Flower Mound UMC: Assistant Youth Minister
Date Posted: 5/9/2024
Flower Mound UMC, Flower Mound, TX
Job Description
Reports To: Associate Pastor
Location/Hours: Church on Sunday mornings; other hours flexible during the week
FLSA Status: Hourly, Part-time, 20 hours/week (roughly 8 hours Sunday, 4-6 hours in office during week, + 6-8 hours with students out in community)
Duties
Assist in Youth Sunday School + Sunday Night Youth (UMYF) Programming
- Present for Sunday programming 9 AM-12 PM + 3-8 PM.
- Teaching Youth Sunday School Class when needed + assisting Youth Volunteer teachers when not directly leading.
- Give devotional lessons for Sunday Night Youth (UMYF) when needed.
- Help with Sunday Night Youth (UMYF) games, snack suppers + general youth group supervision.
- Utilize curriculum for United Methodist Bible-based lessons + small group times.
- Partner with recruited youth parents + youth volunteers to enrich + multiply ministry.
Create + Establish Relational Connections with Students Out in the Community
- Get to know youth + create relational space to show the church’s care + support.
- Seek to find + create weekly opportunities to be with youth outside of the church building – such as a youth’s sporting event, concert, or play; visit a youth’s place of work; or coffee shop meetup.
- Help promote informal hangouts after Sunday Night Youth as appropriate to the school year cycle.
- Actively seek to connect new members to the youth program from outside the church.
Assist Associate Pastor + Program Staff to expand Ministry with Youth
- Meet with Associate Pastor for planning + assignments + attending staff program planning meetings, as needed.
- Increased work for added activity through summer months + around large youth events.
- Partner with church staff team to nurture youth discipleship + participation throughout the whole church coordinating with church administration team for outreach.
- Contact new + visiting youth families to educate + invite to programs as well as follow up with youth + youth families when they have not been at church in a month - reaching out to youth + families to best support faith development.
- Intentionally connect + partner with Confirmation program + upper elementary Children’s Ministry to help with natural age-level ministry transitions.
- Assist in special worship Sundays, such as Youth Confirmation, Senior Sunday + Youth Sharing after Mission Trip.
- In case of absence of Pastor of Faith Formation, be the lead for youth activities.
How to Apply
Email a resume to Rev. Paul Maletic, Associate Pastor for Youth + Missions, at
Contact Email: [email protected]
Contact Phone: 972-746-7209