Wanted: Youth Pastor

PCCBC is seeking to appoint a Youth Pastor/Worker. This is the Position Description.

Salary & Conditions: This is a two day (0.4) position. Salary will be based on a proportion of the BUV Pastor’s Stipend according to qualifications and experience. Conditions will be as per BUV guidelines.

Background: Point Cook Community Baptist Church has new secondary school age young people attending worship services joining our small number of existing young people. Given the growth area in which we minister, such a trend may well continue. Successive attempts at offering youth activities have not been able to be maintained by volunteers, especially given the small number of young people, and the difficulty of scheduling and developing a core base. We are also concerned for the increasing number of young people hanging around in the local area without anything to do and looking lost. The local papers are currently highlighting the strategic need for services for young people in our area. PCCBC is committed to being part of the response to this need. There will be many council (and other) grants available to us in the future for projects that address youth issues. Therefore, there are significant ministry opportunities for our church and specifically for the appointed youth pastor. These include: the pastoral care and gift development of our current young people, developing a core group, assessing local youth needs, and establishing PCCBC as a credible youth service provider in our local community. Support and supervision will be available. The youth pastor position is a church appointment, and is responsible to the PCCBC steering committee through the senior pastor. Other information about PCCBC can be gained from our website http://www.pointcookcommunitybaptistchurch.org.au/.

The Position will involve:
· Planning and conducting youth activities
· Strategically grouping the young people – so that they will want to meet together regularly and form a core group (which is easy to promote to newcomers and in the community)
· Developing greater youth involvement in Sunday morning services
· Pastoral care of young people and their families
· Youth mentoring arrangements – we would consider our older young people as potential leaders who need to be developed in this direction
· Local mission through connecting with community groups and places of gathering e.g. City of Wyndham groups, Point Cook Town Centre, McDonalds; and volunteering (on our behalf) in the community
· Involvement at the Point Cook Market & Christmas By The Lake
· Where helpful, liaising and cooperating with other local church youth groups and their leaders
· Preaching at Sunday Worship (especially if also theological graduate or student)
· Meetings with supervisor, pastor, steering committee and membership

The Successful Candidate will have:
· Previous involvement in Christian based youth programs
· Previously exercised leadership roles in a church setting
· Completed or currently undertaking youth leadership/ministry training course
· A growing relationship with God, a commitment to follow Jesus in everyday living, a deep love and concern for the well-being of young people, and a keen sense of the value of a church community to a young life
· Initiative as a self-starter, but also be a team player, good communicator, and able to effectively report back progress and/or difficulties
· Proficiency in modern methods of information sharing
· A demonstrated capacity to address position description
· A desire to take up opportunities of professional development (including the formulation of a BUV PDP)
· A current Working With Children card and police check

Applications can be made in writing and sent with current resume and referees to: warren.hodge@pointcookcommunitybaptistchurch.org.au, or addressed to:
Rev Warren Hodge Point Cook Community Baptist Church PO Box 6080 Point Cook 3030
For more information email or call 93958253