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The Resident Program at Perimeter Church exists to equip young leaders for vocational ministry. We use practical, hands-on ministry experience as a platform for ministry skill development. The two-year program includes theological training, exposure to life-on-life missional discipleship, mentorship, and a full-time job within one of the ministries of Perimeter. Our hope is that each resident would be sent out well-equipped to serve the local church.
The Resident Training Intensive is a 21-day holistic training experience. We kick the program off with a three-day camping trip followed by regular workouts, focused time to work on spiritual disciplines, guided personal reflection, and foundational trainings.
Theological foundation is a large part of the resident program. To ensure that we do this well, Metro Atlanta Seminary offers residents a certificate course onsite, during the workday. At the end of the two years, residents will have earned a Certificate of Biblical Studies. Regardless of previous seminary experience, all residents participate in this program so that the cohort learns together as they dive deep into theological topics and practice having conversations about spiritual things.
Residents will attend three discipleship clinics put on by Life on Life Ministries. Here, they will learn how to be a part of the movement of life-on-life missional discipleship.
Each resident has real work to do in their role on a ministry team and their supervisor plays a large part in directing, equipping and sponsoring them to do it well. They meet regularly about ministry and life as these two go hand-in-hand.
Both cohorts work together to serve the community outside their ministry area. This is context to do ministry outside the walls of the church, serving our neighbors in tangible and intangible ways.
Jesus taught His disciples, personally mentoring them and giving them access to His life. He also immersed His disciples in real-life mission. As a resident, you will experience Perimeter’s thoughtful and intentional method of disciple making and training, receive valuable teaching from ministry leaders in Biblical study and ministry topics, and do meaningful work in a specific department within the church.
Equipping residents in biblical and theological knowledge to develop and reinforce a Christ-centered approach to vocational ministry.
Perimeter’s main focus is transformation through Life-on-Life Missional Discipleship (LOLMD). LOLMD follows the Biblical model laid out by Jesus and how He developed His disciples. As a resident, you will get to experience this firsthand both by being in a discipleship group and having the opportunity to lead a group for students.
The work of a resident is important and purposeful. As a resident, you will work within crucial roles to ensure you grow in your skills and abilities, and the ministry of the church can function to most effectively impact God’s Kingdom.
A place of clear expectations, regularly measured and evaluated
Summer day camp marketing & programming
KIDS Discipleship (K - 6th)
Church partnerships, community impact, and member deployment
Community Outreach is the bridge between Perimeter volunteers and the nonprofits and organizations in our community. Our congregation is filled with uniquely designed individuals and families with so many God given gifts and talents to be shared! Our nonprofits and other organizations have need of volunteers with a variety of skills and talents. We help connect the two! Residents will have the opportunity to work with volunteers, connect with our nonprofits and go behind the scenes on many serving opportunities to see what it takes to mobilize volunteers to meet the needs in a community.
Jhi (6th - 8th) and Watershed (9th - 12th)
Vision: To make mature and equipped followers of Christ deployed for community and global transformation.
Mission: To make mature and equipped men and women of God who are full of truth and integrity, ready to impact their community and world for the Kingdom of God.
Program Pillars:
Leadership Training
Self Assessment & Capacity Building
Vision and Mission/Strategic Thinking
Foundation of Church, Student Ministry
Discipleship/Life on Life
Missional/Intentional Living
Experiential Learning and Facilitation
Sample Schedule:
Reading Monthly Book
Weekly Residency Training Day
Discipleship
Weekly Staff Meeting
Weekly ALL Staff Prayer
SHM/Jhi Sunday Event
Weekly 1/1 w/ mentor
Budget/Schedule
Prayer/Develop Target
Rush Planning
TFL
Retreats
Weekly contact work
Breakfast Club
Student D-group
Adult Leadership Family
Weekly Student Prayer
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Saturday |
9 AM Parent University (1 month each semester)
10:45 AM Worship
12 – 2 PM Contact Work
3:45 – 4:30 PM Production Meeting
5 – 6:30 PM Watershed/Jhi & Student Dship
6:30 – 7:30 PM |
Morning OFF
1 – 3 PM Quiet Time Reading Review Schedule Emails
3 – 6 PM Contact work
6 – 8 PM Young Life Club
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6:30 – 7:30 AM Breakfast club
8:45 – 9:30 AM ALL Staff Prayer
10 – 12 PM Staff Meeting
12:30 – 1:30 PM Homeschool Lunch Bunch
12 – 1:30 PM ALL Staff Lunch (monthly)
1:30 – 2:30 PM Student Prayer
2:30 – HOME Morning OFF
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Morning OFF
1 – 3 PM Reading Emails Studying
3 – 6 PM Contact work
6 – 8 PM Wednesday’s @ the Shed |
9 – 4:30 PM Perimeter Residency Training Day
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Morning & Afternoon OFF
6 – 11 PM Contact work (unless you’ve exceeded your hours) |
Day OFF
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Worship leading, music directing
Perimeter's Worship & Arts Residency Program is a two-year program with the intent that after this two-year program the worship leader in training will be prepared and confident in taking on a full time worship leader position. This person will develop worship leading skills through leading and participating in worship across all our venues and taking rotational assignments within our service production area. Additionally, this role will support one of the following worship programs - leading the Junior High students, High School students, or weekly worship for the College Ministry.
