Our Transition Year
An Update from the Search Committee Chair, December 4, 2024
The search committee is beginning their work! Members of the committee include Alan Cooper, Bren O’Connor, Emery Dumas (chair), Gail Busby, Mary Grahame Hunter, Steve Ott, and Wes Fishwick. We will officially be commissioned during the 11:00 a.m. service on Sunday, January 26, 2025 – The Feast of St. Paul.
Throughout our work, we will strive to keep you informed as much as possible with frequent, open, and transparent communication. Please note that confidentiality is of the upmost importance to all involved in this process and so specific details may not be communicated. For up-to-date information, please see the bulletin board in the gallery. Additional updates and communications will be shared through the Cathedral social media pages, the Cathedral website, Cathedral Windows, and our weekly e-newsletter Living Stones.
How can you help? The search committee invites your thoughts, ideas, and suggestions as we work to develop our parish profile. This information will assist the committee in creating written materials needed to identify our next Dean. Please consider attending a small-group meeting on a Sunday in January. These small group meetings are in addition to the Town Hall meetings, which we hope everyone will attend. Smaller groups give us a chance to hear more thoughts from more people. The meetings will be held at the Cathedral, in person, with one Zoom option, too. As space is limited to ten, sign-up sheets are located on the bulletin board in the gallery. Please email Emery Dumas at emeryja21@hotmail.com or call 231.590.6720 with any questions.
We thank the Vestry and the congregation for their continued prayers as we embark on this next part of our journey together.
Emery Dumas
Search Committee Chairperson
Search Committee Nominations have closed
Thank you to everyone who submitted nominations! We had a great response, and the committee is being finalized in the next few weeks. Please check back for an update soon.
Administration of the C.A.T.
What is our congregation’s present identity? How might we revise or enhance our vision? What should our mission be to get us there? The vestry wants your input. Look for a link to the Congregation Assessment Tool (CAT) in your newsletter, Living Stones. Set aside 30 minutes or so to complete it before the window closes on October 31. If you consider the cathedral to be your spiritual home, please participate. The more participants, the more accurate our picture will be. The link was sent by email on Sunday, October 13, at 9:00 a.m. If you do not have the link, and it is not in your spam folder, please write to the Cathedral office at info@detroitcathedral.org. Computer stations will be available during Coffee Hour for those who require them.
