Trinity
Location | St. Louis |
Date Posted | February 29, 2020 |
Category |
Missouri (Doris Westfall)
|
Job Type |
Full Time
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Setting | Urban |
Compensation | total benefit package approximately $100,000 |
Health Benefits | Full Family |
Housing | Housing Allowance |
Equity Allowance | No |
Communicants in Good Standing | 240 |
Anglo-Catholic | yes |
Average Sunday Attendance | 130 |
Broad Church | yes |
Charismatic | no |
Child Population in Church School | 25 |
Contemporary | no |
Emergent | no |
Morning Prayer | yes |
Budget | 343,000 |
Non-Traditional | no |
Prayer Book | yes |
Renewal | no |
Rite I | yes |
Rite II | yes |
Description
Strengths
Trinity is growing and deeply involved in the community and diocese. They are very socially minded and justice driven. They have dynamic clergy and lay leadership. They are spiritually and financially healthy.
They run a summer camp for neighborhood children which brings 300 children into the church and they run one of the most active feeding ministries of any church of any denomination in the city of St. Louis. They were just recognized as being one of the first churches in the country to respond to to the AIDS crisis.
They are progressive, traditional, committed. Contract for the Associate to the Rector will be for 3-5 years with a heavy emphasis on developing neighborhood programs for children, youth and their parents.
Challenges
Trinity is an urban parish with all of the usual urban issues. High urban poverty and homelessness rate in the immediate area of the church.
Comments
This position needs an energetic, activist-minded priest, who will either have or be willing to learn community organizing skills. This is an anglo-catholic parish with smells-bells-chanting. Must be able to work collaboratively and creatively and be self-initiating. Women and People of Color are especially encouraged to apply
Contact Information
Send resume, cover letter and OTM materials to:
The Rev. Canon Doris Westfall
Canon to the Ordinary
1210 Locust Street
St. Louis, Mo 63103
314-231-1220