Rector Search
News & Updates
October 6, 2025
UPDATE FROM THE RECTOR SEARCH COMMITTEE
The Rector Search Committee is pleased to share that today our rector search is being broadly announced across the Episcopal community. We are now accepting applications and nominations for the next rector of All Saints’ Beverly Hills!
You can see our Parish Profile and read updates about our search process on the All Saints’ website. And we have launched a brand new Rector Search website where candidates will view our Parish Profile and submit applications online.
We hope you will spread the word about our rector search and use the new Rector Search site (allsaintsbhrectorsearch.org) to nominate candidates who may be a fit for All Saints’.
The deadline for applications from rector candidates is Friday, October 31.
The deadline for rector nominations is Friday, October 24.
Please continue to pray for our search.
Almighty God, we ask for your grace and guidance as we seek to call a new rector for All Saints’ Beverly Hills. Open our hearts and minds to discern your will during this time of transition.
We pray for your Holy Spirit to inspire candidates to step forward with courage and faith.
Grant them wisdom, discernment, and joy as they consider this new ministry, and may they embody the deep and unbounded love of Jesus as they come among us.
We ask this in the name of your son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Rector Search Committee Members:
John Gude, Chair
Clem Billingsly
Gerry Bross
Susan Humphreville
Ginger Lincoln
Brice Martin
Amanda Tan
October 2, 2025
UPDATE FROM THE RECTOR SEARCH COMMITTEE
The Rector Search Committee excited to announce that the Parish Profile has been completed and approved by both the Vestry and the Diocese! This means that very soon we will officially announce our rector search to the Episcopal community. We will publish the Parish Profile online and invite candidates to apply by submitting an application form and providing supplemental application materials.
In addition, we will invite you and others affiliated with the Episcopal church to nominate potential candidates, using an online form. Stay tuned for more information.
Please continue to pray for our search.
Almighty God, we ask for your grace and guidance as we seek to call a new rector for All Saints’ Beverly Hills. Open our hearts and minds to discern your will during this time of transition.
We pray for your Holy Spirit to inspire candidates to step forward with courage and faith.
Grant them wisdom, discernment, and joy as they consider this new ministry, and may they embody the deep and unbounded love of Jesus as they come among us.
We ask this in the name of your son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Rector Search Committee Members:
John Gude, Chair
Clem Billingsly
Gerry Bross
Susan Humphreville
Ginger Lincoln
Brice Martin
Amanda Tan
September 19, 2025
UPDATE FROM THE RECTOR SEARCH COMMITTEE
As we complete our work on the parish profile and throughout the rest of the rector search process, please join us in prayer:
Almighty God, we ask for your grace and guidance as we seek to call a new rector for All Saints’ Beverly Hills. Open our hearts and minds to discern your will during this time of transition.
We pray for your Holy Spirit to inspire candidates to step forward with courage and faith.
Grant them wisdom, discernment, and joy as they consider this new ministry, and may they embody the deep and unbounded love of Jesus as they come among us.
We ask this in the name of your son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Rector Search Committee Members:
John Gude, Chair
Clem Billingsly
Gerry Bross
Susan Humphreville
Ginger Lincoln
Brice Martin
Amanda Tan
September 13, 2025
UPDATE FROM THE RECTOR SEARCH COMMITTEE
Since we completed the parish listening sessions in July, we have been working on a parish profile. The 2025 profile is the key tool for marketing our rector position to a broad base of potential candidates and to people who could help identify those candidates. On a parallel basis, the parish profile is designed as a discernment tool for use by potential candidates, the search committee, and the vestry on behalf of our congregation.
The profile is totally new—it started with a blank piece of paper and your committee sitting around a table. It embodies a thoughtful presentation of All Saints’ Beverly Hills as an urban destination parish of the Episcopal Church in Los Angeles. A strong focus is placed on you, the congregation, your complexity and—based on the just-completed listening sessions, your largely unified wants and needs from All Saints’ as your spiritual home.
