Quick Notes Update for November 26, 2021

Note our new email for the Synod Office:

AFTER SENDING OUR QUICKNOTES LAST WEEK, WE RECEIVED OUR FIRST ADVENT/CHRISTMAS NEWS!

Remember to send us your events so we can share them with our Regional Synod Churches!

THANKS ALSO TO THE FOLLOWING CHURCHES FOR ADDING THEIR LIVESTREAM INFORMATION TO OUR ARCHIVES PAGE
Wyckoff Reformed
Three Bridges Reformed
Ocean Community, Mahahawkin
Synod congregations are working together for Afghan refugees. Read more here and find ways to participate. There are urgent needs for support and help.
RSMAT churches are livestreaming and maintaining recorded service archives. This presents us with a unique opportunity to learn from each other and celebrate the amazing gifts in our community! Please use this webform to provide us with your church livestream link and a link to your recorded services archive. We will make a single page view available of all of this information so that you can visit around and get inspired!
Seeking a Classis Minister for Classis Greater Palisades

Job Description: The Classis Minister is an ordained minister and contracted to serve the Classis in a proactive and reactive manner, working with Ministers, Consistories, and Congregations by building relationships and responding to the struggles/hardships of our ministers and congregations within the Classis of the Greater Palisades. This responsibility includes pastoral care and support along with conflict resolution when necessary. The Classis Minister will be expected to spend 16 hours per week on his/her duties. 

Responsibilities to include:
  1. Provide pastoral care to Ministers and lay leadership.
  2. Visit all Classis Consistories annually to build and maintain relationships.
  3. Utilize root cause analysis models to identify challenges and work towards resolution.
  4. Mentor Ministers and new church leaders.
  5. Encourage church health and the development of vital ministries.
  6. Assist in the networking of churches and their congregations.
  7. Report on all of the above to the Executive Committee as well as the Classis members at the stated session meetings.

Attributes:
  1. Skilled in conflict management and mediation techniques
  2. Working knowledge of the Reformed Church in America and the Book of Church Order
  3. Respect for the confidential nature of this work
  4. Reports to:
  5. Classis Executive Committee – provide a monthly recap of activities
  6. Supervision of Churches and Supervision of Ministers Committees – communicate specific issues as they relate to the health and welfare of the congregations, lay leaders and ministers.

Candidates are encouraged to send resume and cover letter to chair of the Personnel Committee, Jodie Wu, at 4jodie@gmail.com











CONGRATULATIONS TO CLASSIS DELAWARE RARITAN ON ADDING A NEW CLASSIS MINISTER AND CONGREGATIONAL CONSULTANT TO CLASSIS STAFF

Rev. Dawn Alpaugh, Classis Minister
Rev. Beth Scibienski, Congregational Consultant
Greenville Community Church (GCC) in southern Westchester County seeks a full-time Pastor who will guide us to a higher place of spirituality, service, and community building. As a strong, collaborative, and creative leader, he/she will excite our congregation, youth, and staff; and grow our beloved faith community in keeping with the ethos of our church. 
Our new Pastor will: 
Be able to relate well to members of all ages 
Be able to deliver inspiring sermons on a regular basis 
Possess a proven ability to grow a congregation 
Be able to inspire youth of the congregation 
Be able to organize and develop staff, administer programs, and manage facilities 
A small, contemporary church in the large community of Edgemont (located just 21 miles from New York City), GCC is a safe place to be ourselves in worship, discovery, and fellowship. We believe that God loves us and asks us to come as we are. Our warm and kind congregation embraces our diversity in race, politics, theology, education, economic and religious backgrounds, sexual orientation, and identity. 
Vision 
To gather all peoples to find the peace and grace of God 
Mission 
As an open place of worship, we welcome you as you are 
We strive to: 
● build a community of learning 
● celebrate the richness of our diversity 
● maintain a loving, inclusive personal connection with God and our community ● challenge ourselves to serve with compassion and care for our world 
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For more information, we encourage applicants to visit our website at 
https://www.greenvillechurch.org. Applications and resumes can be sent to our search committee at GCCSearch2021@gmail.com.

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