Youth Group Ministry Jobs

WEEKLY YOUTH DEVOTIONALS
  • Teach a lesson or series of lessons—This involves developing a 20-30 minute lesson or series of lessons.  A series of lessons could be as few as two or as many as one to two months worth of lessons.  Suggestions for lesson format might include a conversational teaching style that encourages discussion, a lively and dynamic delivery style, and a focus on the practical application of the message.
  • Fellowship Activity—This involves planning a 20-30 minute activity for after the lesson that encourages interaction among all the teens.  Ideas might include team building exercises, silly games, sports or tournament style games (Bunko, spades, etc)
  • Snacks—This involves organizing an assignment schedule for snacks by developing and disseminating a list of volunteers on a quarterly or semi-annual basis, and making the reminder call each week.
  • Chaperone—This involves helping provide supervision of the teens during free time and assisting the teacher or activity leader as needed.
FELLOWSHIP ACTIVITIES
  • Plan a quarterly activity—This involves planning and coordinating a quarterly fellowship activity.  Past ideas have included scavenger hunts, road rallys, World’s of Fun outings and lock-ins, cook outs, swim parties and game nights.
  • Chaperoning a quarterly activity—This involves being available to assist the activity planner and helping provide supervision of the teens during the activity.
SERVICE PROJECTS
  • Planning a quarterly service project—This involves planning and coordinating a quarterly service project.  Past ideas have included yard maintenance for elderly church members, exterior clean up at the church building, hosting a parent’s night out at the building, trash pick up at various locations and assisting at the Downtown COC food pantry.
  • Chaperoning a quarterly service project—This involves being available to assist the service project planner and helping provide supervision of the teens during the service project.
YOUTH ROOM
  • Develop a master plan for updating the teen room—This involves working with the Youth Group Planning Committee to develop a master plan for updating the teen room as well as develop the budget for doing so.
  • Furniture team—This involves securing donations or shopping for and purchasing items for the teen room according to the master plan, remaining within the budget, and in coordination with other team members .
  • Painting—This involves painting the walls of the room.
  • Decorating team—This involves shopping for and purchasing items to decorate the walls of the teen room according to the master plan, remaining within the budget, and in coordination with other team members.
FLOAT TRIP
  • Chaperone—This involves being available to assist in various activities related to the float trip including…
    • Teach a lesson—This involves teaching a 20-30 minute lesson related to the theme of the retreat and assisting the retreat coordinator as needed during the retreat
    • Bunking up with a group of teens and staying up with them until “lights out” time.
    • Assisting the float trip coordinator with planning various aspects of the float trip as needed
    • Providing supervision of the teens during the float trip
RETREAT
  • Organize a yearly retreat—This function would be carried out in coordination with the Youth Group Planning Committee.  It would involve…
    • Securing a location for the retreat.
    • Advertising the activity and determining the number of youth participating.
    • Planning and coordinating lessons, meals, chaperones, activities and transportation.
    • Determining the cost per participant and collecting money, while remaining within the Youth Group budget for the retreat.
  • Chaperone—This involves assisting the assisting the retreat coordinator as needed and being available to provide supervision of the teens during the retreat.  In addition, you will likely be asked to…
    • Teach a lesson—This involves teaching a 20-30 minute lesson related to the theme of the retreat and assisting the retreat coordinator as needed during the retreat
    • Cook food—This involves assisting the retreat coordinator in the purchase of food, as needed, as well as cooking each meal and cleaning up after each meal for the duration of the retreat.  This is usually done with the assistance of two or three other cooks.
    • Plan an activity—This involves planning a fun group activity
YOUTH COMMITTEE
  • Volunteer to be a member of the Youth Group Planning Committee—This involves providing the oversight for each of the following ministry areas:  Youth Devotionals, Fellowship Activities, Service Projects, Youth Room, Float Trip, and Retreat.  This does not mean that you have to be responsible for organizing each activity within your ministry area.  Rather, you are responsible for overseeing thatsomebody is organizing and carrying out the activities in your ministry area.

The Youth Group Ministry is led by John Wubbenhorst.