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Update on the Listening Sessions – January 9 Dear friends, In this letter, the Bishop Search Committee is pleased to share a new invitation for your participation in this process of discerning candidates to be our next bishop. Please also find a few reminders at the end. We hope you will read through to the […]

Commitments by the Standing Committee in West Missouri’s Bishop Search December 13, 2023 As members of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of West Missouri, we understand that our duty is to oversee the process of electing and consecrating our next bishop. In order to avoid any appearance of favoritism, to provide a productive climate

A Schedule of the Bishop Search Listening Sessions Dear friends, The Bishop Search Committee is pleased to announce a full schedule of listening sessions that will help us in our work of building a diocesan profile. You can find that full schedule at the bottom of this email. This diocesan profile will tell the story

Bishop Search News: Our First Listening Session Dear friends, Over the two weeks since we last wrote to you, the committee has been steadfastly working to organize and plan feedback and listening sessions to which all members of the diocese will be invited. These listening sessions will provide a time for prayerful conversation that will

Applications for the Transition and Consecration Committees are Still Open Dear Friends, I hope that you were able to read the recent update regarding the kicking off of our search process. It’s truly exciting to see this process get started and to see all the great things the Bishop Search Committee is going to accomplish in the

An Update on the Standing Committee and Bishop Search Committee Retreat Dear Friends, This past weekend, the Standing Committee, the Bishop Search Committee, and the chairs of the Transition and Consecration Committees met with our search consultants in retreat. We held sacred time for sharing our concerns and fears and, as we looked to the

The Bishop Search Committee is Announced! Dear Diocesan Family, Since West Missouri’s bishop-search website went live in late August, 70 people from across the diocese have applied to serve on the Bishop Search Committee, Transition Committee, and Consecration Committee. For the Bishop Search Committee, the application deadline was Oct. 1; and since then, the Standing

An Update on Applications and Other News From the Standing Committee of The Diocese of West Missouri, Dear Friends, About a month ago, our bishop-search website went live, and we began receiving applications to serve on the three committees that will lead us as we search for, elect, and consecrate the ninth bishop of West

The Bishop Search Process Begins As your diocesan Standing Committee, which oversees searching for, electing, and consecrating our next bishop, we invite you to get involved in the process. Our search website is live. And through it, you can apply for positions on the three committees that will guide us toward the election and consecration