Where are we in the rector search process?
Although our search process is well-defined with target dates for various milestones, we are operating on “God’s Timetable” as we move through of the process. Right now, we are in the middle of creating the most effective parish profile possible. Our plans call for us to present the profile in a full, finished mock-up to the vestry and to the Diocese of Los Angeles toward the end of this month, and our timing looks to be on target.
What about next steps?
When the profile is finalized, it will be published online, and we will invite candidates to apply to be our next rector and accept nominations of candidates from you and other members of the Episcopal community. At that time, we will provide you with a strategic update on forward activity and next steps leading to the identification of a discernable, qualified candidate for the next rector of All Saints’.
We ask that you pray for the rector search committee now and throughout the search process as we seek to discern God’s vision for our next rector.
Rector Search Committee Members:
John Gude, Chair
Clem Billingsly
Gerry Bross
Susan Humphreville
Ginger Lincoln
Brice Martin
Amanda Tan
August 21, 2025
UPDATE FROM THE RECTOR SEARCH COMMITTEE
PARISH PROFILE -- PRAYING AND PREPARING
The Rector Search Committee continues to meet weekly as we prepare a Parish Profile that is a comprehensive, honest and inviting portrayal of our church – one that will attract exceptional rector candidates. We trust that the Holy Spirit will guide us a talented priest who is called to be among us in union with God and our community of faith.
Please keep our committee in your prayers as we seek to discern God’s vision for our next rector.
Rector Search Committee Members:
John Gude, Chair
Clem Billingsly
Gerry Bross
Susan Humphreville
Ginger Lincoln
Brice Martin
Amanda Tan
August 7, 2025
UPDATE FROM THE RECTOR SEARCH COMMITTEE
PARISH PROFILE -- PRAYING AND PREPARING
The Rector Search Committee continues to meet on a weekly basis. We have started drafting the Parish Profile, which will incorporate the perspectives you shared at our July listening sessions. We are committed to making sure that the profile is a comprehensive, honest and inviting portrayal of OUR church – one that will attract exceptional rector candidates!
Thank you for your patience as we diligently pursue this important work. Please join us as we pray that the Holy Spirit shines light on our parish and guides us in the search for our next rector.
Rector Search Committee Members:
John Gude, Chair
Clem Billingsly
Gerry Bross
Susan Humphreville
Ginger Lincoln
Brice Martin
Amanda Tan
July 31, 2025
UPDATE FROM THE RECTOR SEARCH COMMITTEE
YOUR VOICE MATTERS – THANK YOU
We are extremely grateful to the 140 people who participated in recent rector search listening sessions! The perspectives you shared at these meetings were frank, loving and constructive. They are vital to our developing a Parish Profile that is a comprehensive, honest and inviting portrayal of OUR church – one that will attract rector candidates, help candidates discern whether they may be called to All Saints’, and guide the Search Committee in its discernment about which candidates may be a fit for our parish.
At our committee meeting last night, we started digesting and assimilating the broad input you provided. This will continue in the near term as we draft the Parish Profile. Thank you for your patience as we diligently pursue this important work.
Please join us as we pray that the Holy Spirit guides us in the search for our next rector.
Rector Search Committee Members:
John Gude, Chair
Clem Billingsly
Gerry Bross
Susan Humphreville
Ginger Lincoln
Brice Martin
Amanda Tan
July 23, 2025
UPDATE FROM THE RECTOR SEARCH COMMITTEE
YOUR VOICE MATTERS—HELP SHAPE OUR PARISH PROFILE
We are so grateful to the almost 100 people who have participated in recent rector search listening sessions! The insights shared at these meetings are vital to our developing a Parish Profile that is comprehensive, honest and inviting—a true reflection of our community. The profile will:
Help us attract and recruit rector candidates.
Help rector candidates to discern whether they may be called to serve at All Saints’.
Guide the Search Committee in its discernment about which candidates may be a fit for All Saints’.
