2025 Youth Development Coordinators application

For post secondary students who are currently attending post secondary college or university

Summer Youth Development Background:

Peoples Gospel Church is excitingly planning our children and youth summer outreach and development with youth & children ministries from May to August 2025

This is a strategy aiming to build a synergic team where we will match each coordinator to their mentor, while each coordinator can focus to mentor and develop a specific group of younger youths.

During the summer project period, you will all be reporting to the Community Programs Director. Together with the Director, the whole team will be reporting to the Family Pastor.

Our vision is to create community building strategy to achieve a two-fold purpose of

1. building Grade 8-12 youth team to become passionate and capable leaders to make an impact on younger children that reflects Christ's love for all people

2. Building up children spiritually by enjoying a fun-filled Bible camp experience led by Christian youth and young adults who are dedicated to mentor them. Let the little children come to Jesus and experience His love through us. We are looking for passionate and experienced young individuals for such exciting vision and mission.

Job Summary:

During the job period, you are expected to join PGC Sunday services and post worship ministries so that you can fully connect and serve the community.

As a Christian leader who has a passion to build up the next generation, you will be directed under PGC pastors and children/youth committee to learn and become mature through leading and outreaching to children and youth in summer months.

You will be actively interviewing youth leaders who apply as volunteers in children and youth development camps

You will invest in children and youth's lives through the ministry of PGC, aiming to create a memorable and lasting impact to youth and children, where they feel the love and support from a vibrant community, and are encouraged to do the same as how you and your team model such passion and great character.

The purpose of this position is to equip and train an individual in the areas of leadership, planning, public speaking, youth engagement & outreach, and inter-personal skills.

From mid-May to mid-June, you will be under direct mentorship of PGC pastors in your own spiritual growth as well the skills mentioned above. They will teach you to create and assist in various pastoral ministries where you will be coached to study, plan, to develop and to lead. This quality work will help you to reach out to the younger youths and help them grow in the community.

You will be assisting in the planning and leading of weekly youth programs with youth-aged leaders. Opportunities will be given for the individual to lead sports nights, public outings, and to teach Bible lessons in the context of a youth audience. Through participating and shadowing in visitations (where appropriate), this person will also observe the personal caring side of pastoral ministry.

From mid June to August, you will be focusing on planning and delivering a dynamic, fun-filled, leadership building camp experience for the campers.

This position includes assisting the PGC Community Programs Director in overseeing, and organizing PGC Summer Camp. This includes but is not limited to, training and equipping camp counselors, organizing children's summer camp preparing materials, activities, and outings.

On the following week after all camps are done, the whole youth team will do evaluation, transitioning camp to church ministry followup, as well as providing follow-up plan and guidelines for the following school year. Team bonding and fun day will also happen in this week.

Team leadership in Camp weeks

This leadership team will invest in mentoring and shaping younger Camp Counsellors and Counsellors-in-Training (CIT) in a team setting through children's summer camp.

Your job will be busy and requires high commitment but it will be very rewarding. The ideal candidate will be an excellent leader, a multi-tasker in planning, organization, administration, people development and communication.

This candidate must have vibrant spiritual life and proven ministry experience or reference shown in leading children summer camp previously, shows genuine passion with proven ministry experience, both in children's ministry, and/or leading young people between ages of 13-18 so that they can enhance their spiritual development in Christ.

Location: Markham Chinse Baptist Church (9580 Woodbine Ave, Markham, ON L6C 1H8)

Pay or honorarium:

Under Federal government CSJ criteria, the successful applicant will be paid in a range from $17.2 per hour up to $18 per hour (subjected to experience and seniority) from 30 to 40 hours per week for 13 weeks (according to the CSJ application approval). This pay is only made possible by Canada Summer Job (CSJ) funding approval under federal government.

In case of no funding approval to our church, this position will become volunteer basis as in all other churches' ministries, but the church will provide an honorarium after the camp.

Application contact: Pastor Connie Liu (pgckids@gmail.com)

Reporting to:
Community Programs Director & Family Pastor of PGC

Work Term:

May 20 to Aug 15th. Total of 13 weeks' term.

Summer camp tentative dates: July 14 to Aug 1 (3 weeks)

Hiring Condition:
THIS CAMP is MADE POSSIBLE WITH THE APPROVAL OF CANADA SUMMER JOB APPLICATION AND

THE SUCCESS OF RENTING A MARKHAM CAMP SITE.

CAMP MUST ABIDE BY ALL CITY OF MARKHAM REQUIREMENTS WITH REGARDS TO SCREENING AND VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS.

