This is my second time getting to partner with St. Andrew’s! Five years ago, the situation was completely different. The church had just experienced a fire, and the student ministry was almost non-existent, yet there was great hope for their future. That hope has become a reality, and now the church and the youth ministry have great momentum. Not only do they have a new, state-of-the-art building, but they have a vibrant, critical mass for both middle school and high school. The staff is ready to welcome a new teammate to build on the momentum of what’s already happening and take the students to the next phase of their growth.
Anglicans began meeting in this area of Mt Pleasant by 1828 and built a chapel on the current site in 1835. The church experience slow and steady growth for over a century and a half.
In 1996, two smaller traditional services were held in the Historic Church and one contemporary service in the Ministry Center. A planned campus expansion and rebuilding slated to begin in May 2018 was revamped due to a devastating fire in the Ministry Center weeks before the project started. The rebuilding and campus expansion was completed in October 2020. The new campus includes Ridley Hall, a three-story building for equipping laypeople and training church planters and aspiring pastors.
St. Andrew’s staff continually asks, “If St. Andrew’s disappeared tomorrow, would it matter to the people of Mt Pleasant?” They seek to constantly reach the community with the Good News of Jesus Christ.
The church seeks to present to all people the good news of Jesus Christ both intellectually and experientially; they are committed to Truth; they listen to God’s Word; they feed the poor and take in the lost, and as they seek to demonstrate God’s mercy both at home and around the world.
In many ways, this is a “classic” student ministry role, if there is such a thing. The Student Director will oversee both the middle (grades 6-8) and high school ministry (grades 9-12) and two paid staff members who assist. Both ministries have a ministry night (Sunday and Wednesday, respectively), and the Director will work with the volunteers who are actively involved in the lives of the students during the program and outside of the program nights.
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