Yeovil Community Church
Published
December 3, 2024
Location
The Gateway
Area
East  
Stream
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Description

We are a creative team who seek to share the Story of Jesus through worship, music, media, dance, art, photography, running creative academies, and a variety of events, gigs, trips and more. We develop resources for the local church which includes equipping others with creative arts skills, developing worshippers, discipling young people, and schools’ outreach.

We are looking for people who have a desire and a passion to serve and creatively share the Story of Jesus with people of all ages using their unique gifts and skills. This includes working with our different youth groups, serving at our Sunday service, running creative academies, facilitating our live stream, releasing art in various forms, and resourcing various events nationwide.

This is an amazing opportunity to be personally transformed while serving the church and growing in leadership. Come and join us here in Yeovil as a part of a vibrant expanding church with a passion to creatively resource others and serve our community. Though you will have a specific focus, being a part of a larger team involves serving our youth and children’s groups, outreach events and creative projects.

Our values are that we want to be people who are:

  • Radically Committed to Jesus, our team, our church, and our community
  • Courageously Honestwith ourselves, our team, and our leaders
  • Fiercely Humblewhen seen by thousands and when no one is watching
  • Dangerously Joyful in the face of every challenge

    The candidate must:

    • Be a Christian
    • Have a heart to serve
    • Have a heart for young people, to see them reach their full potential and become the person that God has made them to be
    • Have good communication skills
    • Be self-motivated and a proactive team player
    • Have some experience of volunteering in a local church context
    • Manage your time well and be organised

Essential Criteria

The candidate must:

  • Be a Christian
  • Have a heart to serve
  • Have a heart for young people, to see them reach their full potential and become the person that God has made them to be
  • Have good communication skills
  • Be self-motivated and a proactive team player
  • Have some experience of volunteering in a local church context
  • Manage your time well and be organised

Preferred Criteria

  • Experience of working with children and young people
  • Some experience in your chosen focus area
  • Be enthusiastic, creative and hardworking
  • Have creative gifting in music, art, dance, web design, media, or sound technology

Accommodation Details

You will be provided with a host family

Week Overview

As a trainee youth worker, you will be involved in some of the following areas:

  • Partnering with schools to deliver detached youth work and Christian Unions
  • Resourcing our drop-in youth groups for 11-18-year-olds
  • Facilitating our Sunday morning and evening youth sessions
  • Mentoring young people
  • Planning and organising resources for upcoming groups and events
  • Running sleepovers and residential events throughout the year
  • Accompanying groups of young people to festivals and events over the course of the year
  • Contributing to creative projects both within and outside of the team context
Only registered members can apply for placements.

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