Youth ministry director and Children’s ministry director - Worcester, MA
Listed: 03-31-2022
Employer: Christian Gospel Church in Worcester - 43 Belmont Street, Worcester, MA 01605 | (508) 393-7245 | www.worcestercgc.org
Location: Worcester, MA
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About Worcester and CGCW
CGCW is located about 40 miles west of Boston, Massachusetts. Worcester is the second largest city in Massachusetts and has a long history, developed culture, and outstanding people. There are seven universities in the city, as well as medical schools, research institutes, biopharmaceutical research centers, and computer technology companies within the city and surrounding area. These facilities attract many Chinese people to work and settle here and attract many international students and visiting scholars to study and research here. God has prepared a vast harvest field for us in this area.
As early as the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, many Chinese students came to Worcester to study. Former Tsinghua University President Mei Yiqi and the famous poet Xu Zhimo studied here. Today, there are more than 4,000 Chinese people in Worcester County, and more than a few hundred children in the Chinese schools learning to speak Chinese. The youth ministry and children's ministry are crucial to attract and retain Chinese families, as well as the key to passing on the faith. CGCW currently has more than 100 adult members, more than 20 teenagers, and more than 40 children who regularly attend the church.
Our Ministry to Youth and Children
The church leadership team is united in the understanding that a thriving youth and children's ministry is critical to the future of the church. In the past 20+ years, we have encountered over a thousand students, over 300 were baptized in the Lord, and we established campus groups and several fellowships. We worked with other Chinese churches to start the regional New England Winter Student camp (NEWS camp). Additionally, the youth and children are active in the church with outreach programs, conferences, hosting VBS, AWANA, and weekly fellowship meetings.
Therefore, we have decided to continue vigorously developing our youth and children's ministry, not only to retain our next generation to pass on our faith to them, but also to attract more young people to come to us and even to build a future English worship ministry for everyone, children, youth, and adults. Although our church is part of the Lord’s ministry to a growing community of Chinese-speaking people in the Worcester area, in many cases their children were born here in the United States and are primarily English-speaking. To minister to this younger generation, we are called to provide English ministries for the youth and children in addition to our services in Mandarin Chinese.
Announcement
The Christian Gospel Church in Worcester, Massachusetts, announces openings for a youth ministry director and a children’s ministry director. These positions require the candidates to be fluent, preferably native, English speakers. Knowledge of Mandarin Chinese is useful, but not at all required. These positions are available immediately.
The Youth Ministry Director
The youth ministry director is responsible for the weekly preaching in the English worship service for teens and adults, arrangement and teaching of Sunday School classes for the youth, organization of the youth fellowship meetings and other youth activities, pastoral care of the youth, and coordination of the youth ministry within the oversight of the board of elders. Preferably, the youth ministry director candidate will be ordained or eligible for ordination and available for full-time work, but candidates also will be considered if they intend to pursue training in the ministry and are willing to fill the position at least part-time while completing their studies. Qualifications include: theologically equipped, clearly called, having youth ministry experience.
The Children’s Ministry Director
The children’s ministry director is responsible for organization and teaching of the younger children in the church ranging from preschooler to Grade 6. The director shall oversee and formulate the Friday AWANA program and Sunday School program with the goal of preparing children to have a smooth transition to the youth program. The director shall coordinate the children’s ministry under the oversight of the board of elders. The children’s ministry director may be related to the youth ministry director, such as the husband and wife, and the position may be full-time or part-time, depending on the availability of the candidate. Qualifications include: theologically equipped/trained, clearly called, having children ministry experience.
For more information
Please contact Elder Songheng Li, by email at songhengli68@gmail.com or by phone at (774) 641-0601, for more information about these positions and our ministry.
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