Our last listening session will be held this Sunday, July 27 from 11:30 to 12:30. We will have tables for the Men’s Group, Women’s Group and Choir and Music Guild members, and we also encourage anyone who has not yet attended a listening session to come this week.
At Sunday’s listening session, we will have round-table discussions guided by a set of questions thoughtfully developed by the Search Committee. Each table will address the same questions, after selecting a leader who will share feedback with the Search Committee.
Please join us as we pray that the Holy Spirit will open our hearts, our minds, our lips and our ears during these important conversations.
Rector Search Committee Members:
John Gude, Chair
Clem Billingsly
Gerry Bross
Susan Humphreville
Ginger Lincoln
Brice Martin
Amanda Tan
July 17, 2025
UPDATE FROM THE RECTOR SEARCH COMMITTEE
YOUR VOICE MATTERS—HELP SHAPE OUR PARISH PROFILE
The Search Committee is hard at work preparing a Parish Profile., which will be an important tool in our national search for our next rector. The profile will:
Help us attract and recruit rector candidates.
Help rector candidates to discern whether they may be called to serve at All Saints’.
Guide the Search Committee in its discernment about which candidates may be a fit for All Saints’.
Thank you to everyone who attended the constructive listening session on July 13. If you did not attend that gathering, the Search Committee warmly invites you to participate in one of the upcoming sessions on Sunday, July 20 or 27, from 11:30 to 12:30.
The insights you share at these meetings will be a vital part of developing a Parish Profile that is comprehensive, honest and inviting—a true reflection of our community.
The listening sessions will be round-table discussions guided by a set of questions thoughtfully developed by the Search Committee. Tables will be organized by ministry and interest groups, or you may choose to sit at a general table. Each table will address the same questions, after selecting a leader who will share feedback with the Search Committee.
Listening Session Schedule:
July 20: 20s and 30s, PRIDE, Trinity Project, AS2 Community, Refugee Ministry, Pastoral Care Ministry, Skunkworks, Liturgy Ministries (LEMS, Altar Guild, Readers, Ushers), General
July 27: Men’s Group, Women’s Group, Choir and Music Guild, General
Please join us as we pray that the Holy Spirit will open our hearts, our minds, our lips and our ears during these important conversations.
Rector Search Committee Members:
John Gude, Chair
Clem Billingsly
Gerry Bross
Susan Humphreville
Ginger Lincoln
Brice Martin
Amanda Tan
July 10, 2025
UPDATE FROM THE RECTOR SEARCH COMMITTEE
YOUR VOICE MATTERS—HELP SHAPE OUR PARISH PROFILE
The Rector Search Committee warmly invites you to participate in a listening session on Sunday, July 13, 20 or 27, from 11:30 to 12:30. On July 13, we particularly encourage attendance by parishioners involved in our Children, Youth and Family Ministries.
The insights you share about All Saints’ at these meetings will be a vital part of developing a Parish Profile that is comprehensive, honest and inviting—a true portrait of our community. The profile will help us attract and guide prospective rector candidates as they discern whether they are called to serve at All Saints’.
The listening sessions will be round-table discussions guided by a set of questions thoughtfully developed by the Search Committee. Tables will be organized by ministry and interest groups, or you may choose to sit at a general table. Each table will select a leader to encourage participation and take notes, which will be shared with the Search Committee.
Listening Session Schedule:
July 13: Children, Youth and Family Ministries, General
July 20: 20s and 30s, PRIDE, Trinity Project, AS2 Community, Refugee Ministry, Pastoral Care Ministry, Skunkworks, Liturgy Ministries (LEMS, Altar Guild, Readers, Ushers), General
July 27: Men’s Group, Women’s Group, Choir and Music Guild, General
If you’re unable to attend on your group’s scheduled date, please come on another date that works for you. If you are not able to attend one of the in-person meetings scheduled in July, we still want your input—stay tuned!
