Welcome to Christ Church Valdosta.

Coming together from many worship traditions, the members of Christ Church form an Episcopal parish family drawn together by the love of Our Lord, Jesus Christ, and a desire to serve Him here in our community and in the world. Whether you attend one service as a guest or intend to make this your church home, you are welcome. Our church offers many opportunities to share your talents in ministry; some opportunities are great, some are small, but all are significant. We take seriously Our Lord’s call to serve Him by serving our brothers and sisters throughout the world.

The center of all of our service, however, is worship together as a family. Our worship styles embrace both traditional and contemporary liturgies and music. There are four worship services each Sunday as well as worship services on Wednesday evenings and Thursday mornings. There are Christian education programs on Sundays and throughout the week as well as coffee hours, meals and social gatherings. As a parish of the Diocese of Georgia, Christ Church supports diocesan ministries through active participation on several of the diocesan committees and commissions.

We are currently in a period of leadership transition. Our interim rector, the Rev. Laura “Joye” Q. Cantrell, arrived on September 5th, 2012, and will be leading us for the next twelve to eighteen months. During that time, we will conduct a self-study, write a parish profile, and carry out a national search for a new rector. Christ Church welcomes you!

1. Individually and in groups, pray regularly for the search process and the search committee. Watch the Sunday bulletin for specific requests at each step of the process.

2. The Search Committee is reviewing the results of the opinion survey that was recently completed by many members of our parish family. The survey results were first presented to the Search Committee members on May 1 at a meeting also attended by the Rev. Canon Frank Logue from the diocesan office. A briefing for Christ Church members on the survey results will be planned with perhaps several sessions to accommodate different schedules. These survey results and the feedback from those meetings will then be used to construct the “Parish Profile” document that will be a primary part of the public listing of the position for our new rector. Once that document is completed and the position is publicized, then nominations and applications for the position can begin to be accepted. For more information on this process, check the Transitions page here. If you have any suggestions or comments about the status of the parish or the direction of the search, send them to the search committee at their email address: christchurchvaldostasearch@gmail.com

3. Maintain your support of church activities with your prayers, your participation, and your pledge fulfillment. A committed congregation will also be very attractive.

For further information, read about the process of the transition on the Transitions page by clicking here. This Transitions page will be a repository for information about the search throughout the process.

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