Youth Pastor

Job Description

Our mission at RiverStone is simple: healing hearts, equipping people, transforming community. Our pillars are Worship, Prayer, Healing, Development, and Outreach. These five values are the seeds for harvesting community transformation through the presence of God.

Job Qualifications and Requirements

Required

• A personal relationship with Jesus Christ and alignment with the vision, mission, values, and Statement of Faith of RiverStone
• Strong calling and passion for discipling middle/high school students
• Ability to teach and communicate Biblical truth in a clear, engaging, and relatable way
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to recruit, develop, and lead students and volunteer leaders
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build meaningful relationships with students, parents, and leaders
• Ability to create fun, engaging, and high-energy environments that resonate with students
• Ability to self-start, anticipate needs, and follow through without oversight
• Ability to handle sensitive pastoral situations with wisdom, discretion, and empathy
• Exhibit honesty, integrity, and responsibility
• Excellent time management skills and ability to manage multiple responsibilities and prioritize effectively
• Ability to work regular office hours, some evenings, weekends, and occasional special events

Preferred

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least four (4) years of experience in youth ministry
• Previous experience leading in a church youth ministry environment
• Experience recruiting, training, and leading volunteer teams
• Experience planning and executing youth events, retreats, or camps

Job Description

• Continually cast vision and seek the Lord for the direction of the youth ministry.
• Plan and lead a weekly worship service for grades 6-12.
• Prayerfully prepare and deliver teaching at the weekly worship service and develop a teaching team to assist.
• Provide vision and direction for the development of youth small groups.
• Develop and encourage small group leaders to be the primary relational connection point for students.
• Recruit and train small group leaders with an emphasis on investing in students over multiple years.
• Create a culture of shared ownership by inviting parents and leaders to actively co-labor in the spiritual formation of students.
• Plan and coordinate fun and engaging weekly pre-service games and activities for students.
• Lead the weekly pre-service prayer meeting.
• Build and invest in a student leadership team made up of high school students.
• Provide spiritual guidance and pastoral care to students.
• Plan and lead outreaches throughout the year.
• Ensure effective administrative systems are in place to support the growth and organization of the ministry.
• Develop and manage the annual budget for the youth ministry and OneCamp, and ensure accountability to the approved budget.
• Plan and lead youth ministry special events including:

OneCamp - provide spiritual oversight and vision for camp, collaborate in year-round planning with TNI youth pastors and stakeholders, and recruit volunteers Middle School Retreat - plan and support an annual middle school retreat led by high school students High School Bible Study (optional) - prayerfully lead weekly teaching for high school students while developing and equipping a teaching team to assist Youth Mission Trip - lead one annual youth mission trip and provide spiritual vision aligned with the host mission team, along with pastoral care and any other need Golf Tournament - lead the recruitment of sponsors/teams and secure raffle prizes to support OneCamp fundraising efforts.