Worship & Arts Vision: To make worshipers that are transforming their church, community, and world for Christ.
Resident Key Responsibility
Resident Key Tasks
- Worship Leading and/or Band Member
- Support worship leader in design of a weekly flow of service coordinated with message or theme completed and placed in planning center 2 weeks prior to each service
- Depending on skill support worship leader in scheduling, planning for and leading of band, singers, and congregation as assigned.
- Support worship leader in managing of rehearsals; likely a weekly evening and/or Saturday afternoon rehearsal – through set up and serving of our volunteers
- Play within band/sing as assigned
Student Development
- Assist in Watershed (HS) and/or Jr High
- Worship team development
- Oversee and coordinate the design and delivery of excellent worship for Watershed (HS), Junior High, or College Ministry which may include leading band and singers in worship each week (college is just through the summer).
- Assist in the development of youth worship teams for Youth ministry weekly programs such as Rush
- Assist Watershed and/or Jr. High worship leader in the development of youth worship teams and artist for Youth ministry weekly programs
Rotation Production Work – e.g. Weekend Graphic Support, Chart Development, Ableton Setup, Stage Setup/teardown, Switching/Video, and lighting.
Assignments in each area will be for the purpose of exposure and understanding of how each are works to make enhance the worship experience:
Example – Weekend Graphic Support:
- Input all songs for all venues into Pro Presenter
- Ensure all speaking content is put into Pro Presenter
- Load all graphic backgrounds into Pro Presenter and align appropriately with song choices
- Run weekend graphics in Hanger or Chapel
- Training on Ableton for running tracks during a worship service
- Training on MainStage
Special Event Support -
- Participation in and support of all special events as assigned (Easter and Christmas season, IMPACT, IF)
Personal Development
Commitment to shadowing and being mentored and coached by Senior Worship Leader(s), Music Director, and Residency Staff
- Participation and attendance in set up and execution of Master classes
College and Twenties
The Young Adults Residency is a two-year program designed to train participants for ministry in the context of the local church. The Resident will experience practical development, being immersed in the daily work of ministries geared toward five unique demographics within the congregation. The majority of relational ministry will occur within communities and events for single young professionals, but the Resident will be involved in the planning and implementation of initiatives and gatherings across the spectrum of all Young Families and Young Adults Ministries at Perimeter Church.
The Young Adults Resident will be responsible for volunteer and leadership team recruitment and training, in collaboration with the staff team, coordinating details for weekly meetings, for young professionals, building meaningful relationships and helping attendees assimilate into the community and congregation, and some opportunity for teaching, dependent upon the level of each Resident’s exhibited gifting and inclination. The Resident will also provide general support for the other Young Families and Young Adults Ministries.
The Young Adults Resident will report to the Director of Young Families and Young Adults Ministries, and will meet regularly with the director for professional coaching and support, with some amount specific direction, and some delegation, dependent on the level of maturity and/or progress within the two year time frame. The Resident should expect to receive developmental equipping in interpersonal skills and relational ministry, organizational leadership, discipleship and raising up leaders, as well as some training in theology, the Bible, and effective teaching.
Weekly, the Resident will attend the Young Families and Young Adults Ministries staff meeting, as well as Resident Development, a discipleship group, and the young professionals gathering. The Resident will also help with set up for other Young Families and Young Adults Ministries events each week, though attendance for these is not required. The Resident will also help with the set up and execution of a monthly Young Families offering, as well as several quarterly ministry events and a few miscellaneous meetings and gatherings that may come up during the ministry year.
This a two-year experience designed for a select group of qualified men and women. All roles are full-time and salaried opportunities. If you are a college or seminary graduate, graduating college student, or present seminary student, please consider applying.
Two-year program beginning in August of each year