Openings 

Part-Time Rector-- ASCENSION, AMHERST, VIRGINIA

Available September, 2008

Family Size parish, Budget $55-60,000
   - Deacon/parish nurse and 3 lay assistants
   - Community outreach programs, Episcopal Thrift shop, monthly free dinners
   - Active chapter of Daughters of the King
   - Within 50 miles of major colleges, cultural, historical, and recreational sites

Compensation $20,000/year including benefits and a $5,000 one-time bonus to offset expenses

Contact the Rev. Gene R. Anderson, Diocesan Transition Officer, PO Box 2279, Roanoke, VA 24009-2279, 800-346-7982, or ganderson (at) dioswva.org

 

 RECTOR-- GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, RADFORD, VIRGINIA

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY (Updated 3/17/2008)

No longer receiving names

Web site: www.graceradford.com

Pastoral Sized Parish

* 228 Communicants, 70 ASA, $166,000 Budget
* Traditional (Rite I & II) worship
* University Town (Radford University)
* Salary 45,000 w/Rectory, 60,000, wwithout Rectory
* $5,000 Equity Fund with Rectory
* Commited to Outreach (1/4 of Budget expenditures)
* profile available on website

Contact The Rev. Gene R. Anderson, PO Box 2279, Roanoke, VA 24009-2279, 800-346-7982 (Thursdays) or ganderson@dioswva.org or Dana Giesen, 400 Robertson Street, Radford, VA 24141, 540-639-0888, dana (at) elevenwest.com

 

Part-Time VICAR-- GOOD SHEPHERD, BLUE GRASS, VIRGINIA

RETIRED PRIEST TO BE Part-Time VICAR

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY

Family sized parish, total budget $30,000

* parish seeks PRIEST (RETIRED PREFERRED)
o service leader for 3 Sundays each month plus
o the equivalent of three other days a month
o occasional baptisms, weddings, funerals
o general parish leadership, including
o
+ spiritual leadership
+ adult religious study
+ counseling
+ visitation
* salary: $1,200/month ($14,400/year) with no benefits
o review of remuneration after 6 months

Parish Transitions Updates

  • St. Thomas Church, Abingdon, is seeking a part-time Youth Coordinator
  • Ascension, Amherst is searching for a part-time priest.
  • St. Mark’s, Fincastle, vestry has called The Rev. Craig Dolack from Savannah, Georgia, as their new Rector starting August 15.
  • Christ Church, Pearisburg has called a new priest.
  • All Saint’s, Norton, and St. Mark’s, St. Paul have called the Rev. Robert Beauchamp to serve as priest-in-charge beginning August 1.
  • Grace Church, Radford, Search Committee is having conversations with candidates.
  • Trinity, Staunton, has called the Rev. Paul Nancarrow from St. Louis Park, Minnesota beginning September 1. 

 

 Contact the Rev. Gene Anderson, Diocesan Transition Officer, PO Box 2279, Roanoke, VA 24009-2279 ganderson@dioswva.org
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