Download: Diocesan Profile (with Nomination Forms)
Download: Nomination Forms only

The Diocesan Profile is now available for download. This 40-page PDF document offers an in-depth introduction to our diocese, a profile of our next bishop, and guidelines and forms for nominating candidates. You may also download the Nomination Forms without the profile.

For optimal viewing of the Diocesan Profile, we recommend downloading it using a high-speed Internet connection, after which you may view, save, and/or print it from your computer. For those with slow Internet connections, a Text-Only Version of the Diocesan Profile is also available.

The Search Committee continues to make good progress on our profile. The drafting of a text is now complete, and our graphic artist is finishing design work. The profile is a very important statement on behalf of our diocese and we have been careful that it is an accurate representation of all that we have learned over the last months. We expect to post it here for the Second Sunday of Advent.

We met on November 10, 2008. Ted Clarkson began our time and work together with prayer. Present were: Pat Burau, Rick Callaway, Ted Clarkson, Charlie Hough, Walter Hobgood, Rick Buechner, Lonnie Lacy, Geri Nelson, Fred Richter, and Robert Fain.

The Screening Process

• We proceeded to spend a good bit of our time in conversation with our consultant, Rick Callaway, about the screening process. The Search Committee expects to open the nominating process on December 1st. Nominations postmarked no later than January 15th will be accepted.
• Walter Hobgood presented a proposed timetable of steps to be accomplished by specified dates. Committee members offered helpful recommendations. This schedule will be posted on the website.

The Next Bishop

• Over lunch the committee began to discuss with much more specificity the profile of a new bishop.

The Nomination Process

• The proposed Nomination Form and Policy were discussed and suggestions made about wording. These documents will be posted on the website and made available to the Church in Georgia. We are committed to making participation in this process a rewarding experience for the candidates.

Profile Progress

• Lonnie Lacy led us through the work accomplished to date and made assignments for the work to be completed. We hope to have the Profile posted on-line by December 1st.

We concluded with closing prayer. The next meeting is scheduled for December 8th at 11:30 am in Dublin.