Search Committee Updates

May 2026

What’s happening?
With Anne A. Halloin heading to seminary this summer, we have embarked on a search process to find our next Children & Youth Director / Minister. We seek a gifted and committed leader to help shepherd our young people in their spiritual formation, service, fellowship, and growth in Christian faith. A Search Committee consisting of nine members of the RPC Congregation has been established to lead this important hiring initiative.

What’s new?
The Search Committee recently finalized and Session has approved the MDP (Ministry Discernment Profile). This document serves as a comprehensive and detailed job listing that defines RPC’s core values, the church’s vision for ministry, and key responsibilities of the Children & Youth Director / Minister role. The MDP will be instrumental in helping the Search Committee & our consultant Ministry Architects to build an initial pool of candidates.

What’s next?
After final review and approval, by the Hudson River Presbytery’s Commission on Ministry, the MDP will be uploaded to the Presbytery’s career site and sent to our search consultant, Ministry Architects, to include in their job search platforms and network. The information will be made available to potential candidates and the search process will begin.

To ensure continuity for our children and youth during this time of transition, Anne A. Halloin has agreed to stay with RPC until mid August. After her departure, if a hire has not yet been made, your church leadership will see to the continuity for RPC’s various programs for children & youth, including Sunday School.

What is RPC looking for in a Children & Youth Director / Minister?
In March we hosted Martha Whitesides, from Ministry Architects, to lead listening sessions to hear from our congregation's volunteers, parents and youth on what they hope to find in a new youth leader. Common themes expressed include: long tenure, with enough time in the role to guide our children through at least one season of their youth; deep understanding of Rye's culture and community, including the heavy demands on our youth's time; exceptional management, organizational, and interpersonal skills; and ability to connect and build trust with our youth. Thank you to those who participated in the listening sessions.

April 2026

With Anne Halloin heading to seminary this summer, we are embarking on a search process to find our next Children & Youth Director / Minister. We seek a gifted and committed leader to help shepherd our young people in their spiritual formation, service, fellowship, and growth in Christian faith.

Over the past few weeks, our search committee has taken several important steps in preparing to identify initial candidates for the role of Children and Youth Minister/Director. The group is in the final stages of preparing a MDP (Ministry Discernment Profile), which will be posted online soon. This document serves as a job listing that will help us begin building a pool of candidates. We also had Martha White sides, from Ministry Architects, lead listening sessions to hear from our congregation's volunteers, parents and youth on what they hope to find in a new youth leader. Common themes expressed include: long tenure, with enough time in the role to guide our children through at least one season of their youth; deep understanding of Rye's culture and community, including the heavy demands on our youth's time; exceptional management, organizational, and interpersonal skills; and ability to connect and build trust with our youth. Thank you to all of you who participated in the sessions. The committee expects to begin interviewing candidates later this Spring into Summer and we will keep the congregation apprised of our progress.