Solo Pastor - Bolingbrook, IL
Listed 06-01-2021
Employer: First Presbyterian Church of DuPage, 180 N. Weber Road, Bolingbrook, IL 60440 | 630-759-8843 | www.firstpresdupage.org
Location: Bolingbrook, IL
Start Date: 08-01-2021
Type: Full Time
Download: Information Form
Please check out their preliminary MIF (attached)for additional information and self-referral details. When finalized it will be posted on the Church Leadership Connection. This position is suitable for a first call and would include a housing allowance.
First Presbyterian Church of DuPage is looking for a full-time solo pastor for our congregation in Bolingbrook, IL. We are a diverse and inclusive congregation with around 100 active members. We worship in person following CDC guidelines and also broadcast on Facebook Watch. We are active in several local missions and have active Trustees, Deacons, Women’s, and Session groups. Our church was established in 1833 and we built our present church building in 2004. It includes large areas for worship, fellowship, and Christian Education. We are located in the Chicago west suburbs, 30 miles from the city. Bolingbrook, IL has been listed as a best place to live in America, according to Money magazine, for its diverse population, health and safety, and cost of living. The position is available now. Our Pastor Nominating Committee is actively reviewing PIF and interviewing potential candidates.
FPCD is a diverse church of disciples following in the Bible and the example of our Savior Jesus Christ. Our goal would be to grow our congregation by building programs for our youth and younger families. Our current traditional service is moving forward with online services with more modern music. Our vision is to share Christ’s love with each other, our families, and our community. We support each other with Bible Studies, Youth, Men’s and Women’s small groups, our love for music, Deacons and Session member projects. Being a culturally diverse congregation including members from the African nations of Cameroon, Ghana, and Nigeria we seek to better support those members’ beliefs, political, health, and safety concerns for their home countries. FPCD is committed to giving service to our congregation, shut-ins, and the community. FPCD has volunteer projects for our neighboring school and local missions and a community service volunteer program. Our congregation is older with high regards for tradition. We would like to put back in place our social events and luncheons, for shared conversation, warmth of friendship, and fellowship.
In the last year we have created online worship services, online Bible studies and online fellowship hour. We continue these online events even as we begin in person worship again. FPCD has an informational website, which has given us a larger presence on social media, mainly Facebook.
Our church is the oldest church in the area. We were established in 1833 and maintain a historical library that details our background; many of the first settlers in the area belonged to our congregation. Our current building is a beautiful, functional building built in 2004 that we open to small groups and another congregation. Currently we are interested in more partnerships to fully utilize our space. Our Women’s group organizes food baskets for a local school and a giving tree for new gifts and toys to support kids at Christmas. We support Girl Scout fundraisers and charter three levels of Boy Scouts, who learn new skills and serve the community. This year session distributed Advent bags containing Advent wreath craft, Advent scripture readings, and activities and goodies for families to do together for the holidays. A huge part of the vitality of FPCD’s fellowship are the luncheons, community service projects, and social events hosted by our Deacons, men’s and women’s groups.
We seek a pastor to guide each member in their spiritual growth, strengthen our relationship ties, grow our membership, and lead us in sharing God’s love with the community through the commitment of our time, skills, and love. We ask for guidance to become a more welcoming and inclusive congregation. We desire assistance to develop the vision of our mission work; to inspire new activities, increase 6 Revised March 29, 2021 participation, and improve coordination of our generous in heart small groups. We wish to increase the use of social media and outreach to engage our community.
We seek a pastor with strong preaching, teaching, and worship skills and spiritual maturity. We seek an initiating leader who is entrepreneurial and can help us develop and grow, adept at partnering with a variety of people and organizations, as well as in strengthening relationships among the members of the congregation.
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