Youth Pastor

As part of the Next Gen Department at River Valley Church, the Youth Pastor is responsible for overseeing all elements of ministry to youth at the campus, from 6th grade through 12th grade. This includes overseeing all things pertaining to Youth services, events, and administration. This position also acts as the lead for all Youth specific interns at the Crosstown campus.  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The Youth Pastor is required to perform a range of duties including, but not limited to:

• Be directly accountable to the YTH Area Lead and Next Gen Pastor for all youth related expectations. 
  • Aid in developing corporate youth strategy; champion the vision
  • Fill out and submit weekly Youth Reports
  • Participate and be in attendance at bi-monthly Youth Pastor meetings on Ministry Mondays. 
  • Develop and attend all monthly campus youth leader meetings
• Responsible for the organization and running of the youth ministry at your respective campus.
  • Preach for YTH at their campus for the majority of Wednesday night services.
  • Strategically develop the campus’ youth ministry
  • Create and develop Leadership Teams for Youth Group that will serve on Wednesdays, and for all outreach and Global Project efforts
    • Recruit new leaders
    • Build connections with leaders to increase the longevity of their service and encourage their ongoing growth and development as a leader.
    • Send out an email to all Youth Leaders with a service agenda and what to expect for the evening at Wednesday night youth services.
    • Send out a weekly recap of Wednesday night youth services to your leadership team every Thursday
    • Run bi-monthly YTH Leader Meetings and Trainings to equip and develop your team. 
  • Coordinate and plan Wednesday night youth services
    • Participate in message planning meetings and weekly production meetings
      • Weekly collaboration with other Youth Pastors on message content to ensure the focus is presented cohesively
    • Plan the visuals for the message, as necessary
    • Direct the room and stage set up for Wednesday night service
    • Act as point person for Wednesday night structure
    • Key all connect cards into the church database (PCO) in a timely manner
  • Develop interns and engage them with an excellent ministry experience
  • Be available for counseling needs with student leaders, students and their families.
  • Steward campus budget and submit expense reimbursements as necessary on a monthly basis.
• Lead or co-lead one of the annual youth Global Project trips
• Recruit students, coordinate your respective campus’ signups, and attend as needed large campus-wide youth events (i.e. Youth Camp, Minnesota Youth Convention (MYC), Revival Nights, Youth Conference, etc.)
• Be available for campus Pastoral Care requests (i.e. mentoring and/or counseling, hospital visits, funerals, etc.
• Other Campus-specific duties, as directed by the Campus Pastor.

Weekend Responsibilities

• Assist in leading pre-service huddle
• Be on time and lead engagement for staff, volunteers, and attenders 
• Be available, as needed, for platform announcements
• Work lobby before and after service, engaging with newcomers, serve team members, parents, etc.

Other Responsibilities

Individual will complete responsibilities in accordance with the church’s policies and applicable procedures as assigned.  Ability to travel and other duties as assigned.

As a pastor of River Valley Church, you will be given the authority to perform “sacerdotal functions” according to IRS guidelines and “must be able to perform substantially all the religious functions of an ordained minister to be treated as a minister for social security purposes.” It is expected that you will fulfill your pastoral duties as needed to uphold the requirements put in place by the IRS

Qualifications

• Proficient in administrative and leadership skills
• Experience in managing teams and developing others
• Strong Interpersonal skills
• Proficient in public speaking
• Solid sermon-writing skills, including understanding of Biblical exposition skills
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Ability to raise up leaders (reproduce yourself)

Education

A four year Bachelor’s Degree is strongly encouraged, with preference given to a pastoral or other ministry-related degree. Qualified Candidates should either have ministerial credentials or be working towards obtaining credentials. Credentials with the Assemblies of God are preferred.

Experience

Successful candidate should have at least 2-4 years related experience.   

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate