Leadership Opportunities

It is our ultimate goal for students to not only to have a healthy growing relationship with Jesus Christ, but also to discover the ministry God has called them to and learn to lead in that ministry. We have two programs to help develop students in ministry and leadership. The first is Student impact and the various ministry opportunities we offer to students. The second is our Student Pastor Program. Student Pastors are teenagers who want to step up and grow in their ministry and leadership abilities. They are willing to go deeper in their commitment to Christ and to take on greater ministry responsibilities.

Student Pastors meet the 2nd Tuesday night of every month (except July) in the Main worship center with the rest of Christ Church’s leadership. The evening begins a little before 6:00 with a free dinner. From 6:00-7:00, the praise band leads in worship and Pastor Charles gives us a leadership lesson. Then from 7:00-8:00, the Student Pastor team meets to discuss the leadership lesson, and to report on and make decisions about the youth ministry at Christ Church.

Once a semester, the Student Pastor team hosts an overnight event that is open to all students called the Leadership Summit. On this overnight we spend time in team building exercises, some Bible Study and we study a specific issue of Leadership to help students in their ministry areas. Student Pastors are expected to attend these Summits and the number of openings are limited.

Our next Leadership Summit will be at Camp Valley Haven on October 5th and 6th.

The application for being a Student Pastor can be downloaded here