First Church in Motion
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Our Search: Part-Time Minister
Today, in this moment, First Church is in motion.
We are beginning a search for a part-time settled minister.
This “job description” has been a labor of love. And hard. We have had input from many sources, including the York Association of the Maine Conference of UCC (United Church of Christ), a devoted internal committee from our congregation, and counsel from those who
have gone through this process before.
“God is able to provide you with every blessing, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.”
2 Corinthians 9:8
Being a pastor here
life in a Great community
life in a Great community
life in a Great community
This link from the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport & Arundel Chamber of Commerce best presents reasons to live here. It says more than we possibly can in a short paragraph. https://gokennebunks.com/live/
benefits of place & pace
life in a Great community
life in a Great community
Salary includes optional benefits and as we do not have a parsonage, compensation offers a housing allowance. Quality of life here is exceptional; safe, friendly. A pace less frenetic than other areas. It is Maine ~ The Way Life Should Be
journeying together
life in a Great community
journeying together
The right candidate will help us round out the edges of this special position. Come back and visit this page again. Be in touch with us if you think you, or someone you know is the right fit. Word gets around, and this job will be posted on other platforms soon.
First Church in Motion
Tina Civetta: Stepping Out
As a member of First Church and a 2024 graduate of ChIME, Tina D’Agostino-Civetta has a special view of what community outreach means up here. And it comes with a recognizable New York accent and creative energy that comes from growing up on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx. Called "The little Italy of the Bronx” her neighborhood included the Bronx Zoo, Fordham University and the Botanical Gardens. Having spent the last 24 months committed to studies, intense faith-based learnings, and commitment to volunteer service, she is now ready to fulfill her vision for what it means to create faith connections in community. She is also instrumental in guiding our search for a part-time settled minister.
tina in community & in motion
applying faith
providing Services
providing Services
This summer in a beautiful forest ceremony Tina and classmates were ordained; giving them privilege to offer and perform and array of Chaplaincy services in the greater Kennebunk and surrounding communities. For Tina, it is a continuation of her appreciation and passion for working with elders and in hospice care. Tina considers First Chu
This summer in a beautiful forest ceremony Tina and classmates were ordained; giving them privilege to offer and perform and array of Chaplaincy services in the greater Kennebunk and surrounding communities. For Tina, it is a continuation of her appreciation and passion for working with elders and in hospice care. Tina considers First Church her "office" from which she serves members and the wider community. Reach her at TheCivettas@gmail.com
providing Services
providing Services
providing Services
Like other ChIME alumni she offers interfaith life ceremonies and services to individuals and families. These include memorials, funerals, weddings, blessings, spiritual direction and services of “companioning”, as well as an array of “other” support.
Other services can be diverse and are highly personalized. They can include guest min
Like other ChIME alumni she offers interfaith life ceremonies and services to individuals and families. These include memorials, funerals, weddings, blessings, spiritual direction and services of “companioning”, as well as an array of “other” support.
Other services can be diverse and are highly personalized. They can include guest ministry and preaching, grief and loss counseling, teaching and group facilitation and creative coaching around faith.
passsion for eldercare
passsion for eldercare
passsion for eldercare
As Tina expressed this year, “during my intensive years of study in ChIME I found a gravitational pull to elders, eldercare, and hospice. Here, I realized issues around faith and compassion seemed to collide and fold in together; in addition to being very needed and not much talked about. These always included family dynamics around end-
As Tina expressed this year, “during my intensive years of study in ChIME I found a gravitational pull to elders, eldercare, and hospice. Here, I realized issues around faith and compassion seemed to collide and fold in together; in addition to being very needed and not much talked about. These always included family dynamics around end-of-life reflections, forgiveness, and creating memorials of hope.
About Chime
passsion for eldercare
passsion for eldercare
Since 2002, ChIME has educated and ordained 186 Interfaith Ministers who serve in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and in several other states. Each has fulfilled the ChIME requirements for graduation, including 500 hours of classroom time, and 300 hours of volunteer and internship service.
Incoming students bring the desire to serve a
Since 2002, ChIME has educated and ordained 186 Interfaith Ministers who serve in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and in several other states. Each has fulfilled the ChIME requirements for graduation, including 500 hours of classroom time, and 300 hours of volunteer and internship service.
Incoming students bring the desire to serve a particular community or to serve children, women, or men, or people who are incarcerated, ill, in transition, marginalized, unhoused, dying, or addicted.