4718 Brittany Road, Ottawa Hills, OH 43615, United States Weekly Average Sunday Attendance (ASA) 132 Number of Weekend Worship Services 2 Number of Weekday Worship Services Number of Other per Month Worship Services 1 Current Annual Compensation $81371 Cash Stipend Housing / Rectory Detail Utilities $52000 $2900 $3800 SECA reimbursement Compensation Available for New Position $80000 Housing Available for 6 Pension Plan We're in compliance with CPF requirements. Healthcare Options Dental Housing Equity Allowance in Full family budget Annual Equity Amount Vacation Weeks Vacation Weeks Details Continuing Education Weeks Continuing Education Weeks 4 2 (standard) Details Continuing Education Funding in budget up to/including $500/year Sabbatical Provision Travel/Auto Account Other Professional Account Inc: Salary, SECA, Utilities, Housing, Pension, Health, Vaca, Cont Ed, Prof Dev, Sabbatical Accr
We are proud of the successful completion of our Projects Campaign. We raised significant funds (more than the projected goal) during a time without permanent clergy leadership, to address some physical needs of our beautiful church home. Our goal was, literally, to get our house in order to welcome our next rector and we are now ready to do that! How are your preparing yourselves for the Church of the future? We are open to new ideas for sharing God s love. We are coming to recognize that the church of the future may look different from the Church of our cherished traditions. We love coming to church, sharing worship, breaking bread, creating beautiful music and fellowship. We love the outward expression and caring of our souls yearnings. Yet, like churches everywhere, we see the decline in attendance and the absence of new, young families. We continue to be a welcoming group, eager to be sensitive and inclusive and to look outward into our complex world hoping to live out our mission to Love, Learn and Serve. We are praying for guidance as we look to the future, cherishing that which we can learn from our past. We hope that the more we can bring God s love to His people, in our congregation and beyond, the more we will truly grow into the church of the future. devout, engaging, good communicator, manager
St. Michael s offers two different weekend services: a smaller, quieter, more contemplative service on Sunday at 8:00 am with Eucharist, and a larger, family-oriented service with organ and choral music on Sunday at 9:45 am. Both services use both the Book of Common Prayer as well as other liturgical resources. We sense that we are in the middle of the high/low church spectrum. Morning Prayer is offered once or twice each month at the 9:45 service. Our beloved Morning Prayer liturgy has given us welcome options in our transition period. A congregation member (a former seminarian) has led us in worship on some Sundays when supply clergy have not been available. How do you practice incorporating others in ministry? We invite all to participate through general announcements & personal invitations. Leadership helps match volunteers with opportunities for meaningful service Adults & youth are encouraged to participate as LEM, acolytes, lay readers, choir members. Children leave the service for a time for Children s Chapel. At the adult seminar, parish and regional outreach opportunities are discussed. Outreach continues to be an ongoing priority. Last year our Foyer Groups were reintroduced, creating small groups of parishioners who gather regularly for fellowship. Building relationships has been the focus on a number of levels. We created the Invite, Welcome, Connect Committee to examine and reinvigorate ways we welcome visitors and each other, highlight invite-able opportunities and connect parishioners and visitors with each other and the greater good. Our summer Vacation Bible School is free, widely publicized and is sometimes combined with another local church s VBS. We are a welcoming community that accomplishes much while recognizing there is always more to be done to Love, Learn and Serve in Christ s Name. As a worshipping community, how do you care for your spiritual, emotional and physical well-being? We feel attending services regularly is important. At 9:45 we have an active choir & a growing jr choir. Members provide rides for fellow parishioners. Youth lead a service every year on Mother s Day. We offer an adult ed program for adults meet to converse on current events, reflect on visual & performing arts, share faith stories, & hear special biblical lectures. A presentation on Meditation led to monthly Meditation sessions after worship, scheduled simultaneously with coffee hr sponsored by Invite, Welcome, Connect. Congregation members choose whether they want to turn inward (meditation) or reach out (coffee hour). The Pastoral Care Visitors team visits shut-ins & tend to the physical & spiritual care. Six Eucharistic ministers were trained & certified. Intercessory prayers are offered.. Prayer lists are updated weekly. A Knit & Pray ministry makes shawls & blankets. In spring & fall Blue Jean Sun invites the congregation to help clean up the church grounds. Parishioners also care for our two special courtyard gardens. Annual after-the-service activities include Farewell to Alleluia, a Mardi Gras celebration, & The Advent Event, alt Christmas shopping & Advent crafts.
