RECTOR SEARCH UPDATE

Rev. Kristin L. Saylor

We are delighted to announce that The Rev. Kristin L. Saylor has accepted our call to become the next Rector of St. Lawrence.

Alleluia! Thanks be to God!

Kristin's call is the culmination of a Rector search process that took more than a year, and was accomplished during the pandemic. We are so thankful to our amazing Rector Search Committee - Susan Fink and BJ Jones, co-chairs, and Linda Bowers, John Cecilia, Deborah DeManno, Steve Haight, Kim Hall, Mary Hazen, Ann Marr and Cecelia Secor. Please take a moment, when you see them, to thank the members of the Rector Search Committee for their outstanding service to the people of St. Lawrence.

As stated in the St. Lawrence Parish Profile created for the Rector search, St. Lawrence sought a new Rector who:

Will be a strategic leader able to guide our church to a new expression of our vision
Will be transformative and enthusiastic to lead us through a significant and necessary period of change
Preaches with a spiritual and intellectual depth to inspire and connect people to God’s Word
Will live our open and inclusive Promise, caring for the diverse needs and perspectives of our congregation while reaching outward to expand the community of St. Lawrence

Guided by the Holy Spirit, and after reflective and prayerful discernment, our Rector Search Committee unanimously agreed to recommend that St. Lawrence call Kristin as our next Rector, and the Vestry unanimously agreed.

Kristin currently serves as the Director of Formation at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, where she focuses her energy on social justice, adult faith formation, and innovative liturgical design. Prior to that, she served for three years as Priest Associate at St. Peter’s in Port Chester, New York, a primarily Latinx parish in the suburbs of New York City. She is a graduate of the Virginia Theological Seminary.

A Midwesterner by birth and at heart, Kristin grew up in Milwaukee and received her undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After living on both the East and West coasts for the past 12 years, she is thrilled to return to her Midwestern roots and serve the people of St. Lawrence as their next Rector.

Joining her on this next chapter of life’s adventure are her husband, Kyle (also an Episcopal priest and proud Midwesterner!), and their almost one year-old daughter, Fiona (soon to be proud Midwesterner). Kyle is finishing a doctoral dissertation in educational media. In Kristin’s not so abundant free time, she is an avid triathlete and looks forward to finding new places to swim, bike and run around Libertyville.

Kristin will join us September 1, and we very much look forward to the arrival of Kristin, Kyle and Fiona! Together with our new Rector, the people of St. Lawrence will build on our strengths, face our challenges and reach for new ways of being St. Lawrence, together.

St. Lawrence Episcopal Church

Rev. Kristin L. Saylor

We are delighted to announce that The Rev. Kristin L. Saylor has accepted our call to become the next Rector of St. Lawrence.