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Job Title:

Director of Youth & Sports Ministries: Crossroads Community Church

Job Description:

Position: Director of Youth & Sports (Grace & Cleats) Ministries

Purpose: To provide leadership to two of our core ministries at Crossroads

• YOUTH MINISTRY: to come alongside parents by leading a ministry that loves, serves, and teaches students (7th – 12th grade) in a way that moves them, by God's grace, toward a personal, active, discerning, and maturing faith in Jesus Christ
• GRACE & CLEATS: to utilize sports and recreational activity as a bridge to take the gospel to our congregation and community, teaching and demonstrating what it means to live and compete for the glory of God

Accountable To: The Session, reporting directly to the Executive Pastor

Primary Responsibilities – YOUTH MINISTRY:

• Continue developing the ministry in line with our mission, vision, and core values
• Plan and execute weekly Sunday School and Youth Group activities
• Plan and execute retreats, social events, service projects, summer activities, and mission trips
• Provide faithful teaching of God's Word at Sunday School, Youth Group, etc
• Provide/Seek opportunities to build relationships, evangelize, disciple, and counsel students outside of Youth Group and Sunday School
• Recruit, lead, and equip a volunteer leadership team to aid in all aspects of the ministry
• Love and serve the parents of the students through effective communication, resources, and care for their children
• Attend annual training and engage with resources that spur continual growth in ministry
• Participation in weekly staff meeting

Primary Responsibilities – GRACE & CLEATS:

• LEADERSHIP:
  • Continue developing our current ministry activities in line with mission, vision, and core values. These activities include, but are not limited to...
    • Open Gym Basketball (all year)
    • Open Gym Volleyball (all year)
    • Rev-Fit Classes (all year)
    • Men's Softball (May – July)
    • Youth Sports Camps (Summer)
    • Youth Soccer League (August – October)
    • Grace & Cleats 3rd – 6th grade Basketball Teams (October – March)
  • Create new ministry activities as appropriate
  • Recruit, equip, and give oversight to leaders and volunteers
  • Cast vision for the ministry and actively promote ministry activities
  • Ensure proper spiritual leadership is present and active for each team and activity (this may require personal participation in various ministry activities)
• TEACHING:
  • Teach (or equip others to teach) devotions at various ministry activities
  • Create or find quality devotional materials to fit each individual ministry activity
• ADMINISTRATIVE:
  • Effectively communicate via email, text, website, and social media
  • Manage the ministry budget
  • Manage sports equipment inventory and purchasing
  • Creating and monitoring online registration and payment processes
  • Generate marketing/promotional materials
• FIELD MAINTENANCE (Coordinate or Accomplish)
  • Mowing of 3 acre sports fields
    • 2-3x per week April – June
    • 1-2x per week July – October
  • Fertilizer (4x per year) and herbicide applications (2-3x per year)
  • Maintain watering schedule
  • Maintain shed and all field maintenance equipment
  • Striping of sports fields
    • Softball (May – July)
    • Soccer (Aug – October)
  • Tasks related to the open/close of sports fields for each respective season
  • All other necessary field maintenance and repairs

Compensation:

• Full-time position with compensation commensurate with education and experience

For Questions: Contact Executive Pastor David Peters at [email protected]

To apply: Visit our website at crossroadspca.org/job-opportunities

Position Qualifications:

Qualifications:

• A personal, active, discerning, and maturing faith in Jesus Christ
• A strong knowledge of and commitment to teach the Bible and to the reformed system of doctrine laid out in the Westminster Confession of Faith and its Catechisms
• A love for students and an ability and passion to teach, shepherd, lead, counsel, engage and enjoy them in a winsome, gospel-centered manner
• An ability to relate to adults as well as students
• A solid understanding of and passion to use sports and recreational activity as ministry
• An ability to recruit and lead a volunteer leadership team
• An ability to plan and execute youth and sports related events, leagues, retreats, etc
• A four-year college degree; PREFER: prior youth ministry experience; PREFER: Seminary degree and ordained/ordainable in the PCA

Application Deadline

08/31/2025

Job Type:

Full Time

Salary Range:

$55k-$70k

General Information

Church/Organization Name

Crossroads Community Church

Contact Name & Contact Info

Industry

Church

Denomination

Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)

City, State

Fishers, IN

Description of Organization

Crossroads Community Church is a 300+ person congregation affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) and located in Fishers, IN, a NE suburb of Indianapolis.

We have a great staff team and loving congregation working together to reach the NE side of Indianapolis with the gospel. We invite you to consider joining us.

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