Job Position Opening
Youth Minister
St. John the Evangelist (Delphos), St. John the Baptist (Landeck) and St. Patrick (Spencerville) Parishes are now accepting applications for a full time dynamic and passionate Catholic Youth Minister.
The youth minister provides enthusiastic, efficient and professional leadership and day-to-day supervision of the youth ministry efforts (primarily 8th-12th grades) of the parishes.
Summary of Responsibilities:

Administrative

• Schedule a weekly meeting with the pastor to update him on youth ministry progress and seek counsel about direction and goals.
• Complete a yearly youth ministry budget and stay within approved expenditures.
• Effectively and consistently communicate youth ministry programs and events.
• Work as a team player with the Director of Religious Education and other staff members at the parishes and the school.

Recruitment and Training of Core Team

• Develop a core team of adults that focus on leading small groups and mentoring the teens.
• Develop a group of teen leaders to help run retreats, give testimonies, and be an overall example to the other teens.

Program Development

• Coordinate a retreat for each grade level of the high school.
• Plan and execute a summer trip that is open to all students of the parishes.
• Schedule follow up gatherings after the summer trip has ended.
• Schedule weekly small group nights throughout the school year.
• Prioritize building relationships with teenagers in a variety of settings. Spend time in the high schools when in session.

Performs other related duties as assigned by the Pastor.

Professional Qualifications

• Must be an active Catholic with either a bachelor’s degree in a related field and/or extensive youth ministry experience.

Other responsibilities and qualifications can be found on the full job description.

• Full job description and Job Application can be found:
  (https://www.delphosstjohns.org/Employment.aspx)