Please join us as we pray that the Holy Spirit will open our hearts and our minds during these important conversations.
Rector Search Committee Members:
John Gude, Chair
Clem Billingsly
Gerry Bross
Susan Humphreville
Ginger Lincoln
Brice Martin
Amanda Tan
July 3, 2025
UPDATE FROM THE RECTOR SEARCH COMMITTEE
YOUR VOICE MATTERS—HELP SHAPE OUR PARISH PROFILE
The Rector Search Committee warmly invites you to participate in a listening session on Sunday, July 13, 20 or 27, from 11:30 to 12:30. On July 13, we particularly encourage parishioners involved in our Children, Youth and Family Ministries to attend.
The insights you share about All Saints’ at these meetings will be a vital part of developing a Parish Profile that is comprehensive, honest and inviting—a true portrait of our community. The profile will help us attract and guide prospective rector candidates as they discern whether they are called to serve at All Saints’.
The listening sessions will be round-table discussions guided by a set of questions thoughtfully developed by the Search Committee. Tables will be organized by ministry and interest groups, or you may choose to sit at a general table. Each table will select a leader to encourage participation and take notes, which will be shared with the Search Committee.
July 13: Children, Youth and Family Ministries, General
July 20: 20s and 30s, PRIDE, Trinity Project, AS2 Community, Refugee Ministry, Skunkworks, Liturgy Ministries (LEMS, Altar Guild, Readers, Ushers), General
July 27: Men’s Group, Women’s Group, Choir and Music Guild, General
We understand that July is a busy month for vacations. If you’re unable to attend on your group’s scheduled date, please come on another date that works for you.
Please join us as we pray that the Holy Spirit will open our hearts and our minds during these important conversations.
Rector Search Committee Members:
John Gude, Chair
Clem Billingsly
Gerry Bross
Susan Humphreville
Ginger Lincoln
Brice Martin
Amanda Tan
July 10, 2025
UPDATE FROM THE RECTOR SEARCH COMMITTEE
YOUR VOICE MATTERS—HELP SHAPE OUR PARISH PROFILE
The Rector Search Committee warmly invites you to participate in a listening session on Sunday, July 13, 20 or 27, from 11:30 to 12:30. On July 13, we particularly encourage parishioners involved in our Children, Youth and Family Ministries to attend.
The insights you share about All Saints’ at these meetings will be a vital part of developing a Parish Profile that is comprehensive, honest and inviting—a true portrait of our community. The profile will help us attract and guide prospective rector candidates as they discern whether they are called to serve at All Saints’.
The listening sessions will be round-table discussions guided by a set of questions thoughtfully developed by the Search Committee. Tables will be organized by ministry and interest groups, or you may choose to sit at a general table. Each table will select a leader to encourage participation and take notes, which will be shared with the Search Committee.
July 13: Children, Youth and Family Ministries, General
July 20: 20s and 30s, PRIDE, Trinity Project, AS2 Community, Refugee Ministry, Skunkworks, Liturgy Ministries (LEMS, Altar Guild, Readers, Ushers), General
July 27: Men’s Group, Women’s Group, Choir and Music Guild, General
We understand that July is a busy month for vacations. If you’re unable to attend on your group’s scheduled date, please come on another date that works for you.
Please join us as we pray that the Holy Spirit will open our hearts and our minds during these important conversations.
Rector Search Committee Members:
John Gude, Chair
Clem Billingsly
Gerry Bross
Susan Humphreville
Ginger Lincoln
Brice Martin
Amanda Tan
June 26, 2025
UPDATE FROM THE RECTOR SEARCH COMMITTEE
The Search Committee has been busy, meeting weekly since it was commissioned on June 1. We have formed subcommittees that will work in parallel, collaborating closely with each other and the full committee. The subcommittees are focusing on key components of the search process: parish communications, the parish profile, parish listening sessions, candidate recruitment, and interviewing and visitation.
