Volunteer

VOLUNTEER

Anthem LifeGroup Leader VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

You and another adult will mentor and lead a small group of same gender high school students.

Serving With
Anthem [high school]

Details
Attend weekly program on Wednesday nights for 1 school year.

Time Commitment
Varies but expect between 3-6 hours per week throughout the 2012-2013 school year.

Location
All Mars Hill Student programs and LifeGroups meet in the Mars Hill Student Room. Outside events and RELA activities take place at various locations.

Application Process
Complete application, receive background check, and schedule interview.

Qualifications/Skills
In order to help students discover and live the best kind of life—the life God made us to live, a LifeGroup Leader will live, show up, relate, and pastor.

Live – a LifeGroup Leader lives the best kind of life by actively pursuing:

  • truth through the study of the Bible
  • the restoration of all things including himself/herself
  • wholeness – mind, body, soul, emotions, and experiences all offered together to God
  • community – a life that was never meant to be lived alone
  • choices that make him/her a compelling force for good
  • the belief that hope is real and tomorrow can be better

Show up - a LifeGroup Leader commits to show up by:

  • preparing for and attending weekly programs
  • spending time with and contacting his/her students outside of weekly programs
  • attending events
  • attending leader dinners/meetings/trainings
  • planning at least 3 RELA Nights with his/her students
  • attending the Mars Hill Students Leaders’ Retreat [Sept 7-9, 2012] at Timberwolf Lake Camp in Lake City, MI
  • thoroughly reading and promptly responding to weekly emails and all other forms of communication

Relate – a LifeGroup Leader commits to know and pray for each of his/her students in order to build trusting relationships with and among them so that we can love God, each other, and the world.

Pastor – a LifeGroup Leader is a pastor, Christ’s gift to the church to equip his/her students for works of service so that the Body of Christ may be built up. As a pastor he/she commits to:

  • inspire students to discover who God made them to be and who he’s called them to be in the world
  • care for them along the way
  • help students hear the cry of those around them
  • give students opportunities to serve