Description
The Kids and Youth Director is responsible for building a team that leads and executes Crossroads’ Kids and Youth ministries by inspiring others to serve in Kidzone and XRStudents in the Ohio Valley region. The Kids and Youth Director will also focus on recruiting and leading volunteers and connecting with families.
Kids Ministry - Newborn through 5th Grade
- Recruit, train, equip & develop disciple-making leaders for Kidzone.
- Connect and collaborate with Pittsburgh West’s kids ministry, including modeling and replication, as applicable.
- Regularly explore new ways to better engage with Kidzone students and their parents, including new families, regarding special events/services, resources, etc.
- Plan/Prepare engaging lessons and music for students of every age group for each service based on the Crossroads’ kids ministry curriculum.
- Become/Remain actively involved in region functions, events, and services to be recognized and build relationships with families and students.
- Track attendance for all services/events and analyze data to plan for higher retention and growth opportunities for kids ministry.
- Ensure that Ohio Valley Kidzone maintains compliance with Crossroads’ Child Safety policies at all services, including appropriate background checks / clearances for all volunteers.
- Schedule all teachers for weekly services within Crossroads’ database and train volunteers, as needed.
- Lead annual KidzXP kids camp event.
- Complete shopping for kids ministry supplies, as needed.
Youth Ministry - Middle and High School
- Create, balance and integrate the large group (worship) and small group XRStudents experiences to reach and grow students in their faith.
- Lead the student Life Group network, through transformative volunteer coaches:
- Provide leadership and care of coaches and leaders.
- Facilitate both the spiritual and numerical growth of student Life Groups.
- Work with our Central Student Pastor to cast vision and create effective training and equipping for coaches and leaders.
- Recruit, train, and equip adult ministry leaders and Life Group leaders.
- Lead a dynamic and attractional XRStudents service that helps connect new students, and grows the faith of all students.
- Create pathways for students to move into leadership.
- Provide pastoral care to students through mentoring.
- Develop pathways and partnerships with the Elementary Kidzone ministry to provide discipleship opportunities for middle- and high-school students to lead and serve, as well as effective transitions from Kidzone to XRStudents.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- You’re spiritually mature, wise, and lead with humility.
- You have a track record of reaching the lost, and you have a heart for seekers and the unchurched. You care about seeing others come to know Jesus.
- You’re a disciple-maker. You invest in people, and they catch that vision and go on to disciple others. You have a track record of helping people take their next step in faith, and some of them have followed your example and are currently doing the same with others.
- You’re a self-starter. You have an ability to get things done. You’ve got a system in place to make sure things don’t fall through the cracks. You follow through on things you say you’ll do. You respond promptly to emails and phone calls.
- You’re comfortable leading “naturally supernaturally” (operating in the gifts of the Spirit, including praying for healing and prophetic prayer) in all contexts, practically blending the natural and supernatural aspects of leadership.
- You have relational warmth. People find you approachable and easy to talk to. You are warm and engaging, and clearly care for people. You have a pastor’s heart and a leader’s mind. You can speak comfortably and naturally in front of large and small groups. Your own personality comes through. People look to you as a leader.
- You align with the core theological beliefs of Crossroads Church (https://xr.church/about-us/our-beliefs/). For example, we fully affirm women in leadership. We believe all gifts of the Spirit listed in the New Testament are available to believers today.
- You have a willingness to learn and be coached.