WE THANK ALL APPLICANTS FOR THEIR INTEREST, HOWEVER, ONLY THOSE CANDIDATES WHO ARE SELECTED FOR INTERVIEW WILL BE CONTACTED.

https://peoplesgospelchurch.org/summercamp/

Application opens Jan 29th, 2025

Applications will be reviewed and suitable candidates will be invited for an interview ASAP.

Candidates who are successful will receive an offer shortly after the interview.
The application window will close once all positions are filled.

email:pgckids@gmail.com

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Job Description: Qualifications and Education Requirements, and Skills

· A mature Christian with an authentic and vibrant relationship with God, attending church regularly and is active in ministry work.

· Proven with minimum 1 year experience as a Camp Coordinator (or similar level and experience) with excellent references by previous camp supervisors

· Proven ministry experience in leading children and young people

· Demonstrates maturing character of enthusiasm, politeness and cooperation

· minimum post-secondary age at the start of project, college & university, and must be age 30 years old or younger (subject to Canada government CSJ application criteria)

· Enjoy being with children and youth, patient and be able to serve as a positive role model and mentor

· Must abide to Plan to Protect® training, prevention and protocol for a safe and zero tolerance to bully and abuse environment

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills

· A strong team player that demonstrates good relationships to team members of different age in existing ministry

· Ability to set work priorities, good time management, organized habits and work-time flexibility.

· Communicating tools with visual arts and using social media by designing flyers, posters, short video clips for promotion and communicating purposes

· Excellent interpersonal skills (able to prevent and handle conflicts or undesirable situation)

· Preferred skills: digital online meeting platforms, graphic and video editing and production experience

· Spoken Cantonese and/or Mandarin an asset

· Mandatory Police Vulnerable Sector Check clearance prior to commencement of the employment

· A valid CPR level C (within 2 years at beginning of start date), Emergency or Standard First aid certificate

Roles and Responsibilities

Under your mentor and supervisors, you will be planning, organizing, supervising and delivering a dynamic and fun-filled and leadership building project and camp experience for the next generation.

You will lead your team to achieve our youth and children's goal for the summer. You will model your passion and excellence in a Christian nurture and setting by

1. ensure the young leaders serve with the intention to invest and bless children's well-being through the camp

2. Shining for Jesus in the community by blessing the community through blessing the families and children involved, and coordinating volunteers in the project.

3. Assist the Community Programs Director in the process of registration, execution, collecting feedback and planning of post-camp ministry or follow-up

4. Keeping the Community Programs Director updated on the progress of planning and implementing the camp and informed him or her of any urgent matters

5. Aim to set up and achieve a high standard for mental, emotional and social well beings of all youth and children

This is an ongoing project in Peoples Gospel Church. There are lots of creativity and flexibility and fun. Yet, this aims to set a good foundation for the future endeavors for children and their families in the community.

During children's camp. One of you will act as the Chief camp coordinator. This person will directly report to Community Programs Director. S/he will

Oversee planning of overall program with detail schedule, database, communication network, and,
Give guidance, directions and tasks to the Vice(s), and in return receives reporting from Vice Coordinator, Counsellors and Counsellors in training
Give active and immediate feedback to the team
The Vice(s) and assistant to the Chief who will
Prepare the master planning and execute the VBS curriculum and program
Directly report to the Chief
Oversee and focus on administrative details of the program by arranging roles & responsibilities, tasks and deadlines to the youth team
Give active and immediate feedback to the team
Organize filing and recording
All Coordinators, however, are working together under the Director to:
Adhering and keeping health and safety of campers according to all relevant church policies and procedures, such as but not limited to, incident report.
Attending all required training programs, Plan-to-Protect®, counsellor’s orientation, program training, and team-building sessions.
Pioneer an in-person camp program from scratch as a new project in PGC
Plan, analyze the VBS curriculum to devise camp schedules, plan activities of summer camp to produce a healthy, educational, community building experience for needs of children and youth
Connect with community especially church leaders to devise way of how to help children also contribute to their community.
Organize manpower with positive and clear communications to the whole team
Be a great model to team supervising all the youth, to plan and lead children program with community and character building in mind.
Take turn to lead morning devotions for team
Lead daily briefing and debriefing to all team members
Devise a creative and solid plan to reach out to Parents and Campers before, during, and after the camp, which includes a post-camp worship celebration in PGC, or any creative follow-up to campers.
Prepare Tax Return Receipt for all registrants.
Implement and monitor the camp, give evaluation reports and be evaluated for the team and program on a daily basis
Follow safety and emergency procedures and guidelines
Prepare final evaluation report
Perform exit interviews for team members
Visioning a goal beyond the summer-camp by creatively extending and connecting the campers and team to the church community resources.

