NOW HIRING: Priest Associate for Community Outreach & Pastoral Care

bboardwine on December 20, 2024

With an expansive and inclusive welcome, Trinity Cathedral is committed to the love, justice, and mercy at the heart of the Christian faith.

Priest Associate for Community Outreach & Congregational Care

Reports to: The Dean of Trinity Cathedral

Status: Full Time

FLSA: Exempt

Job Summary:  The Priest Associate for Community Outreach and Congregational Care at Trinity Cathedral assists and supports the Dean in carrying out the vision of Trinity Cathedral to be a sacred place for all people, overseeing congregational development and pastoral care, and leading the community-facing service ministries of the Cathedral congregation.  

In addition to sharing in the pastoral leadership of the Cathedral, the Priest Associate will help Trinity grow as a community resource in downtown Cleveland and as a healthy community of faith.

Essential Functions:

  1. Develops and implements ministry with & within the diverse neighborhoods of the City of Cleveland
  • Coordinates pastoral care and oversees and supports lay pastoral ministries

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  • Leads congregational outreach efforts, including coordination, planning, and discernment of ministry life cycles
  • Offers a ministry of presence through regular engagement with Trinity members, care in moments of struggle and celebration, and leadership of pastoral and healing liturgies.
  • Participates in the liturgical leadership of the Cathedral, including preaching and celebration, and participation in the creation of Cathedral worship services
  • Supervises Congregational Ministry staff (Associate for Congregational Ministries, Kitchen Coordinator(s) & Children’s/Youth Director.
  • Serves as staff Liaison to one to two Mission Teams
  • Offers pastoral and administrative leadership to the Social Justice Team, which in includes Trinity’s relationship with Greater Cleveland Congregations
  • Leads and/or participates in annual youth ministry pilgrimage
  • All other duties as assigned.

Essential Functions:

Core Competencies

  1. Worship Leadership: Designs and facilitates relevant and inspiring worship; combines elements of theology, music and art to promote experiences of the sacred; crafts worship flow that reinforces a theme or purpose; fosters worship moments that invite participants into an encounter with the divine; creates liturgical moments that embrace the work of the people in worship.
  • Preaching: Consistently able to inspire from the pulpit; communicates a clear, consistent, and relevant message through sermons that are carefully prepared and artfully delivered; projects the identity, character, and mission, of the cathedral through a pulpit presence.
  • Spiritual Maturity: Shows personal depth and spiritual grounding; demonstrates integrity by appropriate and consistent behavior and purpose; is seen as trustworthy and authentic; nurtures a deepening spiritual life; seeks the wisdom and guidance of appropriate mentors; can articulate a clear and consistent theology.
  • Leadership Development:Encourages others to discover and engage their giftedness and skills in service to the larger community; calls out the best in others; supports others in the development of their skills and abilities; actively seeks to engage others more directly in the leadership life of the congregation; thinks strategically about the continual need for a next generation of leaders and works to build the leadership base.
  • Spiritual Formation/Discipleship: Demonstrates an understanding of spiritual formation/ discipleship as journey or process; invites others into reflection about personal spiritual journey; teaches a variety of spiritual practices to lead others in deepening and developing spirituality; creates teaching and small group environments that promote discipleship.
  • Creativity and Innovation: Generates new ideas; makes new connections among existing ideas to create fresh approaches; exercises good judgment about which creative ideas and suggestions can work.
  • Compassion and Care: Exudes a natural sense of care for the well-being of others; responds with empathy to the life circumstances of others; communicates a sense of support in his or her very presence; demonstrates appropriate and boundaried expressions of care.
  • Interpersonal Skills: Establishes good working relationships with all others who are relevant to the completion of work; works well with people at all levels of the organization and congregation; builds appropriate rapport; considers the impact of their actions on others; uses diplomacy and tact; is approachable; avoids communication triangles.
  • Self-differentiation: Demonstrates appropriate personal boundaries in relationships; has a healthy appreciation of self, without being egotistical; is emotionally mature; can maintain a non-anxious presence during turmoil; not overly dependent upon outside affirmation; works to build a strong personal support system.
  1. Pastoral Care/Counseling: Demonstrates the ministry of presence; creates a spirit of openness that invites those who are spiritually or emotionally troubled to confide in her/him; demonstrates appropriate pastoral care boundaries, recognizing their own limitations as a care provider; respects confidences; appropriately refers congregants to other professional care providers as warranted.
  1. People/Volunteer Management: Provides direction, gains commitment, facilitates change and achieves results through the efficient, creative and responsible deployment of volunteers; engages people in their areas of giftedness and passion.
  1. Social Witness: Demonstrates a personal conviction to truth and justice; leads the congregation in its articulation of a social witness; advocates on behalf of the marginalized and the disenfranchised; encourages and exhorts others to do the same; encourages the development of congregational programs and ministries that allow the congregation to live out its social witness.
  1. Membership Development: Supports the membership process of the congregation with a well-defined articulation of membership and its benefits; actively connects visitors with the life of the congregations in ways that support membership commitment and growth; understands the membership process of the congregation as a system that incorporates hospitality, welcome, orientation, membership and deployment.
  1. Visitation:Moves comfortably and easily around those who are ill or suffering; generates a sense of calm, hopeful presence; offers appropriate prayers and facilitates rituals that invite healing; demonstrates appropriate personal boundaries when caring for the ill and dying; stands as a calm, sure presence in the face of death.

Trinity Cathedral does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or status as an individual with a disability or protected veteran.

To Apply: Please email letter of interest, resume, OTM Profile, and references with a subject heading of “Priest Associate Search” to [email protected].