Website Lord's Grace Christian Church
LGCC pastoral Resident to learn and minister in silicon valley
Lord’s Grace Christian Church
Contact: [email protected]
Pastoral Resident Role: 20-25 hours/week
Job Description
Overview:
A Ministry Leadership Residency differs from an internship in that it seeks to give a broad, whole-church overview of ministry and engagement. Over the six to twelve-month program, residents will gain experience and knowledge necessary for future ministry leadership – especially pastoral ministry.
In particular, Lord’s Grace Christian Church seeks to leverage its Ministry Leadership Team, staff and facilities to train the next generation of ministry leaders. By providing financial and relational support, we hope to empower residents to learn freely during their time here. Each resident will be paired with a residential mentor (staff), leveraging the deep ministry experience within our congregation.
A significant portion of a resident’s time will be spent with staff and church community, observing, discussing and executing programmed and relational ministry. Residency involves exposure, experience, and evaluation of regular church ministries (including Sunday Morning, Youth and children ministries, small group, care, and outreach ministries, and facility, office, and finance areas). In addition, residents will be engaged in multiple learning opportunities, reading widely and gaining Biblical, theological and Christian Worldview training.
Broadly speaking, while gaining knowledge and experience throughout the entire program, the first half of the residency program will include an evaluation of the resident’s call into and preparation for ministry; the second half would then include support in finding, applying for, and preparing for a specific ministry placement whether that be continued seminary studies or local ministry placement.
Gained Experience:
Pastoral care – including job-shadowed hospital visits and premarital counselling, wedding officiation and funeral support.
Involvement in Kids, Youth, and Adult teaching and ministry leadership.
Participation in the preparation, production, and connections leadership necessary for an effective Sunday morning experience.
Residents will be engaged in a spiritual formation curriculum, developing healthy habits and patterns of spiritual development which will stead them for a lifetime of ministry.
Gained Knowledge:
Experiences will be synthesized through regular conversations within with mentors, staff, and community members.
An intentional value will be placed on spiritual formation and developing habits for spiritual health while in ministry.
Requirements:
– Candidates for Residency will have an undergraduate degree
– Bible/Theology will aid in experiential synthesis
– There is no age or gender requirement. Residents may be single or married
– Candidates should be able to articulate a specific call into local church ministry – this is an experiential learning opportunity, not a “taste and see” exploration
– Church’s Purpose and Priorities (https://lordsgrace.org/english/about/beliefs/) Any tensions with the Statement of Faith will be discussed during the application process. In short, one is not required to believe to the same extent but must agree to be charitable through the program
– Candidates must be available to engage with this program during regular working hours – 9am – 4pm, M-Friday, and 8am-noon on Sunday, with flexible availability in the evenings and on weekends. During various seasons, candidates will have regular responsibilities on weekday evenings
– Because of the nature of the schedule for residency, we do not advise residents to be overwhelmed with additional burdens that may interfere with the experience
If this will be the case, an extended conversation needs to be had to ensure this is an appropriate time to pursue the residency program
Residents are expected to provide their own transportation and phone.
Provisions:
The resident and housing will sign a clarifying agreement to help this be as worthwhile as possible.
Lord’s Grace will work with residents to find appropriate full-time church ministry work after completing the residency program.
Residents will be allotted vacation, and additional schedule allocation
Scope:
Residency is a 6- 12-month, 25 hour-a-week program. 6 month stipend would be up to $24,000
Individual ministry experience, including teaching (10 hrs/week).
Learning and development (4-6 hr/week).
Mentorship, spiritual formation, and discipleship (6 hr/week).
General church involvement (6 hrs/week).
Evaluation period every 6 month- opportunity to renewal per 6 month period
To apply for this job email your details to gtseng@lordsgrace.org