Trinity Church exists to make disciples who exalt Jesus Christ and honor God’s Word in all they say and do.

The Student Ministry helps in these various outreach opportunities. For example, last month they helped pack Advent bags, that were handed out to families in the area. They have also helped with events that we run at Twin Canal. We also love to see our students pointing fellow school students to Jesus through serving them, building relationships, praying for them, and telling them about the great news of the gospel.

Trinity Church Student Ministry has a great facility and The Princess Anne Campus has the largest Student Ministry of any of the campuses (roughly 40 students per week . . . 6th-12th grade). They also partner with the YMCA and have some kids who attend, even though their families do not attend our church.

The general consensus is that the Student Ministry is an integral ministry necessary to reaching families and growing the church. They are not looking to see the Student Ministry philosophy change. They are looking for a Student Pastor to connect with the mission, vision, and culture of our church, and come in and take the ministry’s development to its full potential in this growing community.

Student Ministry is solely led by the Student Ministry Pastor. The Student Ministry Pastor serves with the Kids Directors within the Family Ministry. The Family Ministry Team works with the leadership of the Associate Pastor.

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership:

• Develop and execute a plan to accomplish Trinity’s 4-part strategy through the campus’ student ministry.
• Recruit, train, deploy, and support volunteer adult leaders.
• Provide pastoral care to high school and middle school students.
• Work collegially with fellow Trinity student ministers to insure our campus student ministries are strategically aligned with similar programming, select a common curriculum, and plan quarterly church-wide special events (e.g., camps, retreats, and mission trips). Serve on the Campus Leadership Team which meets to provide counsel to the campus pastor and help staff reach the local community.
• Update policy and procedures as needed

Reach Strategy:

• Develop a Grow strategy designed to help students grow to become more like Christ. The primary means for accomplishing this discipling strategy is through community groups and weekly campus group events. The secondary means is through quarterly church-wide events.
• Develop and multiply campus community groups including recruiting, training, and supervising group leaders.
• Organize and be the primary teacher for the weekly campus student meetings.
• Work with fellow student ministers to organize quarterly special events such as a high school student retreat, a middle school student retreat, Middle School Weekend, and a summer camp for all students.
• Encourage and equip parents (e.g. seminars).

Serve Strategy:

• Develop a Serve strategy to help every student discover their spiritual gifts and passions and find a place to serve in the local body.

Reach Strategy:

• Develop a Reach strategy that helps the students see their local schools and community as their mission field and lead them by example by:
• Investing in reaching students at local high schools and middle schools near the campus.
• Seeking out students who attend the campus for the first time or who attend
worship but are not involved in the student ministry.
• Planning domestic and international mission trip opportunities for high school students.
• Teaching students how to reach others and share their faith with them.

What a Strong Candidate Would Look Like:

Teacher
The church has been blessed with some great teachers of the gospel. The desire of the ministry is to see a great communicator with a passion and ability to communicate to the families and students the gospel, vision, and direction of ministry.
Disciple
Developing a growing, cohesive ministry with families that find themselves from varying backgrounds and schools that need a consistent voice in their students’ lives. The church is also located inside the YMCA and had a great partnership to impact the community together.
Reach
Trinity Church has been unable to enter into schools in the areas because of the Covid issues. The main objective is for the student pastor to engage with the middle schools and high schools around the area to reach current students, impact the lost students, and be an integral part of the community.