OF AND MAN GROWING FAITH FOR GENERATIONS

PIONEER YOUTH MINISTER/MISSIONER

We have a vacancy for a full-time Pioneer Youth Minister/Missioner as part of the significant new GROWING FAITH FOR GENERATIONS initiative of this Diocese. You will serve as both Pioneer Youth Minister in a rural location and Pioneer Missioner working with churches of the diocese and in the multi-agency work among young people across the .

The headlines for this adventurous post are: grow a church community appropriate to young people in the rural Manx environment collaborate with partner Christian organisations involving paid and volunteer team members, as they pioneer new approaches in schools, the town centre of the island’s capital and in rural areas participate in development of resources and programmes to engage and nurture young people in exploring faith, engaging with God, developing their leadership skills, and contributing to their community

You will report to and consult with the Growing Faith for Generations Steering Board and be a member of the Diocesan leadership team.

This is a long-term project to realise the diocese’s priority goal of developing an energetic and evolving church among the coming generations. It is being done in partnership with schools, churches of many denominations, the Scripture Union Ministries Trust and private sponsors. Funding is currently secured for 3 years including a grant from the Strategic Development Fund.

Remuneration package : £26-32,000 depending on qualifications, experience and on whether the successful candidate takes up the option of housing provision.

If you feel that God is calling you to this role, working on the vibrant and beautiful Isle of Man with a superb quality of life, please download the information pack with application process and full details from the Vacancies page of our Diocesan website.

You are welcome to contact Andrew Swithinbank, Chair of the GF4G Project Steering Board, for an informal discussion. [email protected] 07624 314590.

Completed applications to be received by Andrew Swithinbank by 7th March 2017. Interviews will be held in March 2017.

Pioneer Ministry: knowing your context and calling

As a person experienced in Pioneer Ministry you need to be able to do the following:

A. Describe how a ‘place’ or ‘network’ makes it similar or different to other ‘places’ like it (e.g. its vision and values or its housing, its history, etc.). For some Fresh Expressions this might be a clear geographical place, for others a network of relationships or some combination of the two. Either way it is about describing the context in which mission and ministry occurs.

B. Investigate a particular place/context/network to identify the points at which God and/or the Fresh Expression of Church interact with it. In particular, look for signs of God’s reign (kingdom) in the chosen ‘place’ or ‘network(s)’ – you can do this by for example comparing where the values displayed in a chosen ‘place’ overlap with what you understand to be Kingdom values.

C. Investigate ‘needs and opportunities’ in the given ‘place’ or ‘network(s)’ that people with a concern for following Jesus and ministering there might meet.

D. Describe what your personal response is as a disciple of Christ to what you have discovered in A- C? What ministry is God calling you to? What reflection can you make from the Bible or the Christian tradition to back up the response you want to make?

Based on definition by and Northampton Methodist District 2016

Information Links

Diocese of Sodor and Man Growing Faith for Generations strategy Introduction to Isle of Man and Diocese SUMT Ecumenical group, CAiM