Note: If only one coordinator can be hired for the project, we may adjust the roles and responsibilities of the Director and Coordinator according to the camp’s need.

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Date of birth: (Month/Date/Year)

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Cell Phone

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Name of Post-Secondary Institution(s): (will be or currently attending):

Current grade/year/graduated year

Area of study & degree or any diploma received

Current job title and Company Name (if any),

Spiritual History & Family Relationship:

Date you first accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior

Date of baptism (if you are baptised)

What do you see are the greatest needs of today's young generation and how do you see our church can change or make a difference for them?

Churches you attended and attending in the past 5 years

Describe when and where you last served as a camp counselor or coordinator in children's camp:

Ministry you have been serving at churches or other Christian organizations. Describe what are they and for how long

What are your favorite Bible verse(s) and why?

Tell us your relationship with your family members

What are your passion/talents/gifts to contribute? Check the following that apply

Anything to add for your talents/gifts that could help children in camp

If you are selected for interview, please prepare to share your personal conversion testimony and present for a 5 minutes' demonstration time for leading a devotional using object lesson or DIY activity for a simple biblical truth you can teach teenagers. Initial below to acknowledge:

If you have any links that can share your past leading examples or production in summer camp. Please attach here

List any medical conditions or allergies we need to be aware for.

Please provide two references – one (a) must be from your past summer camp leading supervisor, and one other (b) that can be from your church pastors, ministry leader or counsellor or your school teacher. The referees must be unrelated to you.

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PGC 2025 Hiring Application for Youth Development COORDINATOR

Please attach 2 other documents to complete your registration here 1. Your resume 2. Your salvation testimony describing how and when did you accept Jesus as your Lord, how did your life change and describe how your devotional life and struggles you maybe experiencing. Describe how you keep growing in your relationship in the LORD.

You can upload the PDFs here

Code of Conduct. All team members must comply and agree to all listed below*

I understand and will comply with the enforcement of the team's NO PHONE POLICY during working hours unless the Camp manager advises to use it for necessary purposes like filming or recording. Phones will be collected at the beginning of day and be put into a team phone basket. Team will use personal laptops for work and I can bring my laptop for teamwork.I will respect my assigned serving time by coming punctually, and I will actively communicate this schedule or any time conflict to my leader ahead of time.I understand that my hiring can be terminated if I have any intolerable behavior or attitude towards anyone, or if there are evidences that my speech, my conduct, my faith and my purity is questionable that may stumble others, as stated 1 Tim 4:12 in the Bible (Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.)I understand use of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, foul language, bullying or any form of violence will not be tolerated and may result in termination of employment/volunteer service.No dating relationship within team members and campers are allowed during the camp.I will dress modestly for work and camp to reflect the beauty and purity as a Christ follower. No tight-fitting, revealing, deep or low cut, crop-tops or mini skirts are allowed for girls.I will avoid gossip about other children and team members. I will seek to actively communicate kindly and honestly for all needs to related people as early as possible. I can seek Camp Pastor and Camp Manager's help immediately whenever I need help.I will avoid forming cliques that divide the unity of camp. I will seek to be inclusive, encouraging and supportive to all.

Upon confirmation of hiring, all candidates must submit the following documents to complete your application*

A police check record for Vulnerable Sector screening (if you're born on or before May 20th, 2007). Regular PGC attendees will be reimbursed please keep the original receipt.Valid CPR level C, Emergency (or standard) First Aid certificate.I give Peoples Gospel Church (PGC) officials the authority to act on my behalf in case of emergency.I authorize PGC officials or staff to sign a consent form for medical treatment and to authorize any physician or hospital to provide medical assessment, treatment or procedures for me. I am responsible for any expenses caused by emergency treatment or services in case of any accident.I agree that PGC will not be liable for any legal or other consequences resulting from any accidents. I undertake and agree to indemnify and hold blameless PGC, its personnel, Directors and Board from and against any losses, costs, damages or injury, harm or death suffered as a result of being part of the activities organized by PGC, as well as of any medical treatment authorized by the supervising individuals representing PGC.I assume ALL legal responsibility including any health care expenses incurred at a hospital or medical clinic in a medical emergency for injury or sickness for me. PGC accepts no responsibility for refusal of care if the Provincial health card information is not provided. I understand use of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, foul language, swearing, bullying and violence will not be tolerated and may result in termination of employment/volunteer service.I give permission for PGC to use my photographs, videos and sound recordings in any media form. I have read, understood and agree to the terms and above.I acknowledge that PGC team will use whatsapp and discord as main platform for team communication. I agree that I will open and use these 2 apps responsibly.

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Part 2 - Application form