Overview
Overview: wapaknaz is seeking a high-caliber leader of deep character who is relationally strong, quickly adaptive, creative, works both independently & collaboratively. The youth pastor position entails all aspects of youth ministry 6th-12th grades. Secondarily, the associate role will provide an eventual preaching rotation, collaboration for community connection & also becoming a well-rounded ministry leader.
Full Time Position:
· 30 hours+ Youth Pastor/10 hours Associate
Youth Ministry:
- Urgency to bring people into a saving relationship with Jesus Christ
- Develop and maintain positive, godly and nurturing relationships with teens and their families
- Value each teen
- Ensure regular & clear communication between you and parents
- Disciple & Develop Teens
- Identify & develop junior high & high school leaders
- Encourage Sunday morning worship gathering attendance & serving opportunities
- Cultivate Small Discipleship Groups
- Facilitate Trek Studies
- Recruit/Develop Youth Leaders
- Build a team of young adults/adults/seniors as your youth ministry team
- Elevate Wednesday Night Youth Group
- Create Fellowship Opportunities:
- Quarterly youth events
- Mission Opportunities:
- Create missional opportunities to engage with our community
- State/National: Plan, Coordinate and Implement a Missions Trips
- Promote/Participate in NWO Camps/Fall Retreat & NYC:
- Develop Yearly Youth Ministry Goals
- Create Strategies to Achieve the Ministry Goals
- Ensure wapaknaz Youth Group remains under the wapaknaz mission, vision and core values
- Foster community relationships with the area schools/students
- Create avenues to funnel teens from the community into wapaknaz and from wapaknaz into our community
- Serve in Pier 252 (K-5th grade) once every 4-5 weeks
- Recruit Teens to serve in Adventure Cove (Children’s Church)
- Encourage/Appear at NWO Pre-Teen Camp
Associate Roles:
- Collaborate with senior pastor or teams concerning Community Connection/Church Growth/Discipleship
- Collaborate with senior pastor concerning sermon series/seasonal services
- Periodically Preaching
- Other Duties to Build and Equip the Body of Christ
About wapaknaz
wapaknaz is loved people loving people to Jesus; an energetic & growing multigenerational congregation.