Youth Summer Intern Job Description

Summary:

Monee Free Methodist Church is seeking a Youth Intern for June - August 2018. The position will be 10-15 hours a week and will be compensated with $100 a week and have housing by a Monee Free Methodist Church Member (TBD), if needed. The position could continue on after the set dates upon further discussion. Our youth ministry has around 10 enthusiastic middle and high school students and is primed for even greater growth with the right leadership. We have close connections with Crete-Monee schools and the Village of Monee that would allow for further outreach. We also have a midweek AWANA program, with over 70 kids registered, that is serves as place for our teens to serve, as well as a pipeline for AWANA graduates to become part of our youth group. The position is open to all applicants that feel called and eager to serve in a diverse, multigenerational, family-oriented church that preaches the Gospel from God’s Word, and wants to live out those gospel truths in our community. As part of this internship you may begin the Local Ministerial Candidate process to be ordained in the Free Methodist Church, if so desired.

Qualifications:

  • Possess a love for Christ and a passion for teenagers.
  • Support the basic beliefs, purpose, vision, and values of Monee Free Methodist Church and FMCUSA.
  • Sense a calling to ministry.
  • Has a heart for multi-ethnic ministry in the local church.
  • Must be 18 years of age or older and entering Junior year of college or beyond.

Responsibilities:

Middle School & High School (6th-12th Grade)

  • Come along side parents and their students in 6th- 12th Grade to help disciple them as followers of Jesus. You will help do this by:
  • Building relationships with students for the purpose of discipleship.
  • Regularly contact/communicate with students and their parents regarding youth ministry events and for relationship development.
  • Providing fun, faith developing meetings and events that students and their friends would want to attend at least once a week.
  • Overseeing and recruiting other mentors/leaders to work as a team of youth leaders in maintaining an effective ministry to teens and their parents.
  • Providing sound Biblical teaching on a regular basis.
  • Creating lasting fun and spiritually impactful memories through events and gatherings over the summer.
  • Work with Lead Pastor, Associate Pastor, and lay leaders in developing a discipleship pathway for teens.
  • Regularly attending worship services and church events while serving as Intern.
  • Utilizing and managing the youth ministry budget in an effective manner.

Other Roles and Oversight

  • Partner in ministry with Monee Free staff, lay leaders, and volunteers for more effective ministry.
  • Report to Pastor KevinDeVries (Lead Pastor) and meet on a weekly basis for prayer, mentoring, planning, and encouragement.
  • Meet with other church staff and leadership weekly, or as needed,for prayer, planning, and team building.

Interested Applicants can send their resume to by May 1.

ATTN: Summer Youth Internship

Monee Free Methodist Church

22528 S Willow Creek Ln.

Monee, IL 60449

25528 S Willow Creek Ln. Monee, IL 60449