How do you engage in pastoral care for those beyond your worshipping community? Our outreach projects impact both local neighborhoods and those half-way around the world. Parishioners serve as hospital volunteers and tutors in schools. St. Michael s has also supported pastoral services at both Flower Hospital and Sunset House Retirement Community. Other organized efforts include the donation of a large share of our annual Christmas and Easter offerings to local charities, chosen by the Vestry. Parishioners have served on the board of FOCUS (Family Outreach Community United Services) and our church sponsors a Christmas party for FOCUS clients. We have participated in the community-wide Interfaith Blood Drive. We prepare food packages for Guatemala and collect and donate Thanksgiving pies to a local homeless shelter. We foster compassion in our youth through local volunteer work and mission trips to Cleveland, Appalachia, and the Southwest United States. The farthest distance outreach effort is our ongoing mission to Tanzania. Parish representatives have travelled to our partner parish in Chanika three times. Locally, we prepare meals for various agencies, make food bank donations, work on Habitat for Humanity & host an annual community rummage sale. Contributions have been both physical and financial (our Christmas and Easter offerings are dedicated to outreach projects). Individuals and groups have participated in interfaith services (e.g., Martin Luther King Day celebrations at the University of Toledo) and educational opportunities at the local mosque and other church tours. Lay members have served on the local mission council and ridden in the Bishop s Bike Ride. Youth have volunteered locally and on several mission trips to Cleveland and to Southern Appalachia. The youth choir participates in Treblefest, a diocesan weekend musical event ending with an evening prayer service. Common Grounds for the Community, a regional cultural events series, hopes to establish St. Michael s as a regional center of spirit, culture, and ideas. College student and adult parishioners have volunteered on mission trips to our partner parish in Chanika, Tanzania. This year our Youth Group hosted the Fall Diocesan Youth Event and attended the opening of Bellwether Farm. Within the past five years (or so) we have initiated the following ministries: FOCUS Christmas party for homeless families in transition - Laura Randall Partner diocese in Tanzania - Sarah Schendel Youth mission trip to Appalachia (partnering with another local Episcopal church) - Alex DeRosa Common Grounds for the Community events series - Steve Wipfli Birthday Card Ministry - Marilyn Palermo Cherry Street Mission meal - currently open Women s Retreat - Carol Nichols Food for Thought - Laura Randall Knit and Pray Ministry - Puffin Coe Rummage Sale - Dee Becker St. Michael s Walkers - Carol Nichols Children s and Youth Choir Camp - Krissy Green-Hill Youth volunteering at Tent City (downtown homeless awareness event) - Laura Randall Youth managing a water station for the Glass City Marathon - Imani Driskill
What is your practice of stewardship and how does it shape the life of your worshipping community? For yrs our Every Member Canvas focused on money. We had gradually let our financial concerns dominate over our blessings. During our transition we saw that the glass is 1/2 full. We have parishioners who are generous, & interested in our well-being. Last yr, our campaign adopted a fresh approach based on The Holy Currencies by Eric H. F. Law. We used small groups to build relationships & to dream together. During our transition, the Spirit was present & healing. 90% of Christmas & Easter offerings goes directly to local, national or international charities. We give of our time & skills. Members of the parish prepare & serve meals at St. Paul s, a downtown community center that provides housing, food & resources to the mentally ill. We have helped with Habitat for Humanity, collect food for Feed Your Neighbor, a regional food bank, & contribute to other local charities. We value involvement in parish committees as evidenced by wide-ranging volunteerism in activities devoted to spiritual life, pastoral care, ed, music, outreach & children s ministry. Conflict a part of life we accept, respect & to some degree, ignore. We handle challenge with sensitivity, kindness, patience & prayer. Our vestry is supportive of clergy when faced with difficult decisions & people. Moving from 2 rectors to 1 ultimately required discontinuing a loved Sat Eucharist service, attended by 20 faithful members. A vocal few felt it was unacceptable. Some left, some hurt remains, but those who now attend Sun mornings are welcomed & embraced. During our transition a mid-week Compline Service began, created & led by the laity. Initially the goal of the small, quiet devotional was to help members deal with the conflict & uncertainty. The service focuses on healing. The gathering has evolved into a cherished time of prayer & fellowship. We have an articulate, passionate & diverse congregation with differences of opinion, particularly with respect to political issues. It has given us an opportunity to explore the complexity of issues in our adult seminar. We are respectful, tactful & compassionate. We recognize the value of diverse perspectives & the value of our church being a place where we can sort things out in an atmosphere of kindness & understanding. What is your experience leading/addressing change in the church? When has it gone well? When has it gone poorly? And what did you learn? We have learned a lot about change in the recent past. Whereas our answer to this question three or four years ago would have been much more theoretical, we can now state that we know what change feels like. It can be difficult, disturbing and invigorating. We have also learned as a parish family that change happens whether you like it or not, ready or not. We have repeatedly trusted in the Holy Spirit to guide us and have felt His loving care and guidance. Traditionally our approach to change that we can anticipate is democratic. We gather information from multiple sources, explore, weigh options, offer opportunities for voices to be heard and we listen. Our committee volunteers and vestry are valued and trusted by the congregation. We know the importance of communication and transparency. We work hard to help everyone understand the issues and to be a part of the process. We take our time to make important decisions. We feel we have all the right resources in place for a new leader to take us to a new, amazing place. We are much more accepting and open to change than we unknowingly were four years ago! Welcome!
Prior Incumbents Name Position Title Date Begun Date Ended Rev. Jennifer Leider Rector / Vicar / Priest-in-Charge 2015-10 2016-11 Name Position Title Date Begun Date Ended Rev. Gregory Sammons Rector / Vicar / Priest-in-Charge (Part-time) 1993-12 2014-01 Name Position Title Date Begun Date Ended Rev. Margaret Sammons Rector / Vicar / Priest-in-Charge (Part-time) 1993-12 2014-01 Church School Number of Teachers/Leaders for Children School 1 Number of Students for Children School 34 Number of Teachers/Leaders for Teen/Young Adults School 5 Number of Students for Teen/Young Adults School Number of Teachers/Leaders for Adults School 4 Number of Students for Adults School 50 Day School Number of Students for Day School Number of Teachers for Day School Day School
Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org) Worshipping Community Web site: www.lovelearnserve.org Media Links: Online References: > http://lovelearnserve.org/index.php/parish-profile facebook - St. Michael's in the Hills Episcopal Church English Provide Worship or Classes in: English References Bishop: The Rt. Rev. Mark Hollingsworth, Jr. Diocesan Transition Minister The Rev. Percy Grant 216-774-0457 mh@dohio.org 216-774-0455 Current Warden/Board Chair Tom Hauck 419-297-7575 c 419-531-7338 h 419-517-1770 w thauck@probank.com Previous Warden/Board Chair Mike Ward 419-882-3473 h gcarmichaelward@hotmail.com Search Chair Julia MacLachlan 419-841-7949 h 419-509-1573 c julia.maclachlan@nsg.com Parish/Institution Tom Hauck 419-297-7575 c 419-531-7338 h 419-517-1770 w thauck@probank.com Local Community Leader Mark Thompson 419-536-1111 thompsonm@ottawahills.org