At RCC, we are passionate about ensuring our Students develop an age-appropriate understanding of God, Jesus, Sin, and Faith so that they can have a healthy life-long relationship with Jesus. We are striving to be the antidote to the drove of students who walk away from faith after they graduate high school.
We believe that modeling our passion for treasuring Jesus is the most compelling way to share God’s glory. So, our vision for our Pastor of Students is someone who loves to help awaken affections for God in the lives of students by modeling it. We have 3 core pieces to accomplishing this vision: model for students by building a healthy culture of belonging and learning, model for the student leadership community by discipling and equipping them, and model for parents through partnering with them in this process.
• Develop student ministry systems, events, programs that are rooted in building meaningful, lasting relationships. • Encourage all students to actively ask questions about God, faith, and life. • Nurture a community that is welcoming to, but not always affirming of, students who come from varying backgrounds and lifestyles.
• Develop and continue to build a unified, passionate leadership team. • Continually equip and disciple leaders (via scripture and prayer life) to confidently live out their faith and our vision for awakening students’ affections for God. • Model and teach our conviction that the health of the ministry is rooted in the health of our leaders.
• Prioritize active, consistent communication. • Create opportunities for families to build relationships together. • Design ways to equip and invest in our parents as they navigate the culture their students are living in.
• Works, on average, 40 – 50 hours per week, to accomplish the vision above. • Holds, or plans to complete, a post-graduate degree in theological studies.
This position is part of the pastoral team and is accountable to the Lead Pastor with relationship to ministry direction and employment. The position is designed to support the achievement of RCC’s mission and vision. It is a peer to other pastoral staff members. The position may have subordinate paid pastoral staff or lay leaders for which it is accountable. About half the effort of this position engages the execution of the functional elements of student ministries. The other half invests in the development of a leadership community around student ministries.
1. In in a leadership role in their church now, or recently, either lay or professionally. 2. A capable teacher and comfortable in one-on-one settings. 3. A natural leader who people (especially students and leaders) desire to follow. 4. Has demonstrated a trustworthy character and work ethic in previous teams and roles. 5. Embraces the potential for technology as a key means of ministry.
I. Have a long-term focus on faith, salvation isn’t a sprint to a finish line.
II. Believe God designed parents to be the central voices in their kid’s understanding of faith
III. Are willing to think outside the box to accomplish our vision.
IV. Understand the weight of a leader’s investment.
I. See people/relationships as the end goal and focus of programs.
II. Are convicted that lives are transformed in relationships centered on Jesus.
III. Model a life of happily sharing their love for God, partnership in the gospel with other believers, and heart for those yet to believe in Jesus.
IV. Understand the “ripple effect” of leadership. As the spiritual health of our leadership (and teams) increases, the spiritual health of our Student Ministry increases.
V. Love to help teach students how to read the Bible and think more deeply about God.
I. Lovingly, gently helps address the root of the problem at hand (often spiritual challenges expressed as feelings) for the sake of restoration, forgiveness, and health.
II. Isn’t afraid to ask Lead Pastor and other staff members for advice.
III. Knows their limitations. Surrounds themselves with strong team and delegates when appropriate.
IV. Their security in Jesus allows them to learn from complicated factors in ministry, including failures, and move forward alongside others.
V. Lovingly direct and uses words carefully in addressing relational conflict.
Richfield Community Church is growing in its appreciation for what is possible when people come together, begin to shape a vision for their individual lives in God’s Kingdom, and then move forward into what He is doing. The following is a summary of the themes which are beginning to permeate RCC’s ministry structures and activities.
To build joy-filled communities of faith whose very existence inspires every individual to live R3... • r1: A deepening relationship with God. • r2: A life-changing relationship with other believers. • r3: An engaging relationship with those yet to believe.
To encourage people to enjoy god together.
God designed us to be happy and nothing makes us happier than a loving relationship with Jesus, now and forever.
How we view God says everything about us. When we see Him for who He is and us for who we are, lives are transformed. There’s nothing more important than getting this as right as we can and the Bible is our guide to getting there.
We find so much joy in pursuing Jesus that we can’t help but give it away to others and help those people give away that same joy. It’s the same system that Jesus used.
We believe God gave us these wonderful brains to think about big things like the Trinity, eternity, and “why me?” – all to draw us closer to Him. Encouraging and celebrating questions makes God happy and should make us happy too.
The moments we realize God is both understandable and, because of our finite thinking, incomprehensible, we find ourselves filled with awe and hungry for more.
Too many people walk away from faith because they don’t get a picture of Jesus that meets them where they are. That’s why no matter how young or old, we want everyone to keep growing closer to Jesus no matter what part of life they are in.
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO ENJOY GOD TOGETHER. WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT BUILDING JOY-FILLED COMMUNITIES OF FAITH WHOSE VERY EXISTENCE INSPIRES INDIVIDUALS TO LIVE AN ABUNDANT CHRISTIAN LIFE, MADE UP OF THREE KEY RELATIONSHIPS: