Next-Gen Pastor (Youth and Childrens)

General Information:

• Expected compensation- $25,000
• Hours worked per week- 20
• Set hours- Sunday 9am-12pm, 5pm-8pm, Monday 9am-1pm , Wednesday 9am-1pm, Other hours will include meetings, mentoring, parent contact, and social media management.
• volunteering in a local school
• $1,000 provided for moving
• Will work with children and youth ministries
• Will receive two weeks paid vacation
• Expected term of contract- 1 year (with hopes of extension after year end review)

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma
• Has recently obtained or is working towards a ministry degree at a 4 year Christian university or is feeling called to this area of ministry
• Preferred experience working with youth and children in a ministry setting

Job Expectations:

• Will be expected to develop/select appropriate curriculum for both kids (pre-k-5th grade) and youth (6th-12th grade) ministry and implement curriculum in said ministries.
• Will plan/develop all activities for youth group including but not limited to games, snacks, worship, message/teaching, small group, miscellaneous activities.
• Must be proficient in technology including but not limited to google suite, microsoft suite, ProPresenter (can be trained), general computer literacy.
• Will promote both ministries on local social media and through flyers.
• Will help Senior Pastor and/or volunteers with promotion and planning of large family/nextgen related events within the community and church.
• Will track attendance for both ministries
• Will be in consistent communication with families and parents from both kids and youth ministry, including parent meetings as needed.
• Will develop schedules for special events within both ministries.
• Will develop and maintain a schedule for volunteers in both youth and childrens.
• Will train volunteers in Alive Kids and Alive youth ministry as needed (minumum 2/year)
• Will be involved in the church family developing relationships with congregants both in and out of specialized ministries, focused on young families
• Will maintain a working relationship with both pastor and wife as well as meet with pastor 2/month for training and mentorship. Will have opportunity to preach at main service.
• Will attend (within reason) sporting and extra-curricular events of students in youth ministry to foster relationship and build community.
• Will be expected to help plan for VBS/camp if present for those events
• Will join/form a Spirit Alive Life group
• Will submit a full report of growth/accomplishments at end of term.

All interested candidates please contact via email:

Pastor Jay Wentworth, Lead Pastor

Spirit Alive Wesleyan Church

3601 Mountainview Ave.

Yakima, WA 98901

jay.spiritaliveyakima@gmail.com

Information about church and community:

Spirit Alive Wesleyan Church is a small but growing church averaging around 75 in attendance, however, we have around 150 people who call us their church home. Our core values are “Belong, Believe, Be Free, and Become”. We are a relationship centered church. Our youth and children’s ministries are both small, but growing, and we wish for them to grow more. With this position, 100% effort will be put in to growing our next generations of believers. Yakima, WA is a community with a metro area of around 300,000 that is very spread out with only about 90,000 people within the city limits. It is 1.5 hours to Mt. Rainier national park, and both Mt. Rainier and Mt. Adams are visible from the city. The valley is surrounded by foothills of substantial size, and believe it or not, we live in a desert. Yakima receives only around 8-9 inches of rain a year and only around 5 inches of snow. We are 2.5 hours East of Seattle, 3 hours away from Portland, and 3 hours away from Spokane. The city is 50% hispanic and the culture and cuisine match that number.