A critical part of our work is developing the Parish Profile, a document which will tell the story of our parish—where we have been, where we are, and where we are going. Creating the profile is a spiritual exercise both for the Search Committee and the parish, offering a chance to reflect deeply on our shared life. The profile will present a comprehensive, honest and inviting portrait of our parish to serve both as a recruitment tool and as a discernment guide for prospective rector candidates.
To shape the profile faithfully, we warmly invite you to participate in a listening session after the 10 a.m. service on July 13, 20, 27 to share your insights and your hopes for All Saints’. Further details will be shared soon.
We are energized about this important work and grateful for the opportunity to serve. Please keep us in your prayers—that we may listen well to you, to each other, and to the Holy Spirit.
Rector Search Committee Members:
John Gude, Chair
Clem Billingsly
Gerry Bross
Susan Humphreville
Ginger Lincoln
Brice Martin
Amanda Tan
This was originally published in the Thursday, June 26 issue of All Things All Saints’ with a date correction issued June 28.
June 20, 2025
UPDATE FROM THE RECTOR SEARCH COMMITTEE
The Rector Search Committee met on Tuesday, June 10 to discuss the building blocks of the search for our next rector. Some of the components we discussed include communications with the parish about the search process, solicitation of input from parishioners, development of a parish profile, and the candidate selection process.
In the near term, we will be holding listening sessions to hear from you about your hopes for All Saints’. Please stay tuned for details.
Our committee is excited and energetic about our work. Please pray that we listen to you, to each other, and to the Holy Spirit.
Rector Search Committee Members:
John Gude, Chair
Clem Billingsly
Gerry Bross
Susan Humphreville
Ginger Lincoln
Brice Martin
Amanda Tan
May 30, 2025
MEET THE RECTOR SEARCH COMMITTEE
We are excited to announce an important milestone in our parish’s journey: the formation of the Rector Search Committee. This dedicated team of seven members, led by John Gude as chair, has been carefully selected by the vestry to guide us through this crucial process of seeking our next Rector.
The committee will begin their work with a training session led by our rector search consultant, the Very Rev. Ron Clingenpeel, scheduled for May 30th and 31st. This training will equip them with the necessary tools and insights to effectively carry out their responsibilities.
“Speaking for our committee, our consultant the Very Rev Ron Clingenpeel and myself, we feel so honored to have the opportunity to serve All Saints’ in this historic search for new leadership as we celebrate 100 years as a beacon of faith from Beverly Hills,” shared Rector Search Committee Chair, John Gude.
We invite you to join us in commissioning the Rector Search Committee during the 10:00 AM service this Sunday, June 1. This ceremonial commissioning marks the official start of their mission to discern and recommend our future spiritual leader.
Throughout this journey, the committee will provide regular updates to keep the parish informed and engaged. Your prayers and support are invaluable as we embark on this significant process together.
Rector Search Committee Members:
John Gude, Chair
Clem Billingsly
Gerry Bross
Susan Humphreville
Ginger Lincoln
Brice Martin
Amanda Tan
April 24, 2025
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE VESTRY
At its meeting on April 22, the vestry voted to appoint John Gude as the new Chair of the Rector Search Committee.
John brings a wealth of experience as a retired Executive Search Consultant and is deeply engaged in the life of the parish. He is a graduate of Education for Ministry (EfM) and has contributed to All Saints’ in various ways, including serving on the Stewardship Committee, as Director of Annual Giving for 2024, and as a member of the Refugee Ministry. John also serves as a reader and usher. We are thrilled to have him lead the Search Committee in this critical process of selecting our new rector.
The process for forming the Rector Search Committee begins on Sunday, April 27. Applications will be available at a table on the patio following each service. Please stop by the table to ask questions and pick up an application.
The application window will be open from April 27 through May 18, with completed applications due by Sunday, May 18.
March 20, 2025
RECTOR SEARCH UPDATE
The vestry met with Canon Ron Clingenpeel last week to discuss rector search details. They will be in retreat on March 22.
