Bishop Search Listening Sessions

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BISHOP SEARCH LISTENING SESSIONS


The Search Committee invites you to attend a Listening Session this summer! The purpose of these sessions is simple but deeply important
to listen. Your input will help create a Diocesan Profile—an honest, prayerful portrait of who we are, where we’ve been, and who we are called to become. That profile will then be shared with prospective candidates for bishop to help them discern whether they are called to join us in this next chapter of ministry.


Questions to Consider:

  1. What makes you proud of your church, the diocese, or our mission?
  2. What does success look like in the next decade?
  3. What strengths are most important for our next bishop—and why?
  4. What are your hopes and expectations for our next bishop?
  5. What does it mean to be an Episcopalian in Alabama?
  6. What are our most important missions?


LISTENING SESSION SCHEDULE

  • Sun, June 1 • 2:00–3:30 PM
    St. Stephen’s, Vestavia
    3775 Crosshaven Dr, Vestavia Hills, AL 35223
  • Wed, June 4 • 5:30–7:00 PM
    Trinity, Florence
    410 North Pine Street, Florence, AL 35630
  • Sat, June 7 • 10:00 AM–12:00 PM
    St. Mark’s, Birmingham
    228 Dennison Ave SW, Birmingham, AL 35211
  • Sun, June 8 • 3:00–4:30 PM
    St. Michael & All Angels, Anniston
    1000 West 18th Street, Anniston, AL
  • Wed, June 11 • 5:30–7:00 PM
    St. John’s, Montgomery
    113 Madison Ave, Montgomery, AL 36104
  • Sun, June 15 • 2:00–3:30 PM
    Christ Church, Tuscaloosa
    605 Lurleen B Wallace N Blvd, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
  • Sat, June 21 • 1:00–2:30 PM
    Nativity, Huntsville
    208 Eustis Ave SE, Huntsville, AL 35801
  • Thurs, June 26 • 7:00–8:30 PM
    Zoom session
    bit.ly/DioAlaListeningSession
  • Thurs, June 26 • 7:00–8:30 PM
    St. Luke’s, Birmingham
    3736 Montrose Road, Mountain Brook, AL 35213
    For clergy and seminarians. Zoom link will be available.
  • Sat, June 28 • 1:00–2:30 PM
    Holy Trinity, Auburn
    100 Church Drive, Auburn, AL 36830
  • Sat, June 28 • 2:00–3:30 PM
    Trinity Commons, Birmingham
    1024 12th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35205
  • Fri, July 11 • 9:45–11:30 AM
    Camp McDowell, Nauvoo
    105 Delong Rd, Nauvoo, AL 35578
    For youth & young adults at Camp McDowell Senior Session.




Questions or Concerns?
📧 Email:
albishopsearch@gmail.com
🔗 Zoom:
bit.ly/DioAlaListeningSession





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