Religious | Presbyterian Church in America
Full-Time
Posted: Oct 25, 2024
Application Deadline: Feb 28, 2025
Description
Purpose: This position oversees ministries to students that are gospel-centered and make and equip students (and their parents) to be and grow as joyful disciples of Jesus Christ.
Duties and Responsibilities:
A. Implement V7PC's Philosophy of Ministry: Communicates Village Seven Presbyterian Church’s philosophy of ministry to students (care and nurture; teaching; discipling; reaching) to parents and the congregation as a whole; Uses articles, website, and other means to communicate to and educate parents on topics such as parenting, teaching students, understanding students.
b. Program Planning and Oversight: Direct the planning of Student Ministry programs and events; Oversee Student Ministry staff; interact with students and parents to get to know them and assess needs for providing relevant ministries.
- Coordinate and supervise all ministry needs (Sundays, midweek, and church-wide events)
- Develop and maintain doctrinally sound programs in a welcoming, student-friendly, and safe environment.
- Help lead and participate in all student ministry programs
C. Leadership: Provides leadership to the Student Ministry staff and volunteers through vision, strategic planning, budgeting, and implementation of church policies.
- Interview and train all student volunteers
- Lead youth staff meetings
- Lead student ministry team (consists of staff and a small group of volunteers)
- Be a member of the staff leadership team
- Attend monthly Session meetings
- Help recruit, interview, and lead summer staff
D. Leadership Development: Provide training and continuing education opportunities for staff and volunteers in areas like teaching, communicating with children and parents, classroom management, etc.
E. Recruiting: Assist the Youth staff and potential coordinators in recruiting volunteers for the various Student Ministries.
- Recruit and coordinate volunteers from within the church membership.
- Maintain appropriate adult/student ratios; prepare to teach/assist as needed.
- Maintain volunteer reminder system.
Salary: $60K-$89K
Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
Faith: This position must be held by an individual who is an active, practicing evangelical Christian who is committed to the church’s vision and mission, agrees with our Statement of Faith, and subscribes to the Westminster Confession and Catechisms. There is no other background that can substitute for this requirement.
Education: Degree in student ministry or comparable experience (5+ years) in student, college discipleship. For a pastoral position, a seminary degree and ordained or in the process of ordination.
Experience/Other:
- At least five years of youth or college ministry experience including curriculum selection, volunteer recruiting, and large event organization.
- A strong call to develop and shepherd adults to disciple students in a way that they grow to be Christ-changed, hope-filled, productive adults.
- Love for students and a desire to see them grow in their faith.
- Church membership, including a commitment to Village Seven’s vision and mission.
- Desire to grow in personal faith through faithful attendance in Sunday morning worship.