Connection & Care Pastor – Overland Park

Have you often felt like you wanted your work to have meaning? Every day, Resurrection staff members are doing work that matters with people who care. Resurrection’s purpose since its conception in 1990 is to “build a Christian community where non-religious and nominally religious people are becoming deeply committed Christians.” Join our team and see how your contributions move the needle in transforming the World. 

Resurrection has an opening for a Connection and Care Pastor in our Locations division! The position is full-time, exempt and is located at the Overland Park campus 8412 W 95th St, Overland Park, KS 66212. Please see below for a full job description.

Job Summary 

The Connection and Care Pastor serves the Resurrection community as a visible and accessible leader at the location, with a focus on fulfilling the church’s purpose of building a Christian community where non-religious and nominally religious people are becoming deeply committed Christians. They serving as a pastoral shepherd, fostering congregant connections and extending congregational care on an individual basis. As a member of the Locations & Care Division, they ensure congregants become involved, engaged and have access to outstanding pastoral care resources. This role extends the work of the Location Pastor by participating in community outreach, connection, care, and engagement of people in the church’s ministries. This work includes the implementation of invitational strategies in the community, pastoral care, guest connections, congregant reconnections, discipleship/spiritual formation, leadership in worship services and the deployment of lay care ministers. 

Essential Responsibilities and Expectations: 

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Position-Specific 

• With the Location Pastor, serve as primary pastoral leaders at congregational and community gatherings to welcome and engage with congregants. This includes participation and leadership during worship services, outreach and fellowship events and ministry programs in order to form connections and build Christian community.
• Develop and oversee events, gatherings and one-on-one opportunities to minister to, disciple, and encourage congregants and community members to grow in Christian faith.
• Assist in connection and reconnection ministries, seeking to help each person grow spiritually through commitment to the Five Essential Practices of the Christian Life: worship, study, serve, give and share.
• Provide care for individuals including hospital visits, short-term counseling for individuals, couples and families, and follow up on prayer requests and care opportunities.
• Provide pastoral leadership for weddings, funerals, confirmation and other milestone events along congregants’ journey at Resurrection. 
• Give sacramental leadership to the congregation through the ministry of communion and baptism, if ordained or licensed in the United Methodist Church.
• Be available, when needed, for emergency care, on-call duty, onsite care and hospital rotations. 
• Lead the development of lay care ministers, equipping them to provide outstanding connections and care aligned with the church’s theology and practices.
• Support the work of the Ministries and Programs at the location through participation, leadership and volunteering, as needed, including teaching, facilitating and instructing classes, and providing assistance to support groups.
• Demonstrate commitment to advancing equity, diversity and inclusion among the staff, congregation and community, and providing leadership for others to do the same.
• Follow established standard ministry procedures for pastoral care.
• Other duties as assigned.

Churchwide 

• Follow Jesus and engage in the “five essential practices” of the Christian life: worship, study, serve, give, and share.
• Support the church’s purpose of “building a Christian community where non-religious and nominally religious people become deeply committed Christians.”
• Exemplify the church’s values and support its theological direction as a United Methodist Church.

Competencies

• Adapting – remains flexible and modifies behaviors quickly to help the church meet the dynamic needs of congregants and employees. 
• Catalyzing Growth – overcomes inertia by discovering new solutions and casting vision for innovation that will elevate the church’s effectiveness.
• Developing Others – coaches, encourages and resources individuals and teams to discover their calling and meet career and church goals.
• Motivating – creates a climate where people are inspired to do their best to help the church achieve its purpose.
• Prioritizing Individual Experiences – views the church in the perspective of the experience of the individual, and ensures others are committed to a person-centric approach. 
• Team Building – forms highly effective teams, whether supervised or informal, where individuals with diverse skills achieve ambitious goals.

Qualifications 

· Ordination: An elder or licensed local pastor in the UMC, or equivalency from a sister denomination.

· Training and proven effectiveness in previous pastoral care