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Quiet Wyatt

What is the job description of a state youth director in the CoG?

[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 12792 **4/9/18 12:28 am**

Can you share what all is involved in the job?

Thanks!

Quiet Wyatt

[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 12792 **4/9/18 9:46 am**

By the way, I am not interested in that job for myself. ðŸ¤“

I am only wanting to know what the job of a YD usually includes.

Thanks!

famousflavius

Exact Video Description of Job Description for State YD (L)

Golf Cart Mafia Soldier Posts: 2447 **4/9/18 12:03 pm**

Here is a video of the job description. The list of duties start at 57 sec.
https://youtu.be/BBik2tgx8TI

Quiet Wyatt

Re: Exact Video Description of Job Description for State YD (L)

[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 12792 **4/9/18 12:06 pm**

Brandon Bowers

Golf Cart Mafia Capo Famiglia Posts: 4804 **4/9/18 1:59 pm**

I just want to say that Virginia recently got a new Youth Director. He's the first YD I've ever seen actually visit youth groups on a Wednesday night youth service. He's doing a lot of traveling on Sundays as well...

It's a lot, and I wouldn't expect that much travel regularly, but it was really cool for him to do that.
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Dean Steenburgh

Golf Cart Mafia Capo Famiglia Posts: 4682 **4/9/18 8:53 pm**

The YD here in Calif. is the pastor at the Poterville CoG
Pulling double duty.
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Quiet Wyatt

[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 12792 **4/10/18 1:50 am**

Carolyn Smith

Hon. Dr. in Acts-celeratology Posts: 5910 **4/10/18 6:02 am**

cogcia

Friendly Face Posts: 122 **4/10/18 7:54 am**

Job should be to train and encourage youth leaders.
Promote and manage youth camp
Promote YWEA
Support Winterfest

Most are a errand boy for the AB and to cover for the AB so no one knows they are not in the state. JK
Many youth directors are more interested in becoming ABâ€™s than they are ministering to the youth. Just another stepping stone in the COG structure. The best youth directors Iâ€™ve seen over the years usually get crused by the System. You either play the political games or loss your job.

Many states can no longer afford the large salary package of a youth director and an AB. Smaller states are counting more on the youth board because the youth director is also a pastor or youth pastor pulling double duty. We have not noticed any negative effects from going to a part time YD. Most youth boards are better connected to the youth leaders and teens anyway. Just like ABâ€™s most YDâ€™s come and go so fast the real work is done by the local leaders.

Quiet Wyatt

[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 12792 **4/10/18 9:21 am**

I have heard from several YDs that itâ€™s too hard to really do justice to both jobs concurrently. I honestly have no idea if that is the case. My impression is that it is not too difficult to do both, but again, I have never myself done both. I have however been a bivo pastor most all of my 27 years of ministry. Whether or not my success or lack thereof has been due to my bivo status or instead due to the apparently impossible task of attempting to revitalize churches that are 80 or 90 years old, I suppose that would be a difficult call. I do hear that when our YD has been attached to a specific church in the state, that particular church has been generally unhappy with having to get a new pastor every two or four years, once their YD pastor gets appointed to a bigger state. My thought is, if the YD in smaller states were appointed or elected from within the pastors in the state, that might tend towards more stability, so long as that pastor is not also then soon appointed to a bigger state YD position.

SouthFloridaman

Re: Exact Video Description of Job Description for State YD (L)

Friendly Face Posts: 358 **4/10/18 9:58 am**

Bowtat

Bishop and State?

Friendly Face Posts: 302 **4/11/18 8:56 am**

I have always assumed the job of YD is based on what the Bishop and the state ask of the position. I have a difficult time thinking that the YD of a mission state and a large state do the same thing. Surly a larger state would not expect the same personal service of a smaller state? A smaller state could not expect the over arching development of a larger state with a full time YD? I know that personalities and style of each YD can also make a different; I have always assumed that it was a benefit to our state that each YD seemed to focus on different areas allowing for growth to happen across the state youth department.