Saint Michael and All Angels, one of the largest Episcopal churches in the United States, seeks a recent seminary graduate who is ordained or on the priesthood ordination track who will commit to a full-time, two- to three-year Curate position. There will be an 18-month review to mutually determine whether the term will last two or three years. The Curate will gain wide experience across all ministry areas, including Formation, Worship and Liturgy, Mission and Outreach, Administration, and particularly Pastoral Care. We are looking for someone who is eager to develop his or her own unique charisms, while also broadening his or her understanding of the Church and commitment to applied ministry.

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We believe that people are drawn to the parish for the same reasons our founders sought to establish the church more than 75 years ago. People come to Saint Michael and All Angels to worship God in the dignified beauty of the liturgy and the music, seeking the sacraments and Christian Formation for their children and themselves. They come to be comforted and reconciled, and to be inspired to live out their baptismal vows in service to God and neighbor, expressing a Christian faith that does not require one to disengage their God-given mind. They come to find supportive Christian friends who are loyal companions and who stand by them in sorrow and in joy.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Continue to learn and develop as required by your sponsoring diocese and ordaining Bishop
  • Participate in a variety of leadership meetings and take time to reflect on your experiences
  • In consultation with the Associate for Pastoral Care, create an annual learning document that outlines parish expectations, clarifies ministry interests, and sets mutual goals
  • Participate in regular supervision, with the Associate for Pastoral Care, including quarterly conversations and an annual performance review
  • Meet regularly with a committee of lay leaders who will report progress to the Associate for Pastoral Care, support your ministry, and assist with vocational discernment. This committee will help you find new ways to connect with the parish and ensure that you always consider the lay minister’s point of view
  • Place yourself in situations where you will learn the names of our parishioners and interact with them on a personal level
  • Work with clergy and lay leaders in a variety of ministry areas to gain ministry knowledge critical to your growth as an ordained person
  • In addition to the pastoral care experiences described below, you will have many opportunities to preach, teach, and assist with mission projects.

Since this position provides special opportunities in Pastoral Care, you will also learn how to:

  • Strengthen your spiritual growth and vocational identity through Pastoral Care
  • Create a vision of ministry that sustains your focus
  • Make effective pastoral visits
  • Become comfortable being with people in crisis
  • Communicate with lay ministry leaders to support their success
  • Understand how technology and administrative skills support effective ministry
  • Learn the value of collegiality
  • Lead and teach in multiple departments
  • Learn and develop your own ministry style
  • Create and promote your own ministry at SMAA
  • Acquire the practices of self-care and life-balance that support long-term ministry

WE EXPECT OUR CURATE WILL BE…

  • A faithful Christian who is loyal to SMAA and The Episcopal Church
  • Committed to our Core Focus: “Build Christian disciples for a transformed community”
  • Aligned with our Core Values: Collaborative, Loyal, Effective, Kind, and Growth-Oriented
  • An excellent leader, listener, teacher, and organizer of volunteers
  • A dependable, energetic achiever who holds herself/himself to the highest standards of job performance, spiritual engagement, and ethical behavior
  • A mature, authentic person who genuinely enjoys being with people

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND CORE COMPETENCIES:

  • Recent seminary graduate who is ordained, or on the priesthood ordination track
  • Highly organized and at ease with computers, database programs, social media platforms, and software programs, including the Microsoft Productivity Suite
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Attention to detail – able to follow detailed procedures and ensure accuracy
  • Ability and desire to work across ministry areas
  • Confidentiality – able to exercise mature judgment and show discretion with sensitivity to the needs of others

If you would like to apply or learn more, please send a letter of interest, resume, and OTM portfolio to:

Shannon Rawdon
Executive Assistant to the Vice Rector
[email protected]

Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church
8011 Douglas Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75225

5,003 moments of caring, praying, and serving that Saint Michael volunteers extended to those experiencing challenges or grief in our parish

From the Rector

If I’ve learned anything these past few years, it’s the value of being together. We’ve been on a rollercoaster in many ways, and now we are poised to reform our church for the future with more clarity and commitment than I imagined even six years ago. I want us—all of us—to be a big part of that transformation.

Far too often, we are forced into categories and stereotypes, defined by how we look or where we live or what we do. The truth is that God made us and being made in God’s image means that we have a beautiful, divine nugget inside us that can guide us toward God and one another. Although we are beautifully unique, our unity is rooted in God. No matter where we are on our journey, we can move closer to one another because of the One who loves us completely.

“Here, we follow the God of love, revealed to us in the person of Jesus Christ. Here, we commit to the choices that call us to be better and to live more fully into who we are created to be.”

The Rev. Dr. Christopher D. Girata
Rector

“Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.”
-1 Peter 4:10

Vital Parts of the Same Body

In these initial months at Saint Michael, I have been pleased to get to know many of you and many of our ministry partners in Dallas and beyond. It is becoming very clear to me that Saint Michael is in the midst of a call to step out in its work in a big way in this post-pandemic world.

We differ from one another in appearance, function, social standing, economics, culture, and education. Yet each of us is called by God to contribute in our own special and distinctive way for the common good. When we look to God, he gives us the clarity to see our gifts and those of each other. When we look to God, he will give us, as fellow citizens in his kingdom, the direction as to where he wants us to go, and he will let us know what he wants us to do.

The Rev. Robin Hinkle
Associate for Mission & Outreach

Purpose

Senior leadership at Saint Michael has given a great deal of thought to our common purpose. That purpose is now reflected in our core focus: “Build Christian disciples for a transformed community.” Clarity of purpose sharpens our attention, guides our allocation of resources, and helps us know how to measure success. I can’t think of a higher purpose.

The Rev. Kenneth H. Brannon
Vice Rector