Senior Youth Minister | Woodlands Central, Bristol
Woodlands Central is a large and vibrant, city centre church that serves the city of Bristol as part of one of six church sites in the Woodlands Church Family (WCF). Our vision is to see our city transformed by the love and power of Jesus.
Central to our plans to reach this city for Jesus are young people! In Bristol, there are 90,000 young people who don’t have regular contact with church or faith. We would love to see this change!
At Woodlands Central we currently engage up to 90 young people and teenagers through our churches and events each week. Our youth ministry currently comprises a large Friday night youth gathering, Sunday morning discipleship groups, “football church”, a mentoring programme and schools work connections. We also have a packed programme of weekends away, trips, socials and summer camps throughout the year.
ROLE
We are looking for someone who can work alongside the youth director, established youth team and congregation leaders to help our youth ministry double its impact in the next 5 years. Within this role, the youth minister will inspire and equip the Youth Team within Woodlands Central to share faith, disciple and equip young people to live lives of whole-hearted devotion and commitment to Jesus.
We envision this will be through implementing our strategy toConnect>Explore>Respond>Grow.
CONNECT- develop new outreach initiatives to connect with unchurched young people.
EXPLORE- discover ways to help those young people explore faith in & encounter Jesus for themselves.
RESPOND- provide opportunities for young people to respond to the Gospel of Jesus.
GROW & GO- lead settings where young people can GROW & GO into the lifestyle of the kingdom.
KEY RELATIONSHIPS
We would love to see you develop, build and nurture relationships both within and outside of the church, that can see young people’s lives changed by encountering Jesus. Developing key relationships with team, young people and parent/carers will be essential to see this potential reached.
This role will require leading a large team of incredible volunteers (20+) and working with a large number of parents. After your induction phase is completed, you will be responsible for line managing any “Ministry Apprentices” or “Year-out team” who are placed with the youth team that year alongside the youth director.
You will be working collaboratively with the other WCF youth ministers from other sites and possibly with a part-time associate youth minister based at Central as well as other youth workers in the city.
For full details of terms, role summary and job description please visit our website: Vacancy | Senior Youth Minister
How to apply
The closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 14thApril 2024. This vacancy will close once we have sufficient applications.
If shortlisted, interviews will take place at Woodlands Church week commencing 15thApril 2024.
We aim for a start date within the summer term; June to September 2024.
If you have any questions about the role and would like an informal chat please contact Jack Saunders, our Senior Youth Director at jack.saunders@woodlandschurch.net
For an application form please email our HR Lead Julia Shrimpton, at julia.shrimpton@woodlandschurch.net
Please send completed applications to our Senior Youth Director Jack Saunders at jack.saunders@woodlandschurch.net and copy them to our HR Lead julia.shrimpton@woodlandschurch.net
Woodlands Church Family is a large and vibrant, multi-congregational church that serves the city of Bristol across six church sites. Our vision is to see our city transformed by the love and power of Jesus.
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