Community: rural
Compensation: 18,800-20,000
Budget: 50000
Communicants: 73
Average Sunday Attendance: 56
School Teachers: 4
School Students: 17
Liturgical Style: Eucharistically centered Rite I & II
Strengths: Country parish centered around worship and fellowship.  Seeking clergy leader to share their ministries and spiritual life.  Good lay leadership in place.

Challenges: A Sunday morning church quite comfortable with who they are.  Need to expand their visibility and ministries.  No housing provided. 

Canon Betsy Fornal

Community: Urban
Compensation: $80-90,000
Housing: allowance
Budget: $438193
Communicants: 633
Average Sunday Attendance: 140
Church School: 7
Teachers: 6
Details:
Liturgical style: Eucharistically centered Rite I & II
Strengths: Enthusiastic congregation worshipping in a beautifully maintained historic colonial church which serves parishioners and attracts visitors in this vacation destination seaside city - Newport.  In a period of dynamic transition which has resulted in clarity of identity and mission.  Committed to ministry to the community within and without.  Good leadership in place. 
Challenges: Need a clergy leader who can gracefully enter a redeveloping system providing energy, motivation, support and collaborative leadership. 

Compensation: $70-80,000
Housing: allowance
Budget: $346000
Communicants: 247
Average Sunday Attendance: 101
Church School: 12
Teachers: 5
Details:
Liturgical style: Eucharistically centered Rite I & II
Strengths: Well-established parish in seaside City of Newport which engages community through worship, formation and outreach.  Growing Episcopal pre-school on premises. Committed to ministry to and with youth. Good lay leadership in place. 

Challenges: Church is prepared to grow and willing to change in order to meet their goals.  Need collaborative leader to encourage generosity of treasure as well as spirit and be visible in the community as the church continues to expand its ministries.

Community: urban

Compensation: $70-90,000
Budget: $787,381
Communicants: 630
Average Sunday Attendance: 182
School Teachers: 5
School Students: 15
Liturgical Style: Eucharistically centered Rite II
Strengths: Growing, diverse congregation in historic downcity Providence which has undergone a rebirth in the past ten years.  Active outreach to the homeless, youth mission trips to New Orleans and South Africa.  Excellent music program and growing focus on formation.  Good lay leadership in place.

Challenges: Managing continued growth and growing financial support to keep pace with it.  Develop leadership.  Continue excellence in worship and music as well as ministry to and with youth.

This is one of our fastest growing churches!  Narrative profile on their website under TRANSITION.  

www.gracechurchprovidence.org 

Community: town

Compensation: $62000-82000
Budget: $270,000
Communicants: 195

Average Sunday Attendance: 68
School Teachers: 2
School Students: 18
Liturgical Style: Eucharistically centered

Strengths: Growing church community in seaside town of Little Compton. Good lay leadership with active adult and youth education programs and outreach - local, national and international.  Engaged in mission with the people of Haiti.

NARRATIVE PROFILE:  www.saintandrewsbythesea.org  

Community: town

Compensation: $31-41000 half time
Budget: $178,754
Communicants: 329
Average Sunday Attendance: 104
School Teachers: 3
School Students: 20

Liturgical Style: Eucharistically centered Rite  I & II
Strengths: Well-established, multi-generational church in a growing bayside community which cares for both young and old. Good outreach and formation programs.  Solid lay leadership.   Seeking a priest who will lead effective  worship attractive to all ages and empower lay ministries.

Challenges: Developing more lay leaders so that the ministry of the parish can flourish with a half-time priest, particularly ministry to youth and young adults.

NARRATIVE PROFILE ON WEBSITE www.ascensionwakefield.org