Date Posted - October 27, 2025
F/T or P/T - part time
Hours per Week (if P/T) - 10
Salary - $20,000.00
Position Type - Pastor
Invitation to Serve - Engaging the Community, Discerning our Direction, and Renewing the energy of our congregation.
Housing Option - Either
Housing Information - Parsonage provided.
Benefits - No Benefits.
Job Description -
Members: 197
Average Worship: 60
Looking for: 1/4 Time (10 to 12.5 hours weekly); Available Every Sunday
Total Compensation available: Around $20,000 for someone who is quarter time. Although we may negotiate up to half time.
Parsonage Provided
No Benefits
Summary: Our church is in a season of reflection and renewal. Over the past two years, we’ve spent intentional time evaluating our strengths and weaknesses, exploring new ways to engage our community, and discerning the direction we believe God is calling us to go. We’re now seeking a bridge pastor who can help us carry that energy forward—someone to guide and encourage us as we prepare for our next settled pastor.
We are striving to be a warm, welcoming congregation with a growing heart for community outreach. In recent years, we’ve focused on connecting more deeply with our neighbors through events such as free community meals, sponsoring local families through CRC and Adopt-a-Family programs during the holidays, a Halloween event, a fair and ice cream social, and our Christmas Bazaar that’s part of the village celebration. These have become important ways for us to share Christ’s love in practical and joyful ways.
Our worship service is best described as traditional with a modern touch. We’re not a praise or contemporary church, but we also don’t feel bound to rigid traditions. Our preaching style leans biblical and relatable, with room for fresh ideas and applications. While our music remains largely traditional, there’s a growing openness within the congregation to explore more contemporary expressions of worship as we look toward the future.
We’re also working to strengthen our youth and children’s ministries, with a renewed focus on rebuilding our Sunday school program.
The leader we seek is someone who can help us build on the momentum we’ve created—offering steady guidance, relational warmth, and a willingness to walk alongside us as we continue to grow, adapt, and faithfully serve our community In these changing times.
Denomination - UCC
Administrative Body - Michigan Conference - UCC
Organization - Emanuel UCC
Organization's Address - 324 W. Main Street Manchester, MI 48158
