Transition Ministry

Welcome to the Office for Transition Ministry in the Diocese of Southern Virginia.  Under the direction of the Canon to the Ordinary, The Rev. Win Lewis, Transition Ministry provides resources to congregations and to clergy who are in search or the early years of new ministry.

Our office also tends to:

• Safe Church program for leadership training
• Fall Clergy Conference and Spring Clergy Retreat
• Clergy Policy Manuals & Compensation Guidelines
• Clergy letters of agreement
• Clergy continuing education and aide grants
• Sabbatical planning
• Employee background checks
• Resources for Vestries and Search/Discernment Committees
  of Parishes in Transition
• Guidelines for Parish & Clergy Transitions in The Diocese of Southern Virginia
• Parishes in Search Listings

We welcome you to contact this office whenever you have questions or need assistance with the relationships of clergy and congregation.