Synergos Pastoral Residency
The Greek word συνεργοaς (synergos) means co-laborer or companion in work. The Synergos Residency seeks to equip and support co-laboring mid-career pastors and key congregational leaders to foster ministries that are relevant to the lives of congregants, connecting them to God and empowering them to love their neighbors in new and faithful ways.
Rooted in faith formation, leadership development, coaching, and community, the Synergos Pastoral Residency aims to nurture congregational vitality. By equipping and inspiring lay leaders, the program promotes long-term thriving beyond the residency timeline. Resourcing pastors in their mid-careers, the program will serve future congregations who benefit from the competencies and vocational clarity of these pastors.
About Synergos
The Synergos program serves churches across the Synod of the Rocky Mountains, focusing on some of the most vulnerable congregations — those without access to consistent pastoral leadership. Through two-year pastoral residencies, churches will be grounded in faith formation and stabilized for the hard work of visioning and planning for thriving futures.
The Synergos Pastoral Residency is cohort based and provides wrap around services to pastoral and congregational lay leaders through the following key activities:
- Pastoral Resident support equips and sustains mid-career pastors through: (1) annual retreat providing formation for the first and second year of the evolving ministry, (2) monthly coaching, (3) monthly cohort peer-to-peer learning opportunities.
- Congregation/Church Leader support: (1) congregational consultation, including evaluation, visioning, and goal setting; (2) team coaching for key leaders, (3) cross-congregational roundtable gatherings for shared learnings with cohort congregations, and (4) a final consultation and goal setting for time beyond the grant.
Eligibility
Residents shall be mid-career, ordained Ministers of Word and Sacrament in the PC(USA) in good standing.
Eligible congregations will engage Synergos residents as their primary pastoral leader. These churches will sense a call to work with their Synergos resident minister within a healthy church community, will engage a committed set of session and congregational leadership, and will embrace opportunities for reflection and faithful re-formation.
Questions or Interest?
Contact Residency Director Jessica Crane Munoz at residency@opsf-omaha.org or at 402-778-4136.
For Residents
We are seeking a Pastoral Resident for First Presbyterian Church, Gillette, Wyoming. Gillette is the third largest city in Wyoming, located in the picturesque high plains, with new schools and updated community infrastructure. A pastor who is interested in purposeful engagement with the community will thrive in this context.
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To qualify, applicants shall be mid-career, ordained Minister of Word and Sacrament in the PC(USA) in good standing.
Applications shall be reviewed on a rolling basis, as they are received.
Step 1 — Prepare Your Application
We encourage you to compile all of your information using the PDF above before pasting into the online application. You will also need your most recent statement of faith and your resume or Personal Discernment Profile. Questions? Reach out to residency@opsf-omaha.org.
Step 2 — Apply Here
Deeper in Faith: A Journey of Spiritual Formation
Free Seven-Week Worship Series
Synergos is pleased to offer a free worship series resource for pastors, laity, and congregations in whatever ways you find most helpful. This seven-week series is fully customizable and created for adaptability and use in a variety of congregational settings. Each week includes: complete bulletin, scripted sermon, a ritual action, children’s message, slides, and a journal entry.
Fill out this form and it will send you a link with access to the materials. If you find this series helpful and wish to make a donation, your donation will help OPSF expand the reach of this series and future worship materials.