Student Minister / Worship Assistant

Trinity Church | Stuttgart Campus

Student Minister / Worship Assistant Opportunity

Trinity Church is hiring a full-time student minister who is also able to lead worship monthly for our campus in Stuttgart, Germany. Trinity Church is one church meeting in four locations: three in Virginia Beach, one in Stuttgart, Germany, and a fifth campus planned to open Fall 2018 in Norfolk, Virginia. We are hiring a student minister to reach American military and other English-speaking students (6-12 grade) in Stuttgart with the Gospel and to help them grow in Christ. Once a month, this person would also lead music weekly at our campus worship service.

Our student ministers will be part of a campus staff led by the campus pastor. They will also work collaboratively with student ministers from other campuses to jointly select curriculum, plan summer camps and mission trips together, and work to make sure that Trinity’s student ministry pursues the same strategy across all of our campuses while embracing local distinctives.

About Trinity Church:

At Trinity, we exist to make disciples who exalt Jesus Christ and honor God’s Word in all that they say and do. Since Trinity started 12 years ago, we have committed ourselves to exalting Jesus Christ and honoring God’s Word in all that we say and do. Our four-part strategy is to help people Come to faith in Jesus, Grow as his disciples, Serve as Jesus served and Reach those who do not know him.

The Trinity staff is comprised of people who love Christ. We value truth, humility, teachability, collaboration, and entrepreneurial risk-taking. As we chase the dreams God has put in Trinity’s collective heart, we are willing to try new things-evaluating and learning from those experiences together. Our goal is not excellence in and of itself, but to do everything as unto the Lord for His glory and the good of the people we reach and serve.

If you naturally connect with students, and are interested in a unique ministry opportunity serving internationally, see the Job Description below. If interested, please apply with your resume and a cover letter. In your letter, please include a brief statement of faith including when you first trusted Christ as your Savior and share why you are interested in serving the Lord at Trinity Church Stuttgart Campus.

Job Description:

Position Overview?: ?The Student Minister must have a vibrant and deep love for Jesus that they are able and willing to share with students, discipling them through worship, study of the Bible and serving God. The Student Minister is responsible for leading the Student Ministry at their campus and implementing Trinity’s Come, Grow, Serve and Reach strategy. The Student Minister will report to and take direction from the Campus Pastor. The Student Minister will also collaborate with other Trinity Student Ministers and will receive coaching from the Team Leader of Trinity’s Student Ministry Team.

Specific Responsibilities?:

Leadership: 

1. Provide pastoral care to the high school and middle school students.

2. Develop and execute a plan to accomplish Trinity’s 4-part strategy through the student ministry at their specific campus.

3. Work collaboratively with fellow Trinity student ministers to ensure our campus student ministries are strategically aligned with similar programming, select a common curriculum, and plan quarterly church-wide special events (e.g., camps, retreats, and mission trips).

4. Recruit, train, deploy, and support volunteer adult leaders.

5. Serve on the Campus Leadership Team, which meets to provide counsel to the Campus Pastor and help reach the local community.

6. Lead worship, on average, once monthly in the weekly campus worship services, specifically on the weeks the Campus Pastor is preaching

Grow Strategy: ?Develop a Grow strategy designed to disciple to become more like Christ. The primary means for accomplishing this discipling strategy is through community groups and weekly campus group events. The secondary means is through quarterly church-wide events. The Student Minister will:

1. Develop and multiply campus community groups including recruiting, training, and supervising group leaders.

2. Organize and be the primary teacher for the weekly campus high school Sunday evening event (SNL) and Wednesday middle school evening event (SHIFT).

3. Work with fellow student ministers to organize quarterly special events such as a high school student retreat, a middle school student retreat, Middle School Weekend, and a summer camp for all students.

4. Encourage and equip parents (e.g. seminars).

Serve Strategy: ?Develop a Serve strategy to help each student discover their spiritual gifts and passions and find a place to serve in the local body.

Reach Strategy: ?Develop a Reach strategy that helps the students see their local schools and community as their mission field and lead them by example by:

1. Investing deeply in reaching students at the military bases, international schools and English-speaking communities near the campus.

2. Seeking out students who attend the campus for the first time or who attend worship but are not involved in the student ministry.

3. Planning domestic and international mission trip opportunities for high school students.

4. Teaching students how to reach others and share their faith with them. 

Administration:

1. Regularly communicate with parents, students, volunteers, and staff.

2. Maintain an annual ministry calendar coordinated with campus and student ministry staff.

3. Prepare and manage the campus Student Ministry budget.

Qualifications/Skills/Gifts?:

1. Mature and vibrant Christian walk.

2. Spiritual gift of leadership and/or administration and gift of teaching.

3. Loves students and is effective in reaching and discipling them.

4. Proven ability to lead and organize students and adult volunteers with at least one year of church staff experience or two years as a volunteer leader.

Responsible/Accountable to?:

1. Directly responsible to the Campus Pastor
2. Indirectly responsible to the Team Lead Student Minister.

Expectations?:

1. Continue to grow spiritually with a daily commitment to prayer and Scripture.

2. Maintain strong marriage/family (if applicable).

3. Be involved in the life of Trinity Church.

4. Defend the doctrinal positions of Trinity Church.

5. Support the leadership and decisions of the Elder Board.

6. Work full-time, including evening and weekend commitments.

7. Attend (remotely) weekly staff meetings and monthly all-Trinity staff meetings.

8. Cooperate with semi-annual reviews with Campus Pastor and Team Lead Student Minister.

Support (what Trinity Church provides)?:

1. Salary and Benefits

2. Continuing Education/Conference Attendance

3. Resources (computer, phone provider expense reimbursements, office space, etc.,)

4. Personal support from Elder Board and Pastoral Staff.