9.  Please provide words describing the gifts and skills essential to the future leaders of your worshipping community.

A pastoral minister present to individual church members.  Our members want to be known by their rector, one who ministers during major life events, who teaches and leads, and who listens and counsels.

A supporter and facilitator of lay outreach ministries, financially and otherwise.  St. Peter’s has a proud history of seeding outreach ministries in the Charlotte community.

A champion of diversity energized by our diverse congregation that embodies God’s kingdom.

A liturgist and preacher committed to engaging, meaningful and musically rich worship services throughout the week.

A minister connecting with youth, inspiring and molding the church’s young people and our future.

An inspiring leader supporting growth in membership particularly among young and diverse families, and who will lead us to meaningful stewardship with an eye toward financial discipline.

An enabler of in-reach working to strengthen our intra-community relationships through groups and activities, some targeted to specific populations within the congregation, and who will expand our population of lay leaders.