Pastoral Residency - Libertyville, IL

Listed: 11-22-2021

Employer: The First Presbyterian Church of Libertyville - 219 West Maple Avenue, Libertyville, IL 60048 | (847) 362-2174 | www.FirstPresLibertyville.org

Location: Libertyville, IL

Download: Job Description - Pastoral Residency

Our congregation is excited to welcome a Pastoral Resident to our ministry north of Chicago beginning this summer. Attached with this communication is a description for this position that designed to help candidates launch their ministry with confidence and joy.

Over one thousand members participate in our congregation whose ministries span a breadth of interests and concerns. We are a member of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) with partner congregations and ministries locally and internationally. The residency provides practical experience and spiritual reflection meant to effectively equip and launch individuals into ministry of depth and meaning.              

General Position Description:

• Length of residency: Two-year pastoral residency (2022 – 2024)

• Education requirements: Recent seminary graduate (M.Div. degree) on track for ordination

• Theological: Reformed tradition

• Primary focus: Pastoral responsibilities for a large, suburban congregation, with a focus on Faith Formation

Scope of Ministry:

Although this residency will involve a particular emphasis on Faith Formation, the Resident will participate in leading worship (including preaching), support community engagement as well as congregational care, and play a role in church governance. Intentional time for reflection and study on the practice of ministry is part of the residency.

Regular areas of ministry

Church Governance

• Attend relevant staff and committee meetings

• Attend meetings of the Session and Board of Deacons as schedule allows

Faith Formation

• Collaborate with the Head Pastor, church staff, and Interim Associate Pastor in developing and administering our Faith Formation programs

• Design and prepare necessary materials and resources for our intergenerational “Follow Me” learning ministry each week

• Direct Junior and Senior High Fellowship groups

• Collaborate with the Interim Associate Pastor for leadership with confirmation classes, retreats, and mission trips

• Assist the Interim Associate Pastor in planning and leadership of “FIDE,” a multi-church online learning ministry for adults

• Prepare and support an array of intergenerational Faith Formation opportunities throughout the year

• Provide support for families in continuing Faith Formation at home

• Attend Faith Formation committee meetings, as well as all Faith Formation staff planning meetings throughout the month

Worship

• Attend requisite staff and committee meetings in planning worship

• Lead worship, and take part in opportunities to preach quarterly at First Pres and occasionally in other worship settings and communities

• Participate in planning the Kid’s Church with the Interim Associate Pastor

• Lead and equip members for leadership with children in their experience of worship on Sunday mornings

Occasional Avenues of Leadership and Involvement

Community Engagement

• Assist the development of our Dismantle Structural Racism and Eradicate Systemic Poverty initiatives as part of our work as a Matthew 25 congregation. Partner with CARE, Mission Committee, and Community Outreach of the Board of Deacons

• Participate in strengthening our ties with Mosaic Ministries of Waukegan/North Chicago

• Support ministries engaged with our partner churches in Chicago, Cuba, and Italy

Congregational Care

• Aid our Senior Ministries of the Board of Deacons for visitation and worship in retirement communities.

• Creatively strengthen bonds of fellowship and fellowship among various ministries of the Board of Deacons and the Congregational Care and Evangelism Committee

General Administration

• On occasion work with the Business Affairs, Long Range Planning, Nominating, Stewardship and other Committees and Task Forces to support the planning and general governance of the church

• Be a participant observer in occasional paid and volunteer staff planning groups

Description Residency Learning Development Program:

At the start of the residency, the Pastor/Head of Staff will work with the Resident and an adjunct Pastoral Coach to design the best syllabus of learning to accompany the practice of learning. A combination of theological inquiry, case study reflection, and practical discernment for ministry will be part of structured reflection. The Pastor/Head of Staff will meet every other week for 90 minutes of conversation about the practice of ministry including some structured theological reflection and a monthly case study review. The Pastoral Coach (a seasoned pastor working as adjunct in this capacity for First Pres) will meet once a month as an outside sounding board about the practice of ministry. Upon arrival, the resident will be offered a list of spiritual directors and a monthly stipend to provide a monthly space for deepened personal examination of vocation and discernment.

Application requirements:

• Cover letter

• Completed application

Submission and Contact Information:

• Submit to PastoralResidentFPCL@gmail.com by January 24, 2022

---

Job listings submitted by third parties are not verified by McCormick Theological Seminary. If you have a job you would like to see listed here send the details to webmaster@mccormick.edu