Pastor/Director of Young Adult Ministries

The Director of Young Adult Ministry is responsible for leading ministry both for and with young adults (college age to 30+). They will design, implement and direct programming for the ministry that will encourage personal Christian discipleship, as well as foster a sense of belonging to one another, and the wider church, and encourage leadership and service of young adults throughout the church. They will also be part of the leadership team for our Sunday Night Worship Service seeking to enhance this worship experience for Young Adults. The Director of Young Adult Ministry will partner with the rest of the Adult Ministry team in order to provide support and leadership to all areas of Adult Ministries.

Lake Ave Churchis looking for a candidate who is spiritually passionate, is experienced with and values diversity, is relational, honest and vulnerable, leads well, deeply knows young adults, builds great volunteer teams, and is fun. We are looking for someone to lead for the long term and our ideal candidate will have a minimum of three years of professional student or young adult ministry experience. With our diversity of young adults, it is critical that our Director relates well to diverse groups ethnically, socio-economically, and culturally. With our small young adult ministry, it will be essential that our Director be warm and relationally engaging. Lastly, our young adult ministry is ready for new energy and vision, and will be served well with a person with initiative and creativity.

Important to this position are the following:

The Director is part of a team, reporting to the Associate Pastor of Adult Ministries, and will need to collaborate with several other Adult ministries, including small group ministry, men’s and women’s ministry, prayer ministry, connecting ministry and more.

• The Director also will collaborate with individuals from the the worship, family and outreach departments.
• The Director supervises one ministry associate, and recruits older adults to invest in the program through mentoring.
• The Director functions as part of the pastoral team of the larger church.

Lake Ave Church is in the midst of a Senior Pastor transition. We are currently looking for a new Senior leader and are excited about the possibilities of the coming season. These present both opportunities and challenges, however the the larger church has great strength in its paid and volunteer staff.

If you or someone you know might be a great candidate, please send a cover letter and resume to the search team and HR director, Rita Barrett at . This position is full-time and includes benefits.