The Rev. Canon Ron will be with the parish on Sunday, March 23 for a presentation to the parish following the 10 am service. All are encouraged to attend.
February 10, 2025
RECTOR SEARCH UPDATE
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
As we begin 2025, the vestry is excited to share updates regarding the progress of our rector search. We will regularly provide these important updates throughout the search process and welcome any questions you may have.
The vestry has engaged The Reverend Canon Ron Clingenpeel as our rector search consultant. Based on our due diligence, Canon Ron is considered to be the preeminent search consultant in the Episcopal Church. He is an experienced parish priest and has guided over 100 rector searches and 30 bishop searches in his decades of ministry. He is lauded for his deeply spiritual yet practical approach to the search process. Canon Ron is also an accomplished musician and has even played at such venues as the Troubadour here in Los Angeles. The vestry interviewed him in person in December and asked that he join us in our work as soon as possible.
On January 27th, Canon Ron shared dinner with us at the rectory, and on January 28th, he attended our regularly scheduled vestry meeting, where he provided a general overview of his search methodology. Canon Ron is sensitive to the history of our parish and will help us craft a process that meets us where we are. To that end, he met individually, in person, with all clergy, staff, and vestry members and will provide his initial insights and proposals to the vestry. We anticipate that there will be opportunities for the parish to meet and engage with Canon Ron as well over the next few months.
Last but not least, we know that many are interested in the timeline for the search, and we have shared this with Canon Ron. Please be assured that we will provide all details about the steps in the search process as well as an anticipated timeline as soon as they are available. This is an area that is actively under construction. Please pray that the Holy Spirit guides us, that we keep our eyes on Jesus, and that we serve Him in this work and in all that we do.
Yours in Christ,
The Reverend Canon Andrea McMillin, Priest in Charge
Jeff Smith, Senior Warden
Randy Whittell, Junior Warden
Bonnie McClure, Clerk
Susan Humphreville, Treasurer
Carl Anderson
Claire Cundiff
Tom Fleming
Karen Ide
Lonnie Hinckley
Clarke Morrow
Lisa Schwab
Sharon Sellstrom
John Tan
Nat Damon, 2025 nominee
Lina Okenfus, 2025 nominee
Kevin Shrum, 2025 nominee
January 10, 2025
PARISH TRANSITION UPDATE
We are pleased to announce that we have contracted The Very Rev. Ron Clingenpeel to be our consultant as we prepare for and conduct our rector search process. Ron is widely respected across the whole church for his ability to help churches align their mission and vision, post a profile that is consistent with that, and assist the search committee and vestry in their prayerful discernment process.
In addition to consulting with churches of all sizes, he also consults for bishop searches and as such is experienced in complex organizational dynamics. Ron will help the vestry in the continued work of greater health, alignment, and discipleship. Ron will begin by meeting with the vestry at their Jan 28th meeting and will be with the whole congregation in due course as he helps All Saints' align parish vision, congregation, and vestry.
This was originally published in the Jan. 10 issue of the All Things All Saints’ newsletter.
December 19, 2024
VESTRY UPDATE
At their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 17, the vestry met with a consultant to clarify key steps for leadership development and guidance for a rector search. During the meeting, the vestry spent time in deep conversation about strengthening our leadership skills to improve our ability to work as a unified governing body - an essential foundation for a prayerful and successful rector call process.
The vestry is committed to this relational work and will begin meeting with a search consultant at the start of the new year. Additional information about our search consultant and the next steps in the process will be available after the new year.
This was originally published in the Dec. 19, 2024 issue of the All Things All Saints’ newsletter.
November 21, 2024
VESTRY UPDATE
Your vestry met with a consultant this week to help us prepare for a search. This includes aligning our own vestry and the parish with a common identity, vision, and process timeline.
This was originally published in the Nov. 21, 2024 issue of the All Things All Saints’ newsletter.