Student life pastor at open life
Open Life is a church in Bonney Lake (a community with 100,000+ people who do not follow Jesus within a 5 mile radius) that has experienced favor within the community that is unparalleled to anything I have witnessed before. As the founding pastor of Open Life, we were youth pastors for over 13 years when we planted this church in 2010. Having pastored in the Valley of Spokane, Issaquah and Auburn we had witnessed leading youth ministries and impacting schools and teens with groups of 20 to 500. And in all of the communities we served, none have carried the potential that Bonney Lake, Buckley, and Sumner hold with the open doors and influence we have been able to foster within the past 15 years serving this community with the leading and favor of the Holy Spirit.
Below you will find the Student Life Pastor position, which is anywhere from a part time 20 hour a week role to nearly full time if other roles can be attached to it, such as family life overseeing kids and youth or even adding in worship and some communication team to add hours. We feel as a church leadership that the next wave of impact within our community is going to flow through this next generation and so we are wanting to take a leap of faith in this area and see what God will do within the coming years.
If you have the heart to reach students, love pioneering works in communities where trust has been fostered already, and want to make disciples of the next generation, shoot me your resume and then lets grab a coffee and process if this is an opportunity Jesus is moving you towards.
- Thad Huff (Lead Pastor)
thadh@openlife.church
Below you will find the Student Life Pastor position, which is anywhere from a part time 20 hour a week role to nearly full time if other roles can be attached to it, such as family life overseeing kids and youth or even adding in worship and some communication team to add hours. We feel as a church leadership that the next wave of impact within our community is going to flow through this next generation and so we are wanting to take a leap of faith in this area and see what God will do within the coming years.
If you have the heart to reach students, love pioneering works in communities where trust has been fostered already, and want to make disciples of the next generation, shoot me your resume and then lets grab a coffee and process if this is an opportunity Jesus is moving you towards.
- Thad Huff (Lead Pastor)
thadh@openlife.church
JOB DESCRIPTION
Reach and disciple 6th through 12th grade students, leaders, and their families into a growing relationship with Jesus.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Reach students and their families within our church and community.
- Lead the Student Life Volunteer Teams (6th through 12th grade)
- Ensure every student is connected to a student leader who is “Chasing” them.
- Equip and empower student leaders and volunteers to lead student small groups within age/size/community appropriate spaces
- Facilitate quarterly events for students to connect with and serve their peers. (ie. dodgeball, corn maze, worship event, etc.)
- Continually fill the student life leadership pipeline through recruiting, apprenticing and coaching (promoting volunteers in more significant levels of leadership)
- Resource families to disciple their students into a growing relationship with Jesus
- Come to applicable staff meetings prepared to contribute to the overall mission of the church and grow as a leader.
- Directly work with the Family Life Team to execute a unified strategy for birth through University. (Currently two years into a 5 year pilot of Orange Curriculum)
REQUIREMENTS
Open Life Church Staff are fully committed members of Open Life. They commit to joining the mission of Open Life in leading people into a growing relationship with Jesus. They commit to build the cultures of Open Life. They commit to CONNECTING, SERVING, and SHARING with God and others. Specifically this means, in addition to your role as Student Life Pastor you will:
- Grow personally in your relationship with Jesus.
- Faithfully attend Open Life Services.
- Give faithfully (Tithe) and participate in offerings at Open Life. (lead the way by example in the area of generosity)
- Serve on a Sunday Team for Open Life Services
- Assist with set up and tear down as scheduled
- Invite people to Open Life regularly.