Rector Transition

As St. Andrew's enters this new chapter, we are committed to communicating openly and regularly about the transition process. This page will serve as the home for all communications from the Wardens, updates on the rector search and discernment process, and other transition-related information.

We invite you to visit this page often. While not every step in the search process can be shared in real time, we aim to provide timely updates when there is news to report. The most recent updates will appear at the top.

Above all, we ask that you continue to hold our parish, our future rector, and one another in prayer as we seek to discern where God is leading St. Andrew's.

We celebrated Shariya's ministry and said farewell at the Parish Picnic on June 14. Many of you have asked how Shariya is doing and whether we've heard from her. Those questions come from a place of love and reflect how deeply she is missed. 

As difficult as it can be, one of the important practices of a healthy clergy transition is that after a rector leaves, both the departing rector and the parish are given space to start their new chapters. Shariya shared that part of "leaving well" meant stepping back from ongoing contact with the parish. Honestly though, this just feels hard. But this space is meant as a gift both to her and to St. Andrew's, as we each continue listening for where the Spirit may be calling us. One thing we can say with confidence is that we know she is praying for us as we are for her.