I couldn't tell from your post if you have the 2.3L 4 cylinder or the 2.6L 6 cylinder.

For the 2.3L, remove the bolts to the engine and transmission mounts. They are metric bolts and you'll need a breaker bar and an extension. I would suggest undoing the forward flex disk as well to avoid damaging them. Using hydraulic jacks with a wide saddle under the left and right motor mounts and the transmisson, lift the engine slowly without touching the oil pan itself. Once the engine is high enough, undo the bolts and work the pan off and out. If you have an engine hoist, ignore the jacking part. It's going to be a tight fit, so take some time. As you are laboring, just remember that the alternative is to remove the engine and trans from the car.

Once the pan is off, clean off the old gasket and adhesive completely, then reapply the new gasket with sealer. Carefully tighten the pan in a x-cross pattern to avoid warping the pan seal. The torque setting for the bolts are 7ft/lb. The motor mounts get torqued to 30, the crossmember mount to 37.