Planning Our Future - Together!

SPR Rector Search


This page will be updated regularly as we proceed through the rector search process. We encourage you to visit often as updates are made available!

2025 Rector Search Committee

Thank you to our parishioners who have discerned a call to serve on our rector search committee! Below, you will find the names, roles, and liturgy times of our search committee members. 
 

Andrew Chipman, Co-Chair [10am]
Toni Daniels, Co-Chair [10am]
Patrick Jonker, Member [10am]
Shirley Knight, Member [8am]
Jordan Lanfair, Member [8am]
Kari Martin, Member [10am]
Romonda McKinney, Member [10am]
Ariana Strahl, Member [10am]
Jim Tonsgard, Member [8am]


Almighty God, giver of every good gift, 
look graciously on your Church, 
and so guide the minds of those
who shall choose a rector
for the Church of Saint Paul and the Redeemer,
that we may receive a faithful pastor,
who will care for your people
and equip us for our ministries,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

-Book of Common Prayer
Prayer for the Election of a Bishop or other Minister

SPR Core Values

From the Interim Rector

Dear SPR Community,
 
I am excited for you as you begin the important steps of engaging the Congregational Assessment Tool (CAT) and as you discern your leaders for the Rector Search Committee. Congratulations. Please know you and this process are a central part of my prayers for you in the coming weeks.
 
You have prepared for this moment in many ways, including your work last December on a Core Values exercise from a resource called the Interim Ministry Network. Over 100 SPR parishioners from both the 8am and 10am services participated. Below you will find results from that work which come directly from parishioners’ verbal and written responses to five questions:
 

  1. What do SPR’s stated core values say about who SPR is in this moment?

  2. What, if anything, surprised you about the core values NOT included as current values of SPR?

  3. Why do you think the values of inclusivity and multicultural were named as aspirational?

  4. Which of these core values connect with SPR’s current vision: “To mirror the radical hospitality practiced by Jesus?” Which of these core values suggest different language or a different vision?

  5. Given the core values named by the congregation in this exercise, what gifts and skills and passions in ministry would you like to see in SPR’s next rector?

 
This is your good work, so please use it to the fullest in the coming weeks and months. It is a privilege and a joy to travel this part of the journey with you.
 
Your brother in Christ,
Wes Smedley
Interim Rector