EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SEARCH 2026
We are entering into a process of discernment to identify Shalem’s next executive director in light of Margaret Benefiel’s retirement after 10 years of service.
Check this page for any announcements and updates from the Board of Directors regarding the status of the search process.
Read the President of the Board Jeffrey Ross’s message about trusting the Spirit to guide us during this liminal time of transition:
Shalem in Transition: A Time for Discernment
Beloved,
Grace and peace to you as we stand together at an important threshold in the life of our community.
In Celtic tradition, thresholds are holy places. They are neither the place we have been nor yet the place we are going. They are liminal spaces—thin places—where the Spirit often feels closer, more active, and sometimes more unsettling. We do not rush through these spaces. We listen in them. We pray in them. We trust that God is already at work there as we expectantly seek the Divine… Read more.