AUBURN — Nathan Blanchard is Court Street Baptist Church’s new associate pastor for children, youth and families.

Nate hails from Rutland, Vt., and attended Eastern University, St. Davids, Pa., where he studied youth ministries, with a minor in business administration. He has served as program director at Camp Sentinel in Tuftonboro, N.H.; associate director of Camp Fireside, Barrington, N.H.; chapel speaker and mentor for Coastlands Consultants, Manchester, N.H.; office administrator for Lifebridge Christian Church, Brandon, Vt.; and, most recently, as youth director for the Proctor Community Concerns Council, a three-church consortium in Proctor, Vt.

Blanchard began his duties at Court Street Baptist Church on Feb. 1. The church is at 129 Court St.