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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
• Mission excellence

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:

Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church

Attn: Rev. Dr. Donald Waddleton, Director of Congregational Excellence

5215 Main Street, Houston TX, 77002

Email: dwaddleton@txcumc.org  Fax: 713.533.3796

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