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Director of Youth and Sports Ministries

Crossroads Community Church
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Position: Director of Youth & Sports (Grace & Cleats) Ministries         

Purpose: To provide leadership to two of our core ministries at Crossroads 

  • YOUTH MINISTRY: to come alongside parents by leading a ministry that loves, serves, and teaches students (7th – 12th grade) in a way that moves them, by God’s grace, toward a personal, active, discerning, and maturing faith in Jesus Christ 
  • GRACE & CLEATS: to utilize sports and recreational activity as a bridge to take the gospel to our congregation and community, teaching and demonstrating what it means to live and compete for the glory of God

Accountable To: The Session, reporting directly to the Executive Pastor

Qualifications:

  • A personal, active, discerning, and maturing faith in Jesus Christ
  • A strong knowledge of and commitment to teach the Bible and to the reformed system of doctrine laid out in the Westminster Confession of Faith and its Catechisms
  • A love for students and an ability and passion to teach, shepherd, lead, counsel, engage and enjoy them in a winsome, gospel-centered manner
  • An ability to relate to adults as well as students
  • A solid understanding of and passion to use sports and recreational activity as ministry
  • An ability to recruit and lead a volunteer leadership team
  • An ability to plan and execute youth and sports related events, leagues, retreats, etc
  • A four-year college degree; PREFER: prior youth ministry experience; PREFER: Seminary degree and ordained/ordainable in the PCA

Primary Responsibilities – YOUTH MINISTRY:

  • Continue developing the ministry in line with our mission, vision, and core values
  • Plan and execute weekly Sunday School and Youth Group activities
  • Plan and execute retreats, social events, service projects, summer activities, and mission trips
  • Provide faithful teaching of God’s Word at Sunday School, Youth Group, etc
  • Provide/Seek opportunities to build relationships, evangelize, disciple, and counsel students outside of Youth Group and Sunday School
  • Recruit, lead, and equip a volunteer leadership team to aid in all aspects of the ministry
  • Love and serve the parents of the students through effective communication, resources, and care for their children
  • Attend annual training and engage with resources that spur continual growth in ministry
  • Participation in weekly staff meeting

Primary Responsibilities – GRACE & CLEATS:

  • LEADERSHIP:
    • Continue developing our current ministry activities in line with mission, vision, and core values. These activities include, but are not limited to…
      • Open Gym Basketball (all year)
      • Open Gym Volleyball (all year)
      • Rev-Fit Classes (all year)
      • Men’s Softball (May – July)
      • Youth Sports Camps (Summer)
      • Youth Soccer League (August – October)
      • Grace & Cleats 3rd – 6th grade Basketball Teams (October – March)
    • Create new ministry activities as appropriate
    • Recruit, equip, and give oversight to leaders and volunteers
    • Cast vision for the ministry and actively promote ministry activities
    • Ensure proper spiritual leadership is present and active for each team and activity (this may require personal participation in various ministry activities)
  • TEACHING:
    • Teach (or equip others to teach) devotions at various ministry activities
    • Create or find quality devotional materials to fit each individual ministry activity
  • ADMINISTRATIVE:
    • Effectively communicate via email, text, website, and social media
    • Manage the ministry budget
    • Manage sports equipment inventory and purchasing
    • Creating and monitoring online registration and payment processes
    • Generate marketing/promotional materials
  • FIELD MAINTENANCE (Coordinate or Accomplish)
    • Mowing of 3 acre sports fields
      • 2-3x per week April – June
      • 1-2x per week July – October
    • Fertilizer (4x per year) and herbicide applications (2-3x per year)
    • Maintain watering schedule
    • Maintain shed and all field maintenance equipment
    • Striping of sports fields
      • Softball (May – July)
      • Soccer (Aug – October)
    • Tasks related to the open/close of sports fields for each respective season
    • All other necessary field maintenance and repairs

Compensation:

  • Full-time position with compensation commensurate with education and experience

For Questions: Contact Executive Pastor David Peters at dpeters@crossroadspca.org

To apply: Visit our website at crossroadspca.org/job-opportunities