Director of Youth Ministry

Objective of the Position:

  • To provide spiritual, administrative and visionary leadership to ministry for 5th grade through High School.

Responsibilities:

  • Ensure the alignment and integration of the youth ministry with the overall mission and vision of Grand Lake, including Sunday Mornings and Wednesday Nights
  • Have a intentional plan for discipleship
  • Ensure that youth have regular opportunities for service and mission both locally and beyond
  • Plan and  implement strategies to continue reaching students in our community who do not know Christ or who are currently not connected with Grand Lake or another church
  • Identify, recruit and develop leaders and teachers for all aspect of the ministry, including student leaders
  • Partner with parents and across generations to connect the youth to the church and the church to the youth
  • Ensure all administrative needs are covered; finances/budget, background checks, fundraising efforts, communications, etc. in collaboration with other staff members
  • Oversee promotion, advertising and congregational awareness in collaboration with other staff members

Skills Needed and Required:

  • Exceptional ability to relate well with youth
  • Ability to share a personal faith in Christ confidently and with clarity
  • Teaching, administrative and leadership skills
  • Commitment to and skills for team-based ministry
  • Ability to delegate and multiply leadership by equipping and releasing others to serve
  • Communication, relational and social skills
  • Positive, contagiously enthusiastic personality
  • Flexibility and ability to quickly adapt to changing ministry circumstances
  • Extremely reliable and trustworthy
  • Motivated self-starter
  • Experience and/or formal training in youth ministry and biblical studies is desired

The Director of Youth Ministry will be hired and terminated by the Pastor of Discipleship & Outreach and the SPRC, amenable to the Staff Pastor Parish Relations Committee for evaluation, and supervised by the Pastor of Discipleship & Outreach.

Time Requirement:

This is a part-time salaried position that requires 20 hours per week.

Compensation:

Commensurate with experience.
Send a Letter of Interest and resume to the Church office at office@grandlakechurch.org