Pastor or Director of Youth & Family Ministry

Church Description

Murrysville Community Church (MCC) is a growing, multigenerational church located 25 minutes east of downtown Pittsburgh.

As a community of gospel hope we exist to worship God for His glory and witness to His grace.

With many young families joining our fellowship over the past several years, we are looking for a pastor or director to join our ministry staff and volunteers in assisting parents in the discipleship of our covenant children. We especially need help growing our middle school and high school ministry as we have an ever increasing number children joining these age groups over the next several years.

Position Overview

The Pastor or Director of Youth & Family Ministry serves in partnership with the Lead Pastor to develop and execute a comprehensive strategy for the spiritual formation of teenagers and children at MCC. Their duties and responsibilities are outlined below.

Duties and Responsibilities

Student Ministry (70%)

• Oversee Student Fellowship: the student ministry of MCC.
• Organize weekly meetings for our middle school and high school groups.
• Teach age-appropriate lessons from God’s Word. 
• Recruit, train, and regularly meet with members of our middle school and high school leadership teams. 
• Supervise the set-up, break down, organization, and clean-up of church facilities used by our Student Fellowship ministry.
• Invest in the lives of our students individually and in small group settings.
• Coordinate and supervise Sunday school classes for middle school and high school students, including the recruitment and training of teachers.
• Develop a comprehensive learning plan for students in 6th through 12th grade.
• Plan regular special events for students including summer activities, fund raisers, and retreats.
• Establish trusted relationships with school districts in our area.
• Engage in evangelism with unbelieving teenagers who live in our area.

Children’s Ministry Team (20%)

• Provide oversight, training, and support for our Children’s Ministry Team.
• Meet monthly with our Children’s Ministry Team, including our Nursery Coordinator, Children’s Sunday School Coordinator, Children’s Worship Coordinator, and Vacation Bible School (VBS) Coordinators.
• Recruit teachers and volunteers as needed.
• Teach the Children’s Worship Lesson at least once per month.
• Assist our VBS Coordinators as needed.

Preaching & Presiding (10%)

• Preach 4-6 times per year.
• Preside over worship in rotation with other pastors and elders at MCC.
• Participate in weekly staff meetings.
• Help our AV or Music ministry teams during the service as needed.
• Attend monthly session meetings.

Additional Expectations

• Plan and teach a Communicant Membership Class at least once per year.
• Meet monthly with the Lead Pastor for prayer and discipleship.
• Attend weekly staff meetings.
• Attend quarterly session meetings.
• Perform clerical duties, maintain files, scan and organize documents, and photocopy, as necessary.
• Complete other tasks as assigned by the Lead Pastor.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree from an accredited University or Seminary 
• Potentially Ordainable in the Presbyterian Church in America
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Relationally and socially intelligent
• Humility in leadership
• Organized
• Responsible
• A passion for ministry to the next generation of Christians

Time Commitment 

• 40-45 Hours and 5 days per week minimum
• Give ongoing attention to physical, spiritual, emotional health by maintaining healthy rhythms of work and rest.
• 4 weeks’ vacation (20 working days) and 1 week study leave (5 working days) 
• Every effort should be made to being absent no more than 5 Sundays per year.