There are many fibers that have knitted together over three  centuries to create the community of St. Margaret's.  Our table has  seated revolutionary fighters with agents of the Crown, slave owners  and abolitionists.  Today soldiers, sailors and defense industry  employees share the bread and wine with peace activists, politicians,  artists and educators.

The fabric of St. Margaret's has been strained and repaired.  It has  also grown stronger with new threads.  It has wrapped in comfort the  shoulders of the defeated and the hurt and been raised as a banner to  celebrate God's wholeness, oneness, in our midst.  God has supported  us through our struggles and helped us to restore our knitted fabric  when it frays, and we embrace the expansion of this cloth for  centuries to come.

 

April 18, 2010 Update

The Search Committee continues its efforts to find and recommend the next rector of St. Margaret's Church. It is our resposibility to find the best candidate to fill that position. Pursuant to the Charge of the Vestry that person should "have a Christ - centered focus in his or her ministry, a deep faith, and strong leadership and personal skills, in keeping with the skills and interests outlined in the Parish Profile." As a result, the Search Committee was directed to present to the Vestry a single candidate, with a full explanation of the reasons for presenting the candidate. The response has been impressive. We received a total of 112 personal profile applications from highly educated and committed clergy from across the United States.

We the carefully scrutinized the resumes and their written responses to our questions.  After due consideration we reduced the number under active consideration on several occasions down to 13 candidates. Those 13 were individually interviewed by telephone conference during which we asked each candidate to respond to 4 previously prepared questions. Each interview took about an hour after which we further discussed the candidate and the answers given. Having recently completed  those interviews we further reduced the number of active candidates under consideration to 8 candidates.

In light of the reduced number of candidates under consideration, we will now arrange for subcommittees of 3 committee members to personally visit and observe each of the candidates at his/her present church. After we have done that, we will further reduce the number of active candidates to 3 or 4 and will invite each of them to visit St. Margaret's for further interviews after which we will present our recommended candidate to the Vestry for consideration.   We deeply appreciate  your support in this process. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers. The next several months are very important.  

Michael E. Loney, Chair  

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Search Committee Members
Mike Loney, Chair
Tom Bein
Emily Decker
Kathy Lang
Jeff Macris
Doris Fordham
Kathy Andrews
Gibby Edson
James Hanrahan
Beth Knorr
Emilia Nardi
Al Todd

Contact Information
All communication or submissions are to be directed to:
Mike Loney, Chair, Search Committee
1601 Pleasant Plains Road
Annapolis, Maryland 21409-5928
Phone: (410) 974-0200
Fax: (410) 757-5334
E-mail: smsc09@yahoo.com