Associate Pastor

Associate Pastor

The Associate Pastor is a shepherding and oversight role that will work closely with the leadership community at UCCC, but will directly report to the senior pastor. This person will partner with the senior pastor, elders, deacons, council, and the other staff to oversee the spiritual formation pathway for individuals from birth to adulthood.

The ideal candidate will help share the pastoral load with the senior pastor. This person should be able to think outside the box and cast vision clearly, but this person should also be able to see the vision through completion. The ideal candidate should be experienced at building teams. This person needs to be hospitable and people-oriented, with the ability to minister to a diversity of people (as described below). In order to fit into the culture of UCCC, the person should be familiar with emotional health, healthy and unhealthy church systems, ministry to groups often pushed to the margins (i.e., single parents, neurodivergent, women, Black and Brown people), and practices of spiritual formation.

UCkids (Birth - 5th)

• Foster an environment where families, children, and volunteers are being formed to engage with God, journey together, and spread hope. 
• Build relationships with families, providing shepherding and soul care.
• Equip, train, and shepherd volunteers to thrive in the roles needed to move the vision of UCkids ministry forward.
• Ensure curriculum materials are provided and align with church vision.
• Provide opportunities for connection for families and volunteers.

UC Teens (6th-12th Grades)

• Collaborate with the Senior Pastor to equip, train, and shepherd volunteers to oversee the student ministry of UCCC. 
• Ensure curriculum materials align with church vision.
• Support the UC Teens team to foster an environment in which families and students are being formed to engage with God, journey together, and spread hope.

All Church Formation

• Collaborate with staff to cultivate UCCC’s spiritual formation pathway from first-time attendance to membership and full engagement.
• In collaboration with the Senior Pastor, oversee some aspects of the UCCC adult ministry and small group ministry. Including, some aspects of leadership development, coaching, and soul care for leaders.
• In collaboration with the Senior Pastor, provide pastoral/soul care to members of the congregation, including spiritual direction and visitation.

Teaching Team

• Be a part of an one-hour, weekly preaching collective alongside others on the teaching team. 
• Preach in the main service 4-6 times per year.

Learning and Development

• Monthly hermit day
• Reading and other forms of learning (conferences, training, etc.)
• Weekly staff and soul care meetings (including reading)

Mission

Our mission statement seeks to answer "What?"—what we are doing together as Union Center Christian Church.

Our mission is timeless and shoudn't change.

Year after year you will hear the same phrase that helps guide us into what we believe God has called us as the people of God.

We are creating space to practice the way of Jesus through rhythms of

engaging with God, journeying together, and spreading hope.

Vision

 Our mission is timeless and shoudn't change, but our vision is timely and should change.

Every year, we choose three practices that help us engage with God, journey together, and spread hope. Focusing on these practices for a whole year, helps us to build them into our life rhythm. It also means that anyone can join us, at any point in the year, and be able to know what our focus is for that year.