Pflichtenheft für Hauptleiter

Principal Leader's Book of Duties

Prerequisites

• Clear conversion to Jesus Christ and being born again, i.e., being a child of God and a member of the body of Christ.
• Recognition of the whole Bible as authority for personal life.
• Newcomers should have attended Jungschar and church events for at least one year, if possible.
• Knowledge of the organizational structure of the local church, and of BESJ.
• Be called to the work of the youth group. Having a show for the work!
• A burden for the children, be able to deal with children and leaders.
• Have a willingness to continue education.
• Be at least of legal age.
• Have vision for overall church youth ministry.

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Duties

• Winning young people to Jesus Christ and leading them to devotional discipleship. Model self-critical honesty, willingness to learn, intercession, and bearing burdens (Eph. 4:1, 2; Gal. 6:2, 4).
• Fostering spiritual growth of staff, giving encouragement and correction. (Pastoral Care)
• Develop annual goals with the team, in consultation with the department head/advisory group.
• Promote staff by encouraging them to take responsibility, guiding them, encouraging them to attend BESJ training and development courses. Introduce newcomers to staff gradually.
• Organize, lead, or delegate team meetings and group meetings/occasions.
• Work in a gift-oriented manner as much as possible.
• Coordinate schedules and communicate with congregation/advisory group/team/other groups.
• Coordinate parent contacts.
• Visiting or delegating a leader to staff team meetings.
• Consult with the department head on decisions of major significance.
• Represent the Jungschar to the congregation and to the outside world, in consultation with the department head/advisory group
• Inquiring about new staff members, in consultation with the department head/circle of advisors.
• Promoting the JS cause to the community.
• Motivation for missionary activity of the youth group.
• Promotion of age-appropriate Jungschar work.
• Bringing new ideas and impulses to the team, by attending continuing education events and the regional weekend.
• Ensure connection to BESJ and the region

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Competencies

All decisions necessary to accomplish the task and to ensure orderly operations. In consultation with the department head/advisory committee, the following decisions are to be made:

• Annual goals
• Starting new evangelistic forms, such as open ministry, etc.
• Structural issues - transition issues (overall coordination)
• Inquiry of new staff and their installation
• Exclusion of employees
• Dates of JS occasions
• Financial decisions that exceed the JS budget
• Decisions of major importance
• Retirement and succession issues

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Continuing education

• Attend at least basic BESJ course
• Attendance at advanced course and camp courses desired.
• A contribution towards expenses can be requested from the church leadership.

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Information path

• Inform the person in charge of the department regularly about important decisions and difficulties
• Pass on prayer requests to prayer circles or special prayer leaders from the congregation.
• Communicate appointments and long-range planning to the staff team in a timely manner.
• At one congregational meeting per year, spend 5-10 minutes giving a brief review and outlook, as well as introducing the team.

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Cash

• Designate a treasurer for the separate young people's account.
• Submitting the annual accounts for the attention of the leadership team and the congregational meeting (may be delegated).

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Resignation and replacement

• If a principal leader wishes to hand over his or her responsible role to a successor, he or she must announce this to the head of department / circle of advisors at least 3 months before resigning, without having already requested or appointed a successor.
• A successor should be able to be inducted into office. Therefore, the main leader of the church leadership proposes a suitable person in time, which is then requested after consultation by the church leadership.

Source reference:

Content: Annual focus 1993 "Community", Peter Blaser, Siegfried Nüesch, Martin Bihr, Hansruedi Tanner, Ueli Obrist, Johannes Wallmeroth, Peter Schulthess

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