JOB DESCRIPTION - Director of Youth and Educational Ministries

TITLE:  Director of Education and Youth Ministries

 

PURPOSE:  To reach out to the youth and children of our community and church in a way that introduces them to Christ and nurtures them in the faith. 

 

ACCOUNTABILITY

Accountable to the Senior Pastor / Head of Staff.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES

 

1. To represent Christ and Chapel by the Sea in and to the community.
2. To invite children, youth and their families into the programs of Chapel.
3. To create, plan, organize, and carry out programs for children and youth.
4. To review, select, and present to Session for approval, curriculum for various programs.
5. To solicit and train volunteers who will support ministry with students.
6. To promote the safety of the children and youth in the programs offered at Chapel by the Sea.
7. To promote upcoming children and youth programs to Chapel and the community.
8. To communicate to the Chapel what the children and youth have been doing in the recent past (through the newsletter)
9. With the Senior Pastor, to maintain the Chapel by the Sea Facebook page.
10. To build and maintain a database of children, youth and their families for mailings and emailings.
11. To build healthy relationships between the Youth Director and the children and youth. 
12. To serve as staff liaison with the Discipleship and Fellowship Team, and to work with the pastor in forming additional committees that may be needed to support the ministry with children and youth.
13. To be a member of the team of the staff of Chapel by the Sea, working together for the glory of God with joy, creativity, imagination and love.

 

TERMS

            Salary                                      $29,000

            Social Security                        $ 2,218.50 (paid to FICA)

            Benefits Dues                         $ 7,985 (paid by church to Board)

            Dental                                     $    285 (paid by church to Board)

            Cont Ed/Prof Expense                        $1,000

            Travel Reimbursement            $1,000

 

Paid Vacation:  Paid leave during 2012 – negotiate directly with the Senior Pastor as the need arises. Beginning January 1, 2013,  the position receives 2 weeks; 3 weeks beginning January 1, 2017, 4 weeks beginning January 1, 2022. 

Paid Vacation:  Per Chapel Policy #04:011, as an exempt and full-time staff member this position is entitled to (4) weeks of vacation per calendar year. For FY 2012, as employee’s hire date was March 28, 2012, employee shall be entitled to (3) three weeks of prorated vacation time.

 

Eligible for salary review:  January 1, 2013

 

           

 

ADDENDUM

SPECIFIC TASKS

 

            The specific tasks will change from time to time, as God’s Spirit leads.  As of January, 2012, the specific tasks include the following:

 

1. Sunday Programs

a.                  Nursery – to ensure that there are adequate volunteers staffing the nursery on Sunday during 10 am worship, and at other major events.

b.                  Sunday School – while there is no Sunday School program at present, the Youth Director should be open to the possibilities in the future.

c.                   Sunday Worship –

1)      attend the 10 am worship service

2)      encourage the children and youth to attend worship

3)      to participate as an occasional worship leader

4)      to be available to preach in emergencies when the pastor is unable to be in worship due to illness or personal emergency.

5)      to encourage the youth to participate in the leadership of worship

d.                  Children’s Devotional – to assist the Senior Pastor in the Children’s Devotional during the 10 am worship service by standing with the pastor, participating in the conversation with the children, handling difficult children in appropriate and loving ways, selecting the next child to receive the “box” (if the box is being used), and to lead in a closing prayer.  In the pastor’s absence, the Youth Director will lead the Children’s Devotional if the visiting preacher does not wish to.

e.                   Kidz Worship – to carry out, or train others to carry out, an age appropriate worship/Sunday School class that takes place after the Children’s Devotional and ending at 11 am.

2. Weekly Programs

a.                  After School – to direct, with the assistance of a paid individual (Andrea), the After School program, Kidz Days, until the end of the school year, 2012; and to work with the pastor in determining the future of this program and how it will be administered.  The After School program begins at the end of the Beach Elementary School’s class day.

b.                  Staff Meeting – to participate in the weekly staff meetings on Wednesdays at 2pm.

3. Monthly Programs

a.                  Youth Group – for Middle and High School students, currently held on the 3^rd Friday of each month, 6-9 pm.  A time for food, fellowship and fun.

b.                  Girls Friday – for pre-teen and teen girls, currently held on the 1^st Friday of the month, from 6-9 pm and includes dinner and fellowship, chats (topics include taking care of self, character development, making good decisions, etc.), also spa time, craft or mission projects.

c.                   Kidz Nite – for “all ages youth (from age 3 and up),” currently meets 2^nd Friday of each month, from 6-9 pm.  Doors open at 5:30 pm.  Includes dinner, games, movies, crafts and more.

d.                  Guys Night Out – for grades 3-5, currently meets on the 1^st Friday of each month, from 6-9 pm, includes dinner and fellowship and fun.  Eric Tibbs and Chuck Elston are currently the leaders.

4. Annual Programs

a.                  Fall Kick Off Sunday (commissioning teachers and giving 3^rd graders Bibles) – This involves promoting all of the educational and youth related ministries, commissioning the teachers and volunteers during worship, thanking those volunteers rotating off service, presenting 3^rd graders with their own Bible, and often includes a breakfast event planned by the Discipleship and Fellowship Team.

b.                  Fall Youth Fund Raiser – At the end of October or beginning of November, a spaghetti lunch is held to raise money for the youth programs.  Orders are received for the Christmas Wreath sale.  A jewelry vendor sales items during the lunch.  The youth sale the wreaths, serve the lunch, and sale Chapel items from the online Chapel store.

c.                   December’s Kidz Christmas Party  -- the younger children enjoy a “Birthday party for Jesus” with the middle school and high school students helping.  In 2011, this event was held on the day of the Living Nativity.

d.                  Living Nativity – the Living Nativity is ultra-simple.  There is one scene.  The choir leads people in carols.  The pastor reads the Christmas Story 1 to 3 times during the evening.  There is a petting zoo of animals.

e.                   February’s Souper Bowl of Caring – with the Mission and Outreach Team, the youth help take up the offering for the hungry on the day of the Super Bowl Game.  Traditionally we have several pairs of pots – one for each of the two teams – to see which team’s fans raise the most funds.

f.                   Easter Party for youth  -- on the Saturday before Easter, the young children play an assortment of simple games at various stations.  A number of adults and older children assist.  The boiled eggs that are dyed by the children are used to feed God’s Table participants.  The Easter Egg Hunt is the end of the day, and done in 3 or so age groups.  There lunch food throughout the day.

g.                  Easter Butterfly release – Weeks before Easter, caterpillars are ordered, then raised until they become butterflies.  These are released by the children prior to the 10 am worship service on Easter Sunday, with the adults watching.

h.                  May’s Youth Retreat to Cedarkirk – Usually held on Memorial Day weekend, in 2012 it is held in March.  This is mostly recreational and relationship building.  The pastor or the DCE has led 3 or 4 brief studies in the past.  The pastor leads a Communion Service at the outdoor chapel.

i.                    Chapel Retreat – not held in several years, these were usually held as “Family Camp” at Cedarkirk.

j.                    June’s Vacation Bible School – is funded by Kiwanis Club of Fort Myers Beach and is open to all residents of the island.  Usually held as soon as school ends.

k.                  July 4^th Party – the youth serve drinks and snacks from the Coke Trailer, which we have access to a couple of times each year.  There are games for the younger children.  Sometimes there is a bounce house or similar rented recreation. 

5. Occasional Programs

a.         Confirmation (about every 2 to 3 years) – Planned with the pastor