Sarah Lindsay
Chosen and recommended to the bishop as Church of the Savior’s next rector
Debra Nickerson, Senior Warden, writes on behalf of the Vestry Search Team:
After months of diligent work, countless meetings, long discussions and much prayer, the search team has completed its work. Synthia Cathcart has been a persistent, dedicated, patient and thorough leader for our team. Once again, I would like to thank her, as well as the rest of the vestry and search team for the hours of time they have devoted to this process.
I am pleased to announce that as of today, the vestry has voted to recommend to the bishop Mother Sarah Lindsay as our next rector. I am even more pleased to say that Mother Sarah has indicated her willingness to proceed with the next and final steps. Should the bishop appoint Mother Sarah as our next rector, I am confident that the Lord will have prepared her to lead this church into the next chapter of our journey together.
Thank you all for your input and prayers throughout this process. We now look forward to facilitating a smooth transition for the Millers, our church staff, and prayerfully and hopefully Mother Sarah. We are in the process of working out some final details, but at this point, should the bishop make the appointment, we are expecting her to begin in the role of rector at the beginning of June after the Millers’ departure.
Debra Nickerson
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Get to Know Mother Sarah Lindsay
Mother Sarah Lindsay currently serves as Pastor of Adult Formation at Church of the Savior, focusing on community-building, education, and worship-service teams. She was ordained a deacon on April 13, 2024, and a priest on May 17, 2025.
She was born in Dallas, Texas, the oldest of five children, and has three brothers and one sister. Sarah attended Wheaton College, graduating with a BA in English in 2003. She has been an Anglican since she discovered liturgical worship while studying in Oxford as a student at Wheaton College. Sarah then earned a Ph.D. in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May of 2012. She became Assistant Professor of English and Humanities at Milligan University from 2013-2017. While at Milligan, she served as Interim Director of Humanities for 6 months while teaching literature and writing.
Sarah joined Church of the Savior in 2017, joined the staff in 2018, and has served in almost every ministry area in the church. She began as Family Ministry Coordinator (May 2018 – May 2021), scheduling Children’s Worship volunteers, communicating with volunteers and families, and planning and executing special events for children, youth, and families. During most of that time, Sarah also served as Director of Communications (July 2018 – March 2020), creating weekly orders of worship and newsletters, writing website content, coordinating information for announcements, keeping the church directory and parish register updated, submitting annual reports to the province, assisting with church events, and more. (Sarah also served as a Girl Scout leader for 6 years before taking classes at Northern Seminary.)
From September 2020 to now, Sarah has served as Pastor of Adult Formation. A few of her responsibilities:
· creating Advent and Lent devotionals
· organizing 2-3 retreats per year
· recruiting leaders for book studies
· launching Formation Groups in 2025
· launching and leading weekly Wednesday morning prayer
· helping provide pastoral care
· preaching regularly
· contacting ministry partners for our Good Friday gift
· leading the annual Christmas gift drive for Outreach
· overseeing ministry-team leaders and the logistics of weekly worship services
· serving as Safety Coordinator for clergy, staff, and volunteers.
In addition, she has served as Holy Week Coordinator, organizing the logistics of all Holy Week services.
Sarah obtained an Anglican Studies Certificate (June 2022) from Northern Seminary in Lisle. She is working on a Doctor of Ministry in Theology at Northern Seminary. She lives in Wheaton with her husband, Brad, (a software engineer and deacon at Savior), three daughters--Isabel, Claire and Vivian--and two dogs and a bunny. Sarah has a passion for the Middle Ages, baking, knitting, crocheting, and reading.
Please pray for Mother Sarah during this leadership transition.