Youth Pastor

Restore Park Hill Youth Director/Pastor

Title: PH Youth Director

Status: Full-time Exempt 

1:1 Report: Campus Pastor

Ministry Team: Next-Gen

Location: Park Hill Campus

Primary Objectives:

• Catalyze discipleship of Restore Youth students ages 6-12 grade
• Build and Develop a team of volunteer leaders to disciple students ages 6-12 grade
• Empower parents and guardians to be the primary spiritual leaders of their students. 

Primary Outcomes:

• Every student is connected in an intentional discipleship environment where they have the opportunity to experience character transformation and calling activation
• Regular
• Restore Youth (RY) Middle School Experience during Sunday in person gatherings
• RY High School Weekly Experience 
• Development and coaching of Middle School small group leaders
• Development and coaching of High School small group leaders
• Irregular
• Attendance at: Para-Church groups i.e. Young Life, Wild Life, FCA, etc.
• RY Events
• CIY Mix Camp, CIY MOVE Camp
• Conferences
• Service Projects

• Parents or guardians have the opportunity to be equipped and resourced by the youth pastor to grow the confidence as the primary spiritual disciple-makers of their students
• Connecting Parents/Guardians to…
• Classes
• Small Groups
• Social Media Community
• Books
• Podcasts

Students are experiencing character transformation and calling activation. 

• Students are growing in Character Transformation - embodying the fruits of the spirit and the Character of Jesus
• Students are challenge by Small group leaders and Youth Pastor to take steps forward and be transformed to model the character of Christ
• Students are growing in their Calling Activation - living out the great commission and missional activation in their everyday communities
• Serving in ministry opportunities inside and outside Restore
• On mission as an intentional disciple maker – helping others find their way back to God.
• Attending Core Courses like Missionary Pathway and Alpha

Recruit and develop a growing team of leaders who are being discipled and experiencing character transformation and calling activation

• Meet regularly with leaders for development and discipleship
• Prepare leadership skill trainings (Team Trainings, other leader gatherings)
• Walk every new leader through the leadership pathway
• Connect with at least 3 leaders a month.

Other

• Meet regularly (min. biweekly) with your direct report for discipleship and development 
• Support and live out the vision, mission, values and competencies of Restore
• Create and develop a student leadership team
• Other duties as added or modified by your direct report

Essential Competencies

Cultural Competencies:

• We are Fun: Our joy is real; we have fun while pursuing our dream for our everyday communities.
• We are Collaborators: We are confident in our talents and giftings; we draw out each other’s collective best. 
• We are Spirit-led: We seek God’s leading while stewarding our gifts. We practice a Rule of Life together.
• We are Heromakers: We reproduce disciples, leaders, and missionaries.
• We Seek Emotional Health: We actively seek emotional health in order for necessary improvement to occur in our context.
• We Practice Feedback: We practice the art of asking for and receiving feedback by concurrently telling the truth and offering grace, enabling us to grow in our trust of God and one another. 
• We are Innovators: We seek a better us, not a different us. We take risks in order to become the best version of us.
• We are Generous: We are bold in our catalytic giving of resources. We model generous living and Spirit-led faith. 

Professional Competencies:

• Follow-through – Lives up to verbal & written agreements without excuses.
• Follow-up – Follows up quickly and completely with communication.
• Intelligent – Learns quickly and continually.
• Attention to Detail – Does not let important details slip through the cracks or derail a project.
• Resilient – Demonstrates tenacity and perseverance.
• Proactive – Acts without being told what to do. Self-motivated.

Christ-Like Competencies:

• Listens to God and responds with obedience.
• Committed to reproduction by actively making disciples.
• Growing in love for God and his people.

About Restore

Mission:

• Helping People Find Their Way Back to God: Reaching out to the people that God has put into our lives who are far from Him and have misunderstood or rejected God's love through Jesus.
• Activating Disciple-Makers as Missionaries: Training, equipping and sending Christ-followers to live the Jesus Mission in their everyday context as an outpost for the Gospel with the hope of inviting people into authentic relationship with Him. 

Vision:

• To transform the spiritual landscape of Kansas City

Values:

• Spirit Led, Missional & Reproducing

Our Mission

• Helping people find their way back to God
• Activating disciple makers as missionaries

Our Vision

• Changing the spiritual landscape our everyday communities

Our Values

• Spirit Led: Listening to God and doing what He says
• Missional: Intentionally living in community with others in ways that express God's love for all people
• Reproducing: The mission spreads through reproducing leaders, artists, & churches