Job Opportunity: The Church at Southpoint, Surrey, BC

Reosted May 10, 2023. Thanks for sharing this posting.

Our application process will remain open until we find that someone for whom this job is the right fit.

To apply, please send a résumé & cover letter to office@southpoint.ca.

Community Life Coordinator
Do you have an affinity for facilitating authentic, welcoming spaces? Do you naturally engage youth and children and like to build intergenerational community? Do you like transforming vision into reality? We seek someone who resonates with our values and practices and who would like to collaborate with us to implement our vision.

Position Details.
The position of Community Life Coordinator is 20 hours per week with a salary range: $22-$25 per hour.

Who are We?
We are a community of people, seeking to follow the Way of Jesus, growing through loving engagement with God, people, and creation.

We seek to be a community of grace that is intentional yet organic, spacious yet authentic, relationally flexible yet with structures that support growth.

We enjoy our kids and our elders—we love being an intergenerational church.

We are a welcoming and affirming Christian church, open to all who are hungry and thirsty for Christ.

Guided by the Spirit, we seek to build programs, practices and rhythms that are fruitful, sustainable, engaging, and inclusive.

The needs of our community change over time and we desire to adapt what we do accordingly, seeking the “even better yet” as we follow the ways of Jesus together.

We have a collaborative leadership style, open to change and innovation, while still valuing our rituals and traditions.

We are guided in our decision-making by four Core images: Well, Table, Seed, Net and our Statement of Inclusion. Please read these two google files:

(1) https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Ay7KGGMK0UT07zv2Fm_fyR-teVS4kUQwNXSI8EZIqxg/edit?usp=sharing

(2) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PU_rZti06Rti0-PVuB3faJV1WyBrqWCz/view

Areas for Leadership and Vision

- Create opportunities for engagement that reflect our four core images, with a particular focus on children and youth that fit the current needs of the community.

- Provide ongoing assessment and re-design of kids groups.

- Be an advocate for children and youth within our church life.

- Meet with pastor and administrator for ongoing collaboration

- Attend Leadership Team meetings as needed.

- Help generate and post content for social media.

Implementation of Vision

These tasks are open to dialogue and may shift as needs change or our community changes.

Structured per our four core images:

Well
Collaborate with pastor in crafting intergenerational ALL IN services (approx 5 per year).
Provide oversight for Sunday morning kids groups.
Participate in elements of “up front” Sunday leadership (prayers, liturgy, etc.)
Draw kids/youth into serving and leading during Sunday gatherings.

Table
Plan four (4) intergenerational activities a year (hikes, Christmas skating party, overnight camping, summer BBQ at the beach, etc.)
Collaborate with pastor on annual church retreat (summer/winter).
Build relationships with youth and families.
Collaborate with pastor on any additional intergenerational events.

Seed
Craft midweek programs for youth which provide them a safe space to deepen their relationships to God, one another, and the world.
Care for one’s spiritual growth and wellbeing,
Discern and respond to the Spirit’s presence in our community.

Net
Seeking ways of engaging our kids/youth in service/mission.
Plan two (2) ALL OUT intergenerational Sundays around creation care/service.
Plan an annual intergenerational service project. (ie: Gleaners Society, Oliver).

To apply, please send your resumé and a cover letter to office@southpoint.ca.

The Church at Southpoint, originally a church plant of the Canadian Baptists of Western Canada, is dually affiliated with the Canadian Association for Baptist Freedoms.

office@southpoint.ca | 15639 24 Ave, Surrey BC V4A 2J6 | www.southpoint.ca

Job Type: Part-time
Part-time hours: 20 per week

Salary: $22.00-$25.00 per hour

Schedule:

• Weekend availability

Application question(s):

• Please review our inclusion statement:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PU_rZti06Rti0-PVuB3faJV1WyBrqWCz/view

• Please read about our core values here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Ay7KGGMK0UT07zv2FmfyR-teVS4kUQwNXSI8EZIqxg/edit?usp=sharelink
• Please read the bio of our lead Pastor, Rev. Anne Baxter Smith here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oCJK84QKXsR5KlMFKYSrQUcwetus6RXtPEKMAT6SE/edit?usp=sharing
• Your cover letter will tell us how your values, skills & experience are a suitable fit for our spacious, inclusive (LGBTQ+ affirming) Christian church.

What would you offer to our youth and children?
What can you tell us about yourself that helps us imagine you working in collaborative and creative leadership with the lead pastor of our church?
Why do think your values and experiences will serve our church, which as an inclusive, intergenerational congregation, welcomes and affirms queer folk in our community and in leadership?

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Surrey, BC

Expected start date: 2023-06-01

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