Role Overview
The Student Ministry Associate to Girls and Junior High is responsible for partnering with the student ministry team to develop and lead ministry to girls, grades 7 through 12, and junior high students, developing a ministry focused on evangelism, teaching, and discipleship in our high-performance culture to accomplish our mission to “Spread God’s Fame by Making Disciples of All People.” This position reports to the Student Pastor.

Job Classification
Full-Time Ministerial Exempt

Schedule
Monday: 8AM to 5PM
Tuesday: 8AM to 5PM
Wednesday: 9AM to 9PM
Thursday: 8AM to 1PM
Weekends:
Saturday and Sunday: Approximately 6 - 8 hours*
* In addition to office hours and regularly scheduled student ministry on Wednesday nights and weekends, this position visits schools, attends student activities, and leads retreats, camps, missional opportunities, and other special events.

Responsibilities and Expectations

In partnership with the student ministry team, plan and implement a dynamic, cutting edge, Christ-centered student ministry.
Plan, promote and lead opportunities to reach girls and junior high students.
Support weekly activities, including Growth Groups and mid-week gatherings.
Assist in the planning of student ministry events such as retreats, discipleship weekends and camps.
Be actively involved in campus ministry by making regular campus visits, attending Christian school clubs, sporting events, concerts
performances and other school activities that involve students.
Recruit, train, resource, encourage, and support youth ministry volunteers.
Provide care, support, encouragement, and counseling to parents/guardians and families.
Contact visitors on a weekly basis through phone calls, text messages, letters, and/or visits.
Perform administrative duties that are needed to support student ministry, such as attendance records, promotion materials, correspondence, scheduling resources, collecting payments and other duties as needed.
Attend a worship service, staff meetings, student ministry team meetings and any other meetings required on a weekly basis.
Foster a cooperative, healthy, and motivating relationship with staff, volunteers, and church families.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications, Experience and Critical Skills

Agreement with The Cross Church’s faith statement and mission to spread His fame by making disciples of all people.”
Committed to biblical Christian principles and teachings both professionally and personally.
Established pattern of Bible study and prayer.
College degree required.
Called to full-time, vocational ministry with a passion for discipling students.
Previous experience in a student ministry role at a Baptist church or a comparable denomination.
An understanding that every student should be known, loved, and cared for like Jesus.
Ability to understand and relate to students and families.
Passionate about seeing families grow together in their faith.
Experience with recruiting, motivating, equipping, and scheduling volunteers.
Ability to use appropriate judgment in the areas of discretion, sensitivity, and confidentiality.
Flexibility to serve where needed.
Strong written, technical, oratory and creative skills with the ability to speak confidently before large groups.
Ability to thrive in a collaborative team environment.
Relational, self-motivated, strong work ethic, organized, dependable, reliable and willingness to do whatever it takes to get the job done.
Competency in computer/web-based technology with the capacity to learn new applications quickly.
Membership at The Cross Church.
Ability to speak, read and write English.
Sufficient good health to discharge duties properly.
Passing criminal, financial, and sexual misconduct background checks required.

Conclusion
This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the position. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities, or working conditions associated with the position.

The Cross Church has been impacting Wylie, the surrounding community, and places around the world for over 150 years. It is located in one of the fastest growing areas in Collin County. The Cross Church has eleven full-time pastors and ministers who serve a weekly average of 1,000 in discipleship groups and over 1,500 in worship services. The Cross Church, a church for the cities exists to “Spread God’s fame by making disciples of all people.” We believe the Bible clearly demonstrates this as our primary mission as followers of Jesus Christ. Therefore, as a church we live with a purpose focused on a Christ centered vision, mission and goal.

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