Curate/Assistant Rector Position Available In Barnstable, Massachusetts
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Job Description
Curate/Assistant Rector
Orleans, MA
Posted Jun 19, 2025
Job Title
Curate/Assistant Rector
Name of church or organization
The Church of the Holy Spirit
Location
Orleans, MA
Job Description
The Church of the Holy Spirit is a growing congregation on Massachusetts’ Cape Cod, ninety miles from Boston. We are actively seeking a second priest in a full-time staff position, reporting to our rector and collaborating with him to provide for the spiritual welfare, pastoral care, Christian formation, and new member integration of our parish. We are offering the position for an initial contractual period of three years. Based upon the candidate’s experience we are willing to structure the position as a curacy or as a traditional assistant priest role. Compensation conforms to diocesan guidelines for full-time clergy employment and benefits.
We seek a colleague to:
- In close partnership with the rector, provide leadership and support to our Pastoral Care Ministries, including visitation, Eucharistic Visitors, Healing Ministries, and the development of new small group ministries
- Oversee Christian formation programming for children and youth and collaborate with the rector on adult Christian formation offerings.
- in all sacramental rites of the church including celebrating, preaching, and preparing families for baptisms, weddings and funerals.
- Shepherd new member welcome/inclusion into the CHS community.
- With established lay leadership, partner to implement diocesan standards regarding Safe Church protocol and background checks for volunteers
Type of Commitment
Full Time; initial 3-year contract
Does this job pay?
Yes