Community Portfolio Information

Community Portfolio Information Church Name St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church City Chapin Address 735 Old Lexington Hwy Phone 803-345-1550 Contact Information: _Name_Randy Kellemeyer Address _418 Highwater Ct_ (City, State) Chapin, SC 29036 Phone _803-944-0406 (c) Average Sunday Attendance: 161 Worship Service Numbers: Weekend: 2_ Weekday: ---- Others ---- CURRENT Annual Compensation (includes all the following): Cash Stipend: $ Housing Allowance: $ Utilities Included: $ Utilities NOT included SECA Reimbursement $ None This is Full -- half -- None X Other (Please list amount) $ Additional Compensation Note: (20 words) Annual compensation is split between a cash stipend and housing which is determined by the priest and approved by the Vestry. Compensation available for NEW Position: $71,781 (includes Stipend, housing, SECA) Negotiable (yes/no) Yes Housing available for N/A persons (if Rectory provided or offered) Pension Plan: Church Pension Fund Yes other? --- Healthcare Options: Full family X Clergy +1 Clergy Only Other Negotiable Dental (yes/no) Yes Life Insurance (yes/no) _No Life Insurance Amount $ Budgeted Housing Equity Allowance (yes/no) No If yes, amount $ --- Vacation Weeks (check 1) 4 weeks _X One Month (including 5 Sundays) Other (please indicate # of weeks and days) --- Community Portfolio Information Page 1

Continuing Education: Weeks 2 (standard)_ Funding $501 - $1000/year Continuing Education Details Sabbatical Provision (check one) Yes X No Negotiable Link to Diocesan Sabbatical Policy: _Yes Auto account (Check one) Yes X Amount: $ No Other Travel (check one) Yes Amount: $ No _X Professional/Business Account (please check one) Yes Amount $ No _X Comments (20 words) Previous incumbents in this position Name _Mark A. Scott--Priest-In-Charge Date Begun _2012-08 Date Ended Present Name_ J. Philip Purser--Rector/Priest-In-Charge Date Begun 2006-01 Date Ended 2012-06 Name Richard Rowe--Interim Date Begun 2003-11_ Date Ended 2005-12 Notes (100 words) Schools: Church School: Children: Students 40 Leaders: 6 Teens/Young Adults: Students 30 Leaders: 2 Adults: Students 35 Leaders: 2 Day School: (check those that apply) Pre K K K-6 K-12 Other Student # Teacher # Total Staff Community Portfolio Information Page 2

NARRATIVE 1. Describe a moment in your worshipping community s recent ministry that you recognize as one of success and fulfillment. Our annual Animal Blessing service is a shining example of how we embrace the ministry of our patron saint and share God s love as a church family. The service is widely publicized in Chapin, and we have many guests who regularly bring their pets to be blessed. We are recognized as a welcoming community of faith, inviting newcomers in our midst to enjoy fellowship regularly through covered dish meals, coffee hours, and events such as our Easter brunch that allow us to become connected with one another as a church family. 2. How are you preparing yourselves for the future? Through participation in the Healthy Church Initiative, we acknowledged our parish s strengths and identified areas for growth and improvement. We reaffirmed our mission to Love, Grow and Serve, placing a high priority on core values of Worship, Christian Education, Fellowship and Service. Our new, expanded Thrift Shop is an important outreach ministry that raises significant funds for charitable causes and connects us to those in need. We continually evaluate our outreach, educational and youth/children programs to ensure we meet the needs of our parish and community. Our active Building Campaign addresses structural integrity and expanding program needs of our campus. 3. Please provide words describing the gifts and skills essential to the future leaders of your worshipping community. We expect an energetic, enthusiastic rector with demonstrated leadership skills who is Scripturally conversant, socially well-rounded, and respectful of all types of people. We expect someone who is wellversed in theology and able to inspire us by making the Scripture relevant in our daily lives. We expect someone who can help bring diverse groups together, with proven broad management experience and strong decision-making skills. 4. Describe your liturgical style and practice for all types of worship in your community. Our contemporary sanctuary on a quiet wooded campus includes a peaceful outdoor chapel and cemetery. We are Rite II Eucharist centered, in keeping with our casual lake community. Our Prayer of St. Francis reinforces our worship and behavior. The liturgy is spoken at our 8:30 service while the 10:30 service includes children s instruction, children and adult choirs providing relevant, inspired traditional and contemporary offerings. We regularly invite visiting musicians to perform for special services. We host an annual Lenten weekly evening teaching series, instructive Passover Seder meals, outdoor community Animal Blessing services, and Boat Blessings at our spring Parish Picnics. 5. How do you practice incorporating others in ministry? We invite people of all ages, backgrounds and skills to join us in various ministries. We hold Rally Sunday each February to share information on our ministries and encourage member sign-up for programs including Worship, Christian Education, Pastoral Care, Outreach, Fellowship, Youth/Children, Spiritual Growth and Discipleship, Communications, Buildings and Grounds. We use Time and Talent sheets to stimulate interest and track resources. Invitations are extended to newcomers throughout the year, and regular notices for opportunities are shared at services, in bulletins, e-newsletters, social media and on our website. We also promote activities in Chapin Times and through the Diocese. Community Portfolio Information Page 3

