The Presbytery of Donegal
Full Time Pastor/Head of Staff
The Presbytery of Donegal, Honey Brook, Pennsylvania, United States
Honey Brook Presbyterian Church, Honey Brook, PA
Pastor/Head of Staff (below named as Pastor); this is a full‑time, exempt position.
Purpose: In collaboration with Session and under the authority of the Presbytery of Donegal, to preach, prepare and lead worship, teach, provide care, share in congregational and community leadership, and otherwise administer the congregation and serve in the community to the glory of God, the love of Jesus Christ, and the power of the Holy Spirit.
Accountability: For performance in shared ministry with the Session and congregational leadership, the Pastor is accountable to the Session; for moral, ethical, doctrinal leadership, and other boundaries contained by the Book of Order and Book of Confessions, to the Presbytery of Donegal.
Responsibilities:
Proclaim the Word of the Lord with thought‑provoking, relevant scripture‑based sermons that are engaging and inspiring, around which the Pastor builds vibrant worship services consistent with Reformed worship
Moderate Session and Congregational meetings, and otherwise keep the congregation in conformity to PCUSA constitutional requirements; while also maintaining practices related to the church bylaws and manual of operations as much as is possible
Attend and lend wisdom to ministry meetings, fellowship events, congregational celebrations and outreach ministries, as well as lend support to the separate cemetery corporation
Provide consistent, diligent, organized pastoral care (hospital, nursing home, at‑home, and home communion) that also invites the congregation into caring ministry, with a willingness to extend caring ministry to members of the community in need of it or as requested by them
Perform weddings and funerals, and teach new members and confirmation classes as needed, and embrace other commonsense pastoral care duties as asked.
Support current – and developing new – ministries to children, youth, and their families per the congregational vision and mission, honoring them as God’s current calling to the congregation to share the love, justice, and mercy of Jesus Christ
Empower people in the congregation and community to share in leadership
Attend and support community initiatives and events, representing the congregation, and leading the congregation into community involvement, understanding that most weeks the congregation expects 25% or more of the Pastor’s time is to be spent in community networking
Encourage caring listening and dialogue in the congregation and community to build relationships and strengthen the bonds of covenantal responsibility and love
Build congregational and community relationships through regular and positive communications
Model personally and consistently the love, justice, mercy, and faith of the Lord Jesus Christ, encouraging others to do the same
In collaboration with Session, to determine and lead during dimensions of ministry, currently unforeseen and yet eventually perceived, as needed by the congregation and community.
Compensation: Negotiable. The congregation is committed to honoring the Presbytery of Donegal’s minimum terms of call and annually to give the pastor the presbytery’s prescribed COLA on effective terms of call, and then strive to exceed these minimums as well as provide Board of Pension benefit coverage to the Pastor and, as much as is possible, to the pastor’s spouse and family.
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Purpose: In collaboration with Session and under the authority of the Presbytery of Donegal, to preach, prepare and lead worship, teach, provide care, share in congregational and community leadership, and otherwise administer the congregation and serve in the community to the glory of God, the love of Jesus Christ, and the power of the Holy Spirit.
Accountability: For performance in shared ministry with the Session and congregational leadership, the Pastor is accountable to the Session; for moral, ethical, doctrinal leadership, and other boundaries contained by the Book of Order and Book of Confessions, to the Presbytery of Donegal.
Responsibilities:
Proclaim the Word of the Lord with thought‑provoking, relevant scripture‑based sermons that are engaging and inspiring, around which the Pastor builds vibrant worship services consistent with Reformed worship
Moderate Session and Congregational meetings, and otherwise keep the congregation in conformity to PCUSA constitutional requirements; while also maintaining practices related to the church bylaws and manual of operations as much as is possible
Attend and lend wisdom to ministry meetings, fellowship events, congregational celebrations and outreach ministries, as well as lend support to the separate cemetery corporation
Provide consistent, diligent, organized pastoral care (hospital, nursing home, at‑home, and home communion) that also invites the congregation into caring ministry, with a willingness to extend caring ministry to members of the community in need of it or as requested by them
Perform weddings and funerals, and teach new members and confirmation classes as needed, and embrace other commonsense pastoral care duties as asked.
Support current – and developing new – ministries to children, youth, and their families per the congregational vision and mission, honoring them as God’s current calling to the congregation to share the love, justice, and mercy of Jesus Christ
Empower people in the congregation and community to share in leadership
Attend and support community initiatives and events, representing the congregation, and leading the congregation into community involvement, understanding that most weeks the congregation expects 25% or more of the Pastor’s time is to be spent in community networking
Encourage caring listening and dialogue in the congregation and community to build relationships and strengthen the bonds of covenantal responsibility and love
Build congregational and community relationships through regular and positive communications
Model personally and consistently the love, justice, mercy, and faith of the Lord Jesus Christ, encouraging others to do the same
In collaboration with Session, to determine and lead during dimensions of ministry, currently unforeseen and yet eventually perceived, as needed by the congregation and community.
Compensation: Negotiable. The congregation is committed to honoring the Presbytery of Donegal’s minimum terms of call and annually to give the pastor the presbytery’s prescribed COLA on effective terms of call, and then strive to exceed these minimums as well as provide Board of Pension benefit coverage to the Pastor and, as much as is possible, to the pastor’s spouse and family.
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