Bishop Search Timeline
Protocol for Episcopal Search, Election, and Transition

2008

June 28

• Standing Committee presents to Board of Trustees and Diocesan Council
• Communicates process design, receive input and answer questions, solicit support

July 1

• Standing Committee presents to diocesan staff
• Communicates process design, receive input and answer questions, solicit support

July 18-19

• Training in Appreciative Inquiry
• Prepares facilitators for convocation and convention presentations on Appreciative Inquiry
• Train prospective members of Search and Transition Committees

July 25

• Standing Committee presents proposed budget to Board of Trustees
• Seeks approval of requested funds

August

• Standing Committee presents to convocations
• Describes transition protocol to delegates and clergy
• Defines role clergy and delegates play in the process
• Presents the qualifications for potential members of Search and Transition Committees
• Presents “Call to Ministry” document
• Clarifies budget and source of funds

August-September

• Convocations recommend individuals for Search and Transition Committees
• “Call to Ministry” documents deadline for presentation to Standing Committee: September 15, 2008

October

• Standing Committee selects committee members and chaplains
• Chaplains, one for each committee, are responsible for: A theological statement giving spiritual focus and guidance for the process
• Commissioning liturgies for Search and Transition Committees
• Supporting the committees in their work
• Search and Transition Committees members teleconference with consultant
• Committees to prepare for Appreciative Inquiry activities at Diocesan Convention

November 6-8

• Diocesan Convention, Salem Convention Center
• Standing Committee calls for the “Election of a Diocesan Bishop”
• Protocol for the search, election and transition of a bishop reviewed
• Appreciative Inquiry break-out groups offer input into our profile
• Search and Transition Committee members commissioned

November-December

• Teleconferences with consultant

2009

January 16-17

• Joint Retreat – Standing, Search & Transition Committees
• Standing Committee presents charge to each committee
• The Rev. Rob Voyle, consultant, facilitates retreat

January–March

• Profile published and nominations open
• Transition Committee selects walkabout locations

April-June

• Search Committee screens nominees

July

• Search Committee conducts interviews, visitations; starts background checks

August

• Search Committee presents slate to Standing Committees
• Standing Committee announces nominees
• Petition process opens and closes

Early November

• Walkabouts for nominees
• Nominees for Bishop to the Diocese introduced at several locations throughout diocese

November 20

• Election (The election will take place during the 121st Diocesan Convention at the Eugene Hilton, November 19-21, 2009)

November-December

• Standing Committee seeks consents
• Bishops and standing committees of the Episcopal Church will be asked to consent to our election

2010

January-February

• Bishop-elect moves to Oregon

April 10

• Consecration/investiture at the Hult Center, Eugene, Oregon