Associate Pastor of Youth and Family

What You Do Here Matters

The Associate Pastor of Youth and Family oversees all youth programming and environments for Christ’s Church of Amherst, a ministry that supports roughly 10 regular children and is also preparing to receive a larger group of incoming students. This includes weekly programming and other events. They recruit, train and lead a team of volunteers to provide engaging opportunities for students to learn about Jesus. They will lead the charge to develop creative opportunities to build purposeful connections with students in the surrounding community (e.g., high schools and middle schools wherever possible) and also make space for students in the church to discover and grow deeper in their faith.

The Associate Pastor of Youth and Family is also a part of the outreach culture and structure of Christ’s Church, investing time in events, follow-up classes and creating fresh opportunities to reach more people.

Lastly, the Associate Pastor of Youth and Family provides edification to the church through relevant, biblical preaching and teaching once every 6-8 weeks. 

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People you talk to a lot

I directly report to John Nuxoll, the Senior Pastor of Christ’s Church. I engage in staff meetings on Thursday mornings and find ways to connect with youth leaders at Grace Chapel to collaborate and learn from their experiences. I work with teams of volunteers responsible for putting on programming for youth and special youth events throughout the year.

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Responsibilities/Core Aspects/Description/Percent of Time

Programming

Facilitate and develop creative, “out-of-the-box” programming to engage students during the week both inside the church and outside the church in meaningful ways that will lead to next steps on their spiritual journey.

40%

Relationship Building

Build relationships with parents, volunteers and community members working with students to encourage them and work cooperatively to reach kids.

15%

Sunday Morning Responsibilities

Prepare occasional relevant, biblical sermons that engage a broad audience and help people live out their faith in a practical way.

15%

Volunteer Development

Recruit, train and oversee a team of people responsible for developing engaging opportunities for students to grow in their relationship with God and develop faith-affirming relationships within the church. The director will be responsible for knowing proper safety protocols and training all volunteers appropriately.

10%

Collaboration / Teamwork

Participate in the staff life, responsibilities, meetings, activities of Christ’s Church as needed and engage leaders at our strategic partner, Grace Chapel, to learn ways to better serve our community.

10%

Church Life

Work with staff members on projects outside the nature of their job description such as set up and tear down for events. The director needs to show a willingness to assist with projects like these, but should not be expected to do work that is unreasonably outside the scope of this job description. 

10%