Oct. 5: Special Congregational Vote
Our Pastoral Search Committee has been engaged in a search for a Pastor of Congregational Care. The committee is excited to recommend Rev. Erin Marth to Plymouth Church for this position.
Rev. Marth met with various Board of Congregational Care members, Stephen Ministry leaders, the Pastoral Search Committee, and the Plymouth staff last week. Rev. Marth also preached in all Plymouth services last Saturday and Sunday, September 13 and 14.
Click here to watch her sermon.
A special congregational vote will take place in person on Sunday, October 5, at 5 p.m. in Waveland Hall. If approved by the congregation, Rev. Marth would begin as the Pastor of Congregational Care later this year. Below is the agenda for the special congregational vote and more information about Rev. Marth.
Plymouth Church Special Congregational Meeting
Call for Pastor of Congregational Care
October 5, 2025
5 p.m. in Waveland Hall
I. Call to order and determination of a quorum: Rachel Boon, Moderator
II. Invocation: Rev. Dr. Jared Wortman, Senior Pastor
III. Introductions and Purpose of the Meeting: Rachel Boon
A. Appointment of Tellers
B. Appointment of Secretary
C. Appointment of Parliamentarian
IV. Report of Search Committee: Darrel Mullins, Chair of Search Committee
V. Introduction of Rev. Erin Marth
VI. Remarks by candidate Rev. Marth followed by Q&A
VII. Vote by ballot by those in attendance: "That Plymouth UCC Congregational Church call Pastor Erin Marth for the position of Pastor of Congregational Care."
VIII. Tellers Report from Chief Teller
IX. Concluding Remarks and Benediction: Jared Wortman
XI. Adjournment
About Rev. Erin Marth
Rev. Erin Marth is a farm kid from Northern Iowa and a graduate of Iowa State University. Her first career of community organizing brought her to the Philippines, Iowa, Florida, and Minnesota, where she had the privilege of working alongside dedicated community members in the work of human rights, civil rights, immigrant rights, and worker rights.
Along the way, Erin started to feel a pull toward seminary, not knowing where exactly that would lead. She earned her Master of Divinity degree from Bethel Seminary, fulfilled her chaplain residency in the Twin Cities, and then served for the next few years as the Director of Christian Education at Westminster Presbyterian in Des Moines. After being ordained as a Minister of Word and Sacrament through the Presbyterian Church (USA), Erin first served a church in Western Illinois before moving into the specialized work of intentional transitional ministry in the Chicago area.
While Erin’s vocational journey has led her into many different communities and fields of service, the connecting thread through it all has been spiritual care and community building. Erin loves getting to know people, celebrating the gifts and passions within them, journeying through the peaks and valleys of life together, and fostering supportive connections.
Outside of work, you’ll find Erin walking her sweet beagle Duncan, gathering over a meal with friends, singing and playing guitar, practicing Spanish, creating anything and everything, and digging her hands into the dirt in her garden.