Administrator for Youth and Young Adult Ministries
The Center for Congregational Excellence is seeking an Administrator to help coordinate conference youth and young adult ministry programs.
Primary Responsibility:
To build a connectional working relationship with youth and young adult ministries across the conference with focus on meeting the needs of our young people to develop disciples of Jesus Christ.
Basic Focus:
Areas of focus will include a primary role in the continuation of the Texas Youth Academy, building relationships with district and local church youth/young adult directors requiring approximately 25-30% of travel across the conference, an advocate/liaison for youth workers, directors, and ministers with the conference, coordinate conference wide events including SpiLiRa and JYMO, and provide support to a Conference Youth/Young Adult Leadership organizations.
Key items would include but not be limited to:
- Equipping local church youth leadership
- Resource for events, curriculum and staff trainers
- Work as liaison with Lakeview concerning youth events
- Develop a Youth Leader conference wide gathering event
- Develop a tracking system for college bound youth.
Qualification and Education Requirements:
- Extensive personal experience with youth and young adult ministry.
- Possess business administration and technology skills.
- Fun and Creative
- Mature communication /negotiation/conflict resolution skills.
- Understanding of Methodist polity and doctrine (See The Book of Discipline ¶ 649 and ¶ 650)
- Adaptable to society changes
- Minimum Education Requirement is a BA/BS, preferably a Masters in Youth Ministry or Master of Divinity.
Relates to the following ministries:
- Age Level & Camping
- Lay Leadership
- Leadership & Assessment
- Youth/Young Adult Council
- Lakeview
Reports to: Director of Congregational Excellence
Salary will commensurate depending upon level of experience.
Application deadline November 10, 2009
Send resume and cover letter to:
Attn: Rev. Dr. Donald Waddleton, Director of Congregational Excellence
Email: dwaddleton@txcumc.org Fax: 713.533.3796