights, the Parish communicated its hopes and expectations for the ideal candidates in its search. An overwhelmingly consistent theme arose from the three different groups of parishioners: the ideal candidate will possess experience and energy. Nativity seeks experience and energy from a Priest demonstrated in the following aspects: • Experience in areas other than the • Experience living in a town with priesthood, and the perspective similar characteristics as Greenbrought therefrom; wood, and experience to know that there are trade-offs that come • Experience in times of crisis and with living in an incredible comfor effective day-to-day pastoral munity with a good quality of care; life, but with certain limitations in • Experience and energy in parish terms of offerings; administration, a willingness to un• Experience necessary to recognize derstand the management systems the nuances of our region, our Nativity has in place, and a willingtown, and its people, understandness to assist us constructively in ing and celebrating their uniqueevaluating and re-evaluating those ness – both within and outside systems, as appropriate, for imNativity; provement; • Experience to recognize that • Experience and energy in facilNativity is a destination job, not itating programming for young a stepping stone on a pathway families, to enhance their spiritual elsewhere; growth and to keep Nativity at• Experience in a parish with similar characteristics as Nativity, in terms of size, space, programming, demographics, and finances;
tractive to young families;
• Experience and energy in enhancing our adult programming;
“worship, love, belong, grow and serve.”
