Overview
OVERVIEW:
Lakeview Church is seeking a Youth Associate to support our Youth Pastor with all Youth ministry
programs. The primary responsibilities will be focused on providing program and pastoral
leadership to our JrHigh Program.
Terms: Part-time Contract (August – June; option for renewal)
Wage: $17-$19/hr
Expected Hours of Work: 16 hours/week
Minimum Education and Job Related Experience Requirements:
• High School Diploma.
• Experience leading a youth ministry, developing leaders and providing pastoral care
Preferred Education and Job Related Experience Achievements
• Bible College degree.
• Multiple years working in youth ministry.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:
Ministry Support
● Help visualize and create strategies for JrHigh Ministry.
● Work collaboratively with the Youth Pastor to establish and complete administrative tasks.
● Organizing weekly program materials.
● Assist in administering weekly and monthly newsletters.
● Oversee communication through Instagram.
● Assist in set-up, facilitation, and clean-up for Thursday program.
● Running Sunday Morning JrHigh once a month.
Community Building
● Support community-building activities and initiatives amongst volunteers and students.
● Work collaboratively with the Youth Pastor to train, equip, empower, and assist volunteers.
Creative Programming
● Support community-building activities and initiatives amongst volunteers and students.
● Invest relationally in the lives of volunteers.
● Provide pastoral care and support to volunteers.
Pastoral Care
● Provide relational and spiritual care for JrHigh students and leaders.
● Collaborating with the Youth Pastor on spiritual formation plans for JrHigh students.
● Engaging in Sunday Morning Services as invited and able.
APPLICATION:
If, after prayerful consideration, you feel called to this position we want to hear from you.
To apply, please send the following in PDF format to the private and confidential email
resumes@lakeviewchurch.com with the subject line ‘Youth Associate’:
● A cover letter expressing why you are interested and how your experiences have prepared
you for this role.
● Your comprehensive resume.
● Your faith story including a description of your current participation in churc
To apply for this job email your details to resumes@lakeviewchurch.com.
About Lakeview Free Methodist Church
Lakeview Church's mission is Joining God in the Renewal of all things. We have been active in Saskatoon for over 100 years and are a part of the Free Methodist Church, a worldwide movement with historical ties to the abolishment of slavery, early advocation of women's rights, child labour reform and the establishment of hospitals and schools.
Our church community is wonderfully diverse and passionate. We have people of all ages and stages who come from a variety of cultural backgrounds. Our average attendance at our worship services is approximately 500 people. Our staff team is dynamic and loves to laugh together. We have 8 staff positions on our Pastoral team and 10 staff positions on our Operations team.
Sunday worship services and Home Church are the central expression of church life at Lakeview. We value gathering as a collective community, and we also value cultivating deep relationships.
Each week we average over 100 children in Lakeview Kids, divided into dedicated spaces for Infants, Toddlers, Pre-School, Kindergarten-Grade 3, and Grades 4/5. We have an incredible team of 100+ volunteers serving in Kids in a variety of ways.
Each week we average over 60 students from grades 6-12 in our Thursday Youth program, and 25 students from grades 6 to 8 in our Sunday morning JrHigh program. We have an incredible team of 25+ volunteers serving Youth in a variety of ways.