Posted
8/19/2019
Job Title:
Director of Evangelization and Relational Ministry
Hours:
Full time
Organization:
St. John the Evangelist Parish
11301 W. 93rd Avenue
St. John, IN
46373
www.stjohnparish.org
Description:
St. John the Evangelist Parish is a dynamic parish, located in St. John, Indiana, just 40 minutes outside of Chicago. We are a large, active and growing parish focused on evangelization. We offer a comprehensive salary and benefits package.
We are seeking a full-time Director of Evangelization / Relational Ministry to assist in growing faith and passion for Christ within our adult parishioner community. Working closely with the pastor, parish staff and small group leaders, the Director of Evangelization / Relational Ministry will be focused on enhancing existing programs and developing new initiatives to bring a “head to heart” connection with Jesus, in addition to cultivating relationships and implementing evangelization programs to grow the number of adults in our programs.
An exciting facet of this position includes spearheading a young adult program. We were recently awarded a grant through St. Meinrad’s and Lily Foundation to establish innovative programming for young adults, ages 18-32.
Other responsibilities include:
Managing and coordinating our Alpha program
Researching / developing / recommending curriculum for our network of small groups and Bible study groups
Collaborating with our Outreach Coordinator to provide adult service opportunities
Working with our Youth Minister on teen and young adult evangelization
Developing marketing and media outreach with our media team
Coordinating our Next Steps Sunday (new parishioner orientations)
Overseeing our Sunday experience hospitality ministry
Our ideal candidate will have a dynamic, outgoing personality coupled with a strong passion for Jesus Christ and for sharing our Catholic faith. Responsibilities for this position include a heavy emphasis on planning, evangelization, marketing and reaching our adult parishioners amid all the other distractions in their lives.
Interested and qualified persons should send resumes to Kris Ziegelhofer, HR Coordinator.
Requirements:
Requirements include a bachelor’s degree in Theology, Religious Education, Communications or related field in addition to a strong personal faith and commitment to the teachings and mission of the Catholic Church. Experience in facilitating / leading small groups and one on one mentoring is preferred. Administrative, organizational, communication, public speaking and computer skills are all essential to success in this position, as is creativity and innovation.
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