Hire a Youth Pastor

Job Description

Personal Qualities

• Deep affection and appreciation for the youth of CCA, and their friends • Recognition of the importance of personal and positive engagement with parents of CCA Youth • Joyful and energic personality • Humble spirit and a deep relationship with Christ • Service oriented • Compatible with and knowledgeable of Anglican faith and practice • Commitment to engage with the youth • Accepting counseling from peer staff members and the Rector authority • Leadership ability to recruit and train volunteers, and mentor youth • Desire to work within the community of local church youth leaders and area opportunities for the youth

Job Tasks

• The Youth Pastor is responsible for overseeing discipleship by guiding youth in both their spiritual and personal growth in the church and the surrounding community

• Train and oversee all Youth leaders and volunteers

• Responsible for identifying and developing Youth/Youth leaders to their fullest leadership potential

• Develop message content based on the central sermon series to share at Youth Nights

• Build teams that involve students and empower them as leaders

• Connect with schools in the community to enable youth to participate in youth services

• Relationally serve youth by providing pastoral care needs by creating personal growth plans for them to receive and/or experience healing, restoration, freedom, and the process of redemption

• Lead summer internship program: Oversee summer schedule, manage provided budget, intervene when necessary for all pastoral care needs

• Participate in church-wide events

• Ability to work a flexible schedule to include weekends, nights, and holidays

• Develop and implement comprehensive Christian youth-oriented programs designed to introduce, cultivate, and maintain a permanent Christ-filled character in CCA’s youth. Strive to make the CCA youth program environment non-threatening, warm, and welcoming for the youth and their friends.

• Teach and train the CCA youth to develop a biblical foundation for their lives. Intentionally train the youth to consider God’s purpose for their lives.

• Offer regularly scheduled meetings for the youth and their friends to interact with the youth director and adult volunteers. To the extent acceptable, develop a relationship of trust with the youth and their families.

• Work with a Youth Council that is comprised of interested parents of youth and engaged members of CCA for the purpose of vision, guidance, and accountability.

• Attend activities of the youth to foster respect for youth involvement in school and community activities.

• Develop trips that are enjoyable and instill service, dedication, and respect for others, providing youth opportunities to be witnesses for Jesus Christ. (Ski trips, Summer Camping, Mission Trips, weeklong backpacking trips)

• Assist in parish activities serving with the youth.

• Write and publish the monthly youth ministry newsletter. Maintain the CCA youth social media presence

• Recruit, train, and mentor the volunteer youth ministry staff.

Please send all resume and inquiries to Rev. Rip Gibbs to [email protected]

Christ Church Anglican, Midland Texas

Christ Church Anglican, in Midland, Texas, is a congregation of believers who seek to be with Jesus, become like Jesus, and do what Jesus did. We equate this with being grafted to Jesus, the vine, being pruned for fruitfulness, and bearing much fruit. Our mission is mission, and we believe we best fulfill our mission by following the way of Jesus. In the Permian Basin, there is great opportunity for mission and outreach, and we seek to be ambassadors of God’s Kingdom who reconcile others to God. We are a multi-generational parish with a growing population of younger families. Our worship is liturgical and spirit-led. We care much about our children and youth and seek to create a seamless, cradle-to-college, discipleship plan that engages our younger generations and provides an alternative to the plans this world has for them.