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Youth Pastor / Director FULL-TIME POSITION WITH SALARY & HOUSING COMPENSATION People Care & Prayer (7th-12th grade students/parents, guest assimilation, volunteer development), Youth Discipleship (Sunday Morning Youth Group, Small Groups, student fundraising), Lead Friday Night Coffeehouse, Youth & NextGen Staff roles (Student Leadership Team, Mentoring Project, events/retreats, communication, safety), Pastoral Staff roles   Serving at Bloomingdale Church, an evangelism-growth church in multiethnic Chicagoland: ❏ NextGen Team Staff : Serve alongside 4 staff and 200 volunteers ❏ Diverse Learning Experiences : Grow from many practical experiences - teaching, planning events, leading teams, discipling, assimilating guests, and being an problem-solver ❏ Team-Based Pastoral Staff : Work alongside multiple teams of staff and point leaders ❏ Mentorship : Staff are regularly encouraged and coached by seasoned staff and point-leaders ❏ Missional : Following the model of Jesus (Luke 10:1-2) who recruited and coached ministry partners and then sent them out, Bloomingdale Church has trained over forty staff ❏ Personal Formation : Receive assessments, attend trainings, be cared for by a church family ❏ Housing : Compensation includes garden apartment on church campus ❏ Higher Ed : Close proximity to Wheaton College, Moody, Northern Seminary, and TEDS   Qualifications ❏ Spiritual: ❏ Personal relationship with Jesus ❏ Ministry calling ❏ Fervent desire to create a community that disciples students that reach lost people ❏ Current active involvement in local church, including volunteering ❏ Professional: ❏ Able to recruit and equip people to do the ministry ❏ Willing to work hard and be developed in administration, assimilation, and risk-taking ❏ Ability to work with all types of personalities, and apply conflict resolution methods ❏ Ability to learn various technology tools ❏ Accreditation with Christian & Missionary Alliance or willingness to be accredited ❏ Previous work/ministry experiences that we are looking for: hospitality/customer service, campus-based outreach (i.e. YoungLife, CampusLife, FCA), volunteer coordinator, education, ministry   Compensation Twenty (of the 40+ hours) of compensation is designated for housing in an apartment on church campus with utilities. Salary also includes self-employment tax contribution, and a budget for cell phone, hospitality, education, and gas reimbursement. The church can offer health insurance, and it is recommended to consider other options.   Application : staff.bloomingdalechurch.org   Contact: Daniel Riemenschneider, Administrative Pastor: danielr@bloomingdalechurch.org     YOUTH PASTOR JOB DESCRIPTION Summary of Ministry Focus : People Care & Prayer (7th-12th grade students/parents, guest assimilation, volunteer development), Youth Discipleship (Sunday Morning Youth Group, Small Groups, student fundraising), Lead Friday Night Coffeehouse, Youth & NextGen Staff roles (Student Leadership Team, Mentoring Project, events/retreats, communication, safety), Pastoral Staff roles   People Care & Prayer ● Participate in weekly prayer group focused on prayer for the salvation of unbelievers ● Pastoral care of 7th-12th grade students and parents ○ Care contact each student at least once a quarter ○ Contact missing students monthly ○ Attend an extracurricular activity or visit each student/family as schedule allows ○ Call parents at least twice a year ○ Host summer Bridge Group and plan at least one annual gathering with group ● Assimilation of 7th-12th grade students and parents ○ Be the face that represents Bloomingdale Church Youth to our guests ○ Contact each new guest within one week and recontact within 3 months ○ Actively assimilate guests into the next step: discipleship program > volunteering > weekend attendance ○ Actively assimilate parents of guests, intentionally meeting them and inviting them to attend an event/program ● Develop volunteers ○ Ensure that all volunteers are officially approved ○ Provide ongoing care, including semi-annual training and monthly communications ○ Inspire volunteers to care contact students/families ○ Care contact each volunteer at least twice a year   Youth Discipleship ● Sunday Morning Youth Group ○ Recruit and train at least one new adult volunteer each year. Care-contact current leaders at least four times a year. Ensure that volunteers are officially approved ○ Oversee teaching curriculum, worship band, and spiritual disciplines ○ Invite “connected” students, missing students, and fringe guests” at least once a quarter ○ Write an article about SMYG at least once a quarter and update social media at least once a month ○ Setup Youth Quad space, including check-in and presentations. Ensure supplies are stocked ● Oversee Small Groups ○ Recruit one new Small Group leader and one new host home every season of Small Groups. Ensure that volunteers are officially approved. ○ Host leader training and request weekly update from each Small Group. ○ Oversee curriculum selection. ○ Invite “connected” students, missing students, and fringe guests” at least twice during the SG season. ○ Write an article at least twice a semester and update social media at least once a month.    Friday Night Coffeehouse ● Oversee Friday Night Coffeehouse, including volunteer recruiting/development, administrative responsibilities, and communication ○ Communicate upcoming events and invite target students weekly ○ Communicate weekly agenda and roles to adult volunteers by Wednesday ○ Ensure that at least 15 volunteers are recruited and currently serving ○ Ensure that food is plentiful and balanced by recruiting adults to bring snacks and leveraging purchased snacks (ie Gatorade) to pay for free snacks ○ Setup Coffeehouse spaces (i.e. Youth Quad, Coffeehouse, Gym) by 5pm Friday ○ Ensure supplies are stocked and spaces are organized ○ Oversee parent “Drop In” assimilation and recruit parent hosts ● Coordinate the Jr High/High School large group event, including short Gospel-focused talk ○ Plan curriculum/series and delegate speaking responsibilities at least 3 weeks in advance ○ Coordinate or delegate weekly gathering responsibilities: announcements, game, pre-session, gym game ● Help guests assimilate and discover a personal relationship with Jesus ○ Ensure new and returning students check-in ○ Assign immediate guest follow-up to specific Youth Staff   Youth Staff & NextGen Staff Roles ● Inspire “Safe & Welcoming” environments ● Communicate Youth Group programs and events ○ Plan events well in advance and work within budget ○ Strive to make the event as accessible as possible: create online/paper permission, post articles, update Weekly/website, specifically invite “connecting” families ○ Coordinate transportation ○ Choose an assimilation goal for each serving event ● Rotate as lead and support roles in combined youth ministry events and retreats ○ Events: Hayride (fall); Winter Banquet ○ Retreats: DiscipleNow (fall), Winter Camp, onMission/TeamUp (summer) ○ Serving activities (ie Feed My Starving Children) ● Oversee Student Leadership Team ○ Plan bi-monthly Student Leadership Team meeting. ○ Help student interns be accountable to ministry projects ● Oversee student account fundraising with volunteer and Youth Staff support ○ Liaison to Youth Group Bookkeeping (volunteer) team. Recruit volunteers as needed. ○ Oversee Youth Group fundraisers (e.g. Coffee Sales, Winter Banquet, Plant Sales). ○ Communicate student account fundraising information. ○ Assist with connecting “Rentateen” requests to specific students. ● Oversee Youth Staff Development ○ Prepare an agenda for weekly Youth Staff Meetings ○ Lead bi-weekly youth educational discussion (book discussion, designate meeting roles, etc.) ● Attend and Support Marquardt Middle School “Student Serving Society”   Pastoral Staff Roles: Modeling Jesus’ servant leadership style ● Fulfill (at least ⅓ of total hours as) office hours ● Attend weekly staff meeting. Fulfill weekly accountability report ● Protect the facility, including caring for/cleaning up ministry spaces and maintaining adequate adult presence, and weekly security/snow removal assignment ● Support staff initiatives, including church management data entry, team event/project planning, and team development ● Submit bi-annual written report to Governing/Shepherd’s Board ● Report to Administrative Pastor: Submit quarterly goals, mid-year and annual assessment. Receive annual review