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	News Reports ___________ Bishop Committee Evaluates Nominees by Bill McColl February 16, 2006 --Names are in; the discernment process is underway. The Nominating Committee for the 10th Bishop of the Diocese of Newark has closed its two-month long nomination process and is now evaluating the nominees to determine the four to six candidates to be voted on at the special convention September 23rd. The nominees who eventually emerge from this phase of the process will be visited by members of the committee, and after even more evaluation the finalists will be chosen. Those names will be announced on June 28th. Then, each candidate will be invited to take part in a "walkabout" of the diocese prior to the special convention. As the discernment work continues, the committee will hold a series of instructional sessions for delegates in each of the diocese's 10 districts during the spring. "They need to understand how the nominating process is functioning and most importantly to participate in the 'walkabouts' and the election," committee member The Rev. Stuart Smith of St. Clements's Church in Hawthorne said. "Electors must come to know the nominees as personably as possible." And the voters are not the only ones encouraged to participate. "Others in the diocese also need to know the nominees to share with the electors their thoughts and concerns about the nominees," he said. The Rev. Smith noted this is part of the Nominating Committee's overall mission: "We want to be as open in our process as possible and to abide by the characteristic skills and qualities the diocese is calling for in a new bishop," he said. Anyone interested in attending the instructional sessions can find more information in a previous news item. The Nominating Committee is co-chaired by the Rev. Victoria McGrath of All Saints in Millington and Dr. Louie Crew of Grace Church in Newark. Bill McColl is Communications Chairman for the Nominating Committee and attends All Saints Church in Leonia ___________ Return to Bishop Nominating Committee Home
	Posted February 16, 2006 © 2006 Episcopal Diocese of Newark.