Middle School Director – Real Life Christian Church

Job Description

Church Information

• Name: Real Life Christian Church
• Website: https://www.reallife.church/
• Location: 900 Centerville Turnpike North Chesapeake, VA 23320
• Size: 1000

Overview

We desire to be a church where people are united in their love for Jesus and their desire to live for Him. We know that we will have differences in the way we approach things, but don’t want that to hinder us from living Jesus > everything. With that in mind, our beliefs are viewed with this motto “In Essentials Unity, In Non-Essentials Liberty, In All Things Charity.”

Requirements

• Must have proven experience in student ministry.
• Must exhibit strong leadership skills with high school and middle school students, as well as adult volunteers
• Must be able to communicate relationally with large and small groups
• Must provide relevant, interesting, creative, and appropriate programming skills—large groups, small groups, worship team
• Must place a high value on the quality of production – décor, music, setting, feel, background music, staging, food, etc. and have the ability, creativity, and leadership to execute
• Must be a team player; able to work well with the people within this ministry, as well as the other ministries and staff
• Must relate well to a diverse group of students
• Must possess good technical skills—computers, sound, lighting
• Must have a high energy level and the physical ability to be active with students
• Four-year degree is preferred
• Must possess strong administrative skills for executing all areas of the program
• Musical talent—vocal, guitar, etc. is preferred

Responsibilities

• We will be intentional and strategic in:
  • Growing students deeper in relationships with Jesus and others.
  • This includes a weekly, Sunday morning gathering, a mid-week small group focused time, and events to help students grow in relationship with each other as well as invite guests to at least once a quarter. 2 camps a year to get away, gather, and grow.
  • Leading our people to seek opportunities to serve both inside and outside the church walls.
  • Work with the children’s ministry director, community director/pastor, parents and students to get students into positions of serving inside the church on a regular basis. We would like to see at least 70% of students serving on a regular basis (1/month). Schedule and plan community serving events (in the city, or things you can do at church for the community) two times per year (not including our two all-church RL serves, which you will encourage students to participate in with the larger church family.)
• Oversee Student ministry for grades 6-8.
• Works with the Children’s ministry director to help families (students AND parents) to live Jesus > everything discipleship model.
• Communicates vision for student ministries with passion, conviction, and clarity
• Ensure alignment of the student ministries with the overarching church strategies and values.
• Recruit, train, and provide leadership to volunteer teams
• Select, prepare, and teach student curriculum
• Assume responsibility for quality control of the overall environment
• Develop and deliver student services (Sunday Morning and Mid-week) that help deepen students’ growth and deepen their faith.
• Create events and environments that are designed for welcoming and loving friends, and being intentional in helping guests get connected to others and Jesus.
• Implement ways to partner with parents to develop students’ faith.
• Oversee small group ministry and ensure it aligns with other programming and overall church vision.
• Maintain a safe environment, including requiring background checks of all volunteers, avoiding dangerous activities, and ensuring that liability release forms for students are completed.
• Meet and mentor interns, leaders, and parents.
• Build student leaders (creating disciples).
• Pastor and provide resources to kids/families in crisis
• Communicate, promote, and prepare for meetings/events/trips (local and overseas)
• Plan budget and monitor spending
• Develop and implement an 8th-grade specific discipleship plan to equip and prepare them for faith in high school and work with the High School Director to transition students to HSM seamlessly.

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Cell Phone Reimbursement
• Professional Development Assistance
• Vision Insurance
• Retirement Plan
• Relocation Support
• Parental Leave

Essential Beliefs

• ABOUT GOD
  • We believe in one living, perfect, personal, all-powerful (omnipotent), all-knowing(omniscient), all-present (omnipresent), loving God who is the creator and sustainer of the entire universe –heaven and earth– even life itself. The complexity and wonder of the universe is evidence of God’s existence and power.
  • While there is only One God, He eternally exists as three persons: Father, Son, HolySpirit, and each person is fully God.
  • (Genesis 1; 1 John 4:7-12; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 3:16-17;Matthew 28:19; Romans 1:20; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 1 Corinthians 12:4-6; 2 Corinthians13:14; Ephesians 4:4-6; 1 Peter 1:2)
• ABOUT JESUS
  • We believe Jesus is the one and only Son of God and is also God himself. He became flesh to reveal God to humanity.
  • Jesus lived a perfect life, to be the perfect sacrifice for our sins. He died and then rose from the dead and in doing so He both provided substitutionary atonement for us and proved that His love conquers death. Jesus’ life, death and resurrection guarantees all those who follow Him have eternal life and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
  • After his death, burial, and resurrection Jesus ascended into heaven. He will return at the appointed time to judge the living and the dead.
  • (John 1:1-14; John 3:16; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Romans 4:24b-25, Romans 9:5; 1 Corinthians 15:2-7, Colossians 2:9, Hebrews 1:3; Hebrews 4:14-15; Hebrews 10; Hebrews 12-14;Jude 1:21; Titus 2:13; 1 John 2:1-2)
• ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT
  • We believe that the Holy Spirit is a person, co-equal with God the Father and God theSon and of the same essence. The Holy Spirit is also distinct. The indwelling of the HolySpirit convicts people of sin, and gives life to the spiritually dead, who receive Jesus Christ as Savior. He leads, instructs, and empowers for godly living and service. As we learn more about Him and His work through Scriptures, and prayer, we yield to Him(allow Him to direct and control our thoughts, words, and actions), He beautifies our character with the fruit of the Spirit and transforms us to be more Christ-like. Believers should seek to live under His control daily.
  • (2 Corinthians 3:17, John 14:16-17; 16:7-13, Acts 1:8, 1 Corinthians 2:12; 3:16,Ephesians 1:13-14, Ephesians 5:18, Galatians 5:22-25; 1 Corinthians 12:4-13; Romans 8; John 7:37-39)

Application Details

• Reports to:  Lead Pastor and Executive Director
• Staff reporting to him: None at this time
• To submit your application, please visit this link: https://ministryhire.com/job/middle-school-director?utm_source=UTM0188