6. As a worshipping community, how do you care for your spiritual, emotional and physical wellbeing? In addition to regularly scheduled services and events, we offer several fellowship programs to connect, grow and support one another, such as Church Chicks, Men s Club, Fellowship & Games, Children s Ministries events, EYC and FEAST groups. The annual All Saints Auction allows us to combine fellowship with stewardship and our Easter Brunch is another important part of our socialization as a parish. We frequently invite health care, life-saving and mental health professionals to provide workshops and programs that benefit our congregation. And we have a large number of faith-building Cursillo participants in our congregation. 7. How do you engage in pastoral care for those beyond your worshipping community? Beyond the rector s presence, we strive to minister to those in our congregation who are ill, in distress or unable to attend church services or functions. Sacraments are provided by Lay Ministers and visitation by our Touch Base ministry. We provide prayer shawls to offer comfort to parishioners and others as requested. Members provide transportation, assistance with minor home repairs and meals as part of our pastoral care. We have sent mission teams and other forms of aid to help victims of Katrina and other natural disasters as well as communities in Haiti, Ecuador and Maine. 8. Describe your worshipping community s involvement in either the wider church or geographical region. St. Francis charitable outreach is well-known in Chapin and beyond, ranked third in the Diocese for supporting various causes. Thrift Shop revenues support mission work, disaster relief, educational scholarships, programs for at-risk children, and individual cases of need. We support the Bread and Water Campaign in Cange, Haiti, and are major donors of its vocational school. Parishioners are active with We Care food pantry, which provides Thrift Shop vouchers for clothing and household items to clients. We donated use of our old Thrift Shop building so We Care could expand operations and offer new services, including a free medical clinic. 9. Tell about a ministry that your worshipping community has initiated in the past 5 years. Who can be contacted about this project? While we have supported after-school programs at the Hub Community Center, this year we established a new initiative to better prepare five-year olds for academic and personal success in kindergarten. Working with Chapin Elementary School to identify students who might benefit from exposure to school readiness skills, we hosted a week-long camp where children worked on language arts, math, fine and gross motor skills, and music appreciation, both in group and one-on-one settings. Volunteers helped with academic and extra-curricular activities as well as providing snacks and lunches, transportation and mentoring. Vestry member, Carol Baker, can share more about this program. 10. What is your practice of stewardship and how does it shape the life of your worshipping community? Stewardship is a year-round activity that goes beyond the fall Every Member Canvas and includes living into our call to be good stewards of all God has given us, including our natural environment. We are updating our aging structure and creating a more visible and welcoming setting for newcomers to expand our congregation. Our children and youth are vital to stewardship in our church, having gone beyond UTO offerings to holding fundraisers and toy and clothing drives to support youth at Boys Farm and York Place. Members donations to our Thrift Shop reflect our passion for giving to others. Community Portfolio Information Page 4

11. What is your worshipping community s experience of conflict? And how have you addressed it? Like any family, our congregation has experienced challenging times where an issue seems to be a source of conflict that could break relationships; however, the Holy Spirit has successfully worked within us to bring reconciliation and peace, and has allowed us to move forward for the betterment of our church. We have a number of inspired leaders who are adept at shepherding such efforts to bring us back into harmony. 12. What is your experience leading/addressing change in the church? When has it gone well? When has it gone poorly? What did you learn? St. Francis is challenged by our secular culture and growth of non-denominational churches for relevance in a post-modern world. Blessed to endure as a caring church family addressing changing community needs, we remain committed to putting our focus on God, trusting in His word and love. We have struggled to expand our evangelism, even offering Hispanic worship services to attract new congregants. We do our best when we pray for His guidance as we grow and serve others. We believe our members experience growth in God s peace and love as they continue to make our church relevant to our community. CONNECTIONS Your worshipping community s website www.stfrancischapin.org You may provide the media links to your worshipping community, e.g. audio, video, YouTube, etc. You may provide links here to other sites where you might be found, e.g. blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. We have a Facebook site: St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church https://www.facebook.com/st.francis.chapin Languages significantly represented in your parish/institution (approximate # of people) Languages English # of people Provide worship or classes in the following languages St. Francis is fortunate to have a tri-lingual deacon who is assisting us in the expansion of our ministry to the Hispanic community in Chapin. We have offered services in Spanish plus Ann, our deacon, is active at our thrift shop where many of our patrons speak only Spanish. Community Portfolio Information Page 5

REFERENCES Please provide contact information for the following references: 1. Bishop: Name The Rt. Rev. W. Andrew Waldo Bishop Contact Information 803-771-1800 x 102 bishopwaldo@edusc.org 2. Diocesan Transition Minister: Name The Rev. Canon d Rue Hazel Diocesan Transition Minister contact information 803-771-1800 x 107 dhazel@edusc.org 3. Current Warden/Board Chair Name Ned Rowe Current Warden/Board Chair contact information 803-345-9356 ned_bj@bellsouth.net 4. Previous Warden/Board Chair Name Dennis W Gregory Previous Warden/Board Chair contact information 803-932-0494 dwgregory@sc.rr.com 5. Search Chair Name Randy Kellemeyer Search Chair Ministry Fellowship & Needlepoint cushions Search Chair contact information 803-944-0406(c) randymclen@earthlink.net 6. Parish/Institution Leader Name Parish/Institution Leader Ministry Parish/Institution Leader Contact Information Community Portfolio Information Page 6

7. Local Community Leader Name Troy Crump, Police Chief, Town of Chapin Local Community Leader Relationship to Parish/Institution Chief Crump has worked with us on numerous occasions in efforts involving outreach, buildings and grounds and our youth. Local Community Leader Contact Information 803-543-0775 (c) chief@chapinsc.com Community Portfolio Information Page 7