The Deployment Office
143 State Street
Portland, Maine 04101-3799
207-772-1953 ~ 207-773-0095 (fax)

Congregations in Search
last updated 09/22/2004

Clergy  interested in being considered for a particular position are asked to send their resume and other materials to the Diocesan Deployment Officer, the Rev. Cn. Linton H. Studdiford.  Please do not send these materials directly to the congregation.

Congratulations to the people of St. Thomas', Winn, and the Rev. Carolyn Metzler as they begin their ministry together.

On-line deployment information and a congregation's web site is available by the highlighted links. 

ST. MARK'S, Augusta -- Open

ST. PATRICK'S, Brewer -- Working on Profile
Parish website at http://home.gwi.net/~stpats 

ST. MARY THE VIRGIN, Falmouth -- Beginning Process
Parish website at www.smary.org 

ST. MATTHEW'S, Hallowell -- Beginning Process

CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, Houlton -- Open

ST. AIDAN'S, Machias -- Open
Parish website at http://home.gwi.net/~staidans 

CATHEDRAL OF ST. LUKE, Portland -- No Longer Receiving Names
Profile on-line at www.cathedralofstluke.org 

TRINITY, Saco -- Beginning Process
parish website at www.trinitysaco.org 

ST. ANDREW AND ST. JOHN, Southwest Harbor -- Beginning Process
Parish website at http://saintsmdi.org 

CLERGY SEARCH PROCESS IN THE DIOCESE OF MAINE

The Search Committee receives names from the following sources:

• Recommendations from members of the congregation
• Suggestions from the Bishop's Office
• Priests who have indicated their interest to the Diocesan Deployment Officer
• The Church Deployment computer search

   

1. The Search Committee reviews the paperwork submitted on search candidates. Required paperwork consists of current CDO Profile and resume which includes a list of gifts and skills of the priest with examples of successes in these areas of ministry.
   
2. The Search Committee meets on a regular basis to review the material received and contacts the candidates it wishes to pursue stating their interest and with information about the parish, the community, and their schedule for the search process. The same questions will be asked of all candidates under consideration.
   
3. When the Search Committee has received information from the candidates it wishes to pursue and completed the reference checks, the committee will submit a preliminary "Short List" to the Bishop for approval.
   
4. Reference checks on the candidates on the "Short List" are conducted by the Bishop and the Deployment Officer with their counterparts in the dioceses of the candidates.
   
5. Candidates are invited for interviews with the Search Committee, Bishop,and Deployment Officer.
   
6. Visits are made by members of the Search Committee to candidates’ parishes.
   
7. The Search Committee makes a recommendation of their choice to the Vestry
   
8. The Vestry elects the new Rector and Warden extends the call
   

The Search Committee is strongly urged to communicate with all candidates under consideration at least every thirty days to advise them about the status of the search and whether or not they are still under consideration.

If candidates have any questions concerning their status in a search process, they should contact either the Chair of the Search Committee or the Deployment Officer.

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