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Name of Site	Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashua, NH Nashua, NH
Address	58 Lowell St Nashua, NH 03064
Phone	603-882-1091
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Website	https://uunashua.org/
Site E-mail Address	minister@uunashua.org
Size of Congregation	250
Supervisor Name	Rev. Allison Palm
Supervisor Phone	603-882-1091
Supervisor E-mail	minister@uunashua.org
Informational Contact Name	Rev. Allison Palm
Informational Contact Phone	603-882-1091
Informational Contact E-mail	minister@uunashua.org
Focus	Congregational Ministry
Fulltime/Parttime	Part Time
Compensation	$1100
Other Benefits	$1000 for professional expenses each church year 4 weeks paid vacation and 4 weeks paid study leave (does not all need to be used in the summer months)
Number of Months	22
Start Date/End Date	August 15, 2023	June 15, 2025
Site Description	The Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashua is a congregation of approximately 250 adults and 60 children and youth located in downtown Nashua, NH. The Mission of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashua is: We are a welcoming community of faith, inspiring lives of wonder, generosity and courage, serving the world through love in action. We are a vibrant and evolving congregation, originally founded in 1826, and always seeking new ways of embodying our faith in the world. Our minister, Rev. Allison Palm, was called in 2015. In addition to our minister, our staff consists of a full-time Director of Faith Formation, a full-time Church Administrator, and a part-time Music Director, Sexton and Bookkeeper. Our staff works collaboratively, with yearly retreats and weekly staff meetings. Worship is central to the life of our congregation. Our worship services are somewhat traditional, but we also seek to incorporate movement, ritual, and participatory elements on a regular basis. Our Sunday morning services are all streamed to Zoom. Music is a vital and important part of our services. Our choir sings nearly every Sunday during the regular church year, and soloists and small groups offer music on a regular basis as well. We are committed to multigenerational worship, and have at least one all ages service every month. We used theme-based ministry for our worship and faith formation programs. Our themes are incorporated in all of our worship services and Children’s Faith Formation programming, as well as in some of our Adult Faith Formation programming. Our Faith Formation programs are also a vital part of our ministry. We offer programs for people of all ages, all overseen by our Director of Faith Formation, Sadie Kahn-Greene. Programs include: workshops for kids based on our values, Our Whole Lives, Coming of Age, Youth Group, Young Adult Group, Covenant Groups, Support Groups, Book Discussions, Spiritual Practices, UU History programs and more. We are deeply committed to working for justice in our immediate community and in the larger world. For the past 18 years, UU Nashua has given away our Sunday collection every week to various local causes, giving away in total about $35,000 each year. We are also an active part of our statewide UU Action Network, our NH Faith in Action Affiliate (Granite State Organizing Project), and the New Hampshire Immigrant Solidarity Network. We have a Social Justice Team, as well as a couple of issue-specific working groups. One is a Racial Justice Working Group, who has partnered with other organizations to launch the NH Community Bail Fund, done work around immigration, and regularly does faith formation programs for the congregation. We also have a Welcoming Renewal Team, launched by our current intern, who successfully worked to renew our Welcoming Congregation status in 2022 and will continue that yearly work moving forward. Our congregation operates under policy-based governance. Our Minister also serves as Executive Director of the congregation and the head of staff. The Minister and staff are in charge of the day-to-day operations of the congregation, while our Board of Trustees focuses on policy-making, monitoring, and long-term visioning. We have a number of Teams that collaborate with our staff to do the work of the church, always keeping in mind the Mission, Values, and Ends articulated by our Board. This spring we are launching a capital campaign to do some major renovations to our historic church building. Though the formal period of the Capital Campaign will be over by the time our intern starts, they would certainly be able to learn about serving a church during a building project. We are located in Southern New Hampshire, about an hour north of Boston, an easy commute by car.
Job Description	This internship would focus on all aspects of parish ministry, giving an intern an opportunity to participate in worship, faith formation, pastoral care, membership & leadership development, social justice, stewardship, and governance & administration. We would tailor the duties of our intern to fit their particular learning needs. This is a two-year part-time position, averaging 20 hours/week. Parts of the role can be done remotely, but the intern should plan to be on site 2 days a week (Sunday plus one other day).
Site Accessibility	Building is mostly accessible
Application Procedure	Applicants should send a cover letter explaining their interest in UU Nashua, a current resume, a sample sermon and contact information for 3 references to Rev. Allison Palm at minister@uunashua.org.
Additional Notes	We are an approved Contextual Education site for Boston University, and therefore can serve as a Field Ed location for any BTI student. We are also happy to work with your seminary’s requirements for Field Education if you are from outside the BTI.
Application Deadline	Considered as Received
Selection Date	March 2023

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