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A LETTER FROM THE WARDENS
Dear Friends,
We are very pleased
to announce that the vestry has hired an interim ministry team, recommended to
us by the diocese, to serve at St. John's until a new rector is called. We
welcome The Reverend Jay Hanson, who has been ordained for 39 years and has an
extensive background in ministry as well as in business and teaching. Jay and
his wife have four adult sons and live in Minneapolis, He will be working half
time for St. John's. The other half of our interim team will be Steve Lander
who will be ordained to the transitional deaconate in June and to the priesthood
in December. Steve has worked as a clinical psychologist for nearly twenty
years. He and his partner have two pre-teen sons and also live in Minneapolis.
Steve, too, will be working half time for St. John's. We feel that this interim
team offers us a breadth and depth of experience and interests, which would
have been difficult to find in a single individual, and we know that you will
welcome them warmly.
As most of you know,
Lydia Brown has accepted a full-time position with Christ Church in Woodbury,
to begin after her ordination to the priesthood at the end of June. She will
stay with us at St. John's until then, and will celebrate her first Eucharist
at St. John's on June 23rd. We expect that this timing will enable
us to make a smooth transition to our new interim ministry team. A tea is being
planned for Sunday, June 23rd, in celebration of Lydia's ordination
and of her ministry with us. Please plan to join us after the 10:00 AM service
in the parish hall.
Soon it will be time
for us to begin the search process for a new rector. The wardens will meet with
representatives of the diocese to get information on the process. Please give
prayerful consideration to whether you might be called to serve on the search
committee. Bear in mind that service on the committee will require a major
commitment of time - the last search committee met every Sunday night for
nearly a year - but the work of a search committee is especially important to
the future of St. John's.
Very truly yours,
Jeanne
LeFevre,
Senior Warden
Mike Allen, Junior Warden
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