YOUTH PASTOR

• Youth Ministries
  
  • Plant and lead weekly youth services, including preaching, service flow, scheduling, recruiting volunteers, and providing an engaging and safe environment in which students learn.
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    Plan and lead youth events and conferences
• • Plan and lead youth camps

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  Facilitate the recruitment and training of leaders and volunteers of the Youth Ministry, at least 3 new volunteers per month.
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  Collaborate with Young Adult Pastor towards cooperation between the two ministries.
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  Provide guidance, mentorship, leadership, and resources to youth and their families.
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  Collaborate with youth parents with clear communication and foster relationships to grow trust.
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  Marketing, Communications, and Promotions
  
  • Coordinate with Pursuit’s Marketing Department to provide assets for marketing, communication, and promotion of the Youth Department.
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    Manage social media for the Youth Department.
• Manage PCO workflows, forms, and check-ins.
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  Creatively identify opportunities for youth to serve the church and foster an environment of active youth participation as volunteers.
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  Help with transitions during the Sunday Services.
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  All other tasks as assigned.

• Model a passionate pursuit of the presence of God.
• Be well-educated in the Word of God and able to communicate with clarity and relevance.
• Committed to pray, fast, worship, and lead as a part of the pastoral team.
• Adhere to the moral and spiritual qualifications for pastoral eldership as outlined in Titus 1:5-9, 1 Tim. 3:1-7, 1 Peter 5:1-4
• Be able to pass both local and federal background checks.
• Be flexible to both take on new tasks and delegate old tasks as the church grows.
• Follow all PURSUIT policies and procedures.

• 5 years of professional-level skills and experience with people, and ministry leadership
• Strong organizational and training skills.
• Entrepreneurial abilities, from big-picture strategy to operational details.
• Ability to lead volunteer teams, recruit, develop, and inspire people, and set clear expectations and accountability.

Senior Pastors of The Pursuit - Russell and Marija Johnson“Born and raised in Seattle, I have always felt that God has something special for me to do in the Northwest. I never imagined it would look like planting a church.I spent the first part of my adult-life working in politics, but God had other plans. In the summer of 2014, my wife Marija and I stepped out in faith to start The Pursuit. The name really captures our heart. We’ve made a decision to live intentionally passionate lives, pursuing the presence of God.Our church started in a barn with no indoor plumbing, no heat, and broken windows. But God was up to something. In 2018, we purchased a former department store building and began a full-scale remodel, converting the space into a multi-use church, preschool/childcare facility, and outreach center where we see God do incredible things week after week.We have always valued the power of teamwork and wouldn’t be here today without the sacrifice of so many amazing people. The Pursuit is a place where anyone can belong, everyone can contribute, and anything can happen. Every day I feel fortunate just to be a part of this story.”