Leadership Development Year

The Rising Generations leader will get stuck into our work with kids and youth at St Mark’s. You can choose to focus on either kids or youth, but expect to be thrown into a bit of both throughout the year, including working in local schools.

You’ll be working with the team to both continue and develop the discipleship and evangelism within the Rising Gen’s ministry. It’s a people focused role, spending time with young people, encouraging and mentoring them in their faith. It will involve planning and delivering Sundays as well as activities and events during the week, including opportunities for outreach.

There will be opportunities to own a project/event from start to finish, work with and develop teams, and try new things perhaps outside of your comfort zone.

There are loads of opportunities for worship and production as we grow services and prepare to plant elsewhere in the area. In this role you’ll work with the team to build on existing ministry and explore new opportunities for mission and growth through our style of worship and use of production as a tool for mission.

There are opportunities for worship through music, sound mixing, visual support, photography, social media and more and depending on your skill set, they’ll be opportunities to work alongside other churches in our network and churches we are helping to resource to develop worship and production for themselves.  

Do you have a heart for evangelism with 18-25’s? Then this role could be for you.

You’ll get stuck into college chaplaincy, student alpha, and have opportunities and permission to come up with new and creative ways to work with students, especially in the local college.

You’ll get the opportunity to develop in confidence and the capacity to run with an idea/project and be able to think ahead, considering succession planning - drawing in, envisioning and working with the wider ministry team and young adults who are already a part of St. Mark’s

The community bridge builder is all about connection between St Mark’s and the community in Grimsby. This is a key role as we continue to establish ourselves as a Key Mission Church on the South Ward of Grimsby, and build partnerships with local people and organisations.

The role will develop through the year as you get stuck into projects, innovating to tie in evangelism and building relationships into what we already do and include developing a team to deliver the project. The role will also include attending local community forums and bringing a church and Christian voice to the table.

You could also have the opportunity to do some indepth community research, looking at social justice, working with other team members to find out more about the actual needs within our community and how we might meet them.

If you are looking for a broader experience of mission and ministry through the life of the church, this could be for you. You’ll have the opportunity to work alongside a different ministry lead each term, including alongside lay and ordained leaders, allowing you to grow in your discipleship and practical experience. You’ll be challenged to explore and develop your God-given gifts and abilities and contribute to growth in the church by developing projects that enable us to fulfil our vision.

Like the idea of the LDY but don’t think you can commit at this level? LDY lite might be for you.

This stream allows you to get monthly training in leadership and theology which will work alongside an agreed pattern of experience to fit your work or life schedule. The commitment is less midweek, however we’ll ask you to prioritise the learning sessions (an evening midweek in most cases) and have a mentor throughout the year too.

If this is for you, please still apply as usual but specify in your application that you’re looking to go lite!