Sturge Presbyterian Church, located in San Mateo, CA has an immediate opening for a part time Youth Director who is energetic, Christ centered and passionate about reaching youth for Christ.  We have an established and growing youth ministry with ~20 youth and a team of parent volunteers who meet regularly for worship, fellowship, service, missions and outreach.  You will provide leadership and work closely with the parent volunteers to provide the youth with a solid and growing foundation in Jesus Christ.    2-3 years Youth ministry experience is preferred, but not required.  Please submit your resume to:   resumes.sturge@yahoo.com for consideration.

 

The Youth Director is the one primarily responsible for the ministry programs to Middle School and Senior High students. The Director will report to the Pastor and will be a half-time hourly position. Listed below are the main components of the Youth Director ministry at Sturge Presbyterian Church.

 ·    To have a vision for the youth program that is consistent with the overall vision of Sturge PC.

 ·    To develop, plan and implement a ministry to both Middle School and Senior High youth. The ministries will be separate and the program should reflect the special needs of the specific age group. Both Middle School and Senior High programs should include the following:

a.     A Sunday morning program.

b.     Regularly scheduled youth fellowship events (for fun and relationship building).

c.     Regularly scheduled youth meetings (for Christian faith development and relationship building).

d.     Regularly scheduled opportunities for service and mission programs. Promote cross generational events and programs in serving the Sturge Family.

e.     Developing ways of reaching out to youth who don’t go to church.

f.      Leadership development of adults and youth. Assist with the panning, recruiting of youth, training and implementation of the VBS program.

g.     To effectively communicate the ministry program to the church and to the parents. This involves monthly (and perhaps quarterly) youth calendars and/or newsletters, session reports, articles in the church newsletter and regular parent information meetings. 

This focus would involve 85-90% of the Youth Director’s time.

To provide guidance to the college age congregation.

·  To provide guidance in initiating a College Ministry.

·  To assist high school seniors transition to college by identifying fellowship groups and other Christian churches in the area of the selected college campuses for the student to participate in and following up on their participation.

This focus would involve 10-15% of the Youth Director’s time.

·  To explore the possibility of reaching out to the youth in our local schools.

·  To coordinate the youth ministry with the church programs and other staff.

·  To recruit and train adult leadership to assist in the youth ministry.

·  To meet regularly with the Pastor to confirm specific goals and time frames for goals.

·  To oversee the administration and finances of the youth program.

·  To schedule in time for conferences and seminars – for program development and self growth.