JOB OPPORTUNITY - Jr. High Youth Ministry, St. Michael, Olympia

ANNOUNCEMENT:

St.Michael Parish & School, located in Olympia, WA, is seeking qualified applicants for a full-time Youth Minister position. The positions primary focus will be on Middle School faith formation (grades 6-8) & Campus ministry (grades 5-8).

St. Michael Parish & School has approximately 2,800 registered families and 8,000 individuals, serving two worship sites in Olympia. There are approximately 600 youth involved in the Faith Formation Program (Preschool through High School) and 270 youth enrolled (grades K-8) at the school.

The successful candidate should meet the following criteria:
· Practicing Catholic
· Bachelors degree in Theology, Religious Education or a related field
· Archdiocesan Catechetical Certification, or in the process of earning
· Ministry experience and degree are preferred

The position does require many nights and weekends.

St. Michael Parish offers a committed pastor, collegial dynamic staff, and a competitive salary and benefits package.

HOW TO APPLY
Interested applicants please send a cover letter, completed application and resume to:
St.Michael Parish, Attn: Leanne Bergford, PO Box 766, Olympia, WA, 98507

Applications are available by contacting the parish office at 360-754-4667, M-F, 9a to 5p or online at saintmichaelparish.org
Application Deadline: Friday, May 14

ONE Week - Summer Service Opportunities for Jr. High and High School

Looking for an opportunity for your youth to serve their community this summer? Do you need a program that is local, affordable and well-established in the Seattle Archdiocese?

Do you want to offer a summer service program to help bring the faith of your youth and community alive but don't have the time, energy, expertise and/or resource to prepare, plan and implement?

We are offering the ONE Week program in various towns and cities throughout the summer. Groups of Junior High or Senior High students and their leaders can experience a local community and learn about and serve the special needs in that community. The schedule is filling up quickly, so please send your registration in as soon as possible.

Junior High
July 18-23 Hoquiam
August 1-6 Forks Full
August 8-13 Everett Full
August 15-20 Seattle

Senior High
July 11-16 Forks
July 25-30 Seattle Full
August 1-6 Hoquiam
August 8-13 Bellingham

If you are at all interested in any of these weeks, please email Britta.folden@seattlearch.org to tell of your potential interest in a certain week. Those weeks with low or no interest may be cancelled, so it is important to know if you are interested. We will re-evaluate sites on May 3rd and those with low numbers may be cancelled so we can give parishes and staff appropriate notice.

Jr. High Midsummer Night's Scream - June 25, 7:30pm - June 26, 7am

Once again, the Snohomish Deanery Youth Ministers are sponsoring "Scream", an all-night extravaganza for Jr. High youth (going into 6-9th grades) which will begin on Friday, June 25 at 7:30pm at Archbishop Murphy HS. Youth and chaperones travel from location to location by bus and finish up at 7am on Saturday morning.

Please see the pdf flyer and contact Susie King, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (ph: 425-870-9137) for more details and registration information.

There is also a word flyer in case you would like to modify information for distribution in your own parish or school.

FYI. Tentative dates for Scream 2011 are June 24-25. Once they finalize, we will send out the dates.