Building Sustainable Youth Ministries...One Church at a Time www.YMArchitects.com 5229 Cochran Drive Nashville, Tennessee 37220 (877) 462-5718 SAMPLE JOB DESCRIPTION: YOUTH INTERN Objective: YOUTH MINISTRY ARCHITECTS To assist in fulfilling the church’s responsibility for the Christian nurture of its youth by helping to create an engaging, welcoming environment in which students experience real Christian community for themselves. KEY RESULTS: • • • • • • • • Know the names and faces of all name of church youth and their parents. Attend regular youth leader meetings for encouragement, training and coordination. Pray for the youth of name of church regularly. Share in the hands-on leadership of the weekly youth fellowship programs as assigned by the supervising staff person. Build friendships with youth and their parents by  Greeting the youth or parents by name in the hall at church.  Attending Sunday night youth fellowship.  Attending trips and retreats as time allows.  Attending student events (games, meets, ceremonies) as time allows.  Seeking other creative means of building friendships with the youth and their parents. Seek to be informed about any special victories, concerns or challenges being faced by the youth and his or her family and, as often as reasonable, pass that information on to the youth staff. Strategize regularly with the associate pastor for youth about any youth or parents who don’t seem to be connecting. Live by the name of church Youth Ministry Covenant. For more information on Youth Ministry Architects www.ymarchitects.com or email info@ymarchitects.com. • • • please visit our Youth Ministry Architects exists to: design sustainable, deep-impact youth ministries, one church at a time, build the competence, joy, and longevity of professional youth workers, and construct bridges to the best youth ministry resources available today. website at