Residency

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. 

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

1. Attend weekly residency training
2. Assuming leadership roles in events, programs and as a small group discipleship leader.
3. Reading and studying resources on leadership.
4. Biblical leadership training through personal Bible study, Adult Leadership Family (community of discipleship leaders), and time with a mentor.

Self Assessment & Capacity Building

1. Right Path-Knowing one's personality, strengths, and weaknesses.
2. Discover U-Knowing ones spiritual gifting, how to use that for God’s glory.
3. Constant feedback from Supervisor through 1/1 weekly meetings and 2/year evaluations.

Vision and Mission/Strategic Thinking

1. Learning the vision/mission of Perimeter Church
2. Developing your own life plan/personal vision and mission statement.

Foundation of Church, Student Ministry

1.  TFL - theology training.
2. Taste of Perimeter/Membership Seminars-learning about church-why it’s important and how it works. 
3. Reading resources about youth ministry and discussing various roles in the ministry.
4. Attend Barnabas Conference
5. Be part of every aspect of Watershed for two full years.
6. Partner w/one Segue campus and learn basics of campus ministry. 
7. Develop a philosophy of student ministry.

Discipleship/Life on Life

1. Participate in an adult discipleship group
2. Be mentored/supervised by someone on the Student Ministries staff.
3. Read books on discipleship and how Jesus modeled it.
4. Lead a student discipleship group.
5. Attend all adult Leadership Family meetings.
6. Meet regularly with Resident Development Director.

Missional/Intentional Living

1. Express Your Faith class-learning how to share your faith with others.
2. Read books about evangelism.
3. Attend at least one Student Ministries Global Outreach journey
4. Be intentional with the gospel-where you live.
5. Develop a target group with intentional strategies on how to reach them.
6. Partner with Community Outreach to impact our community/neighbors.

Experiential Learning and Facilitation

1. Lead a student small group
2. Assist in planning and implementing programming
3. Teaching large group in the above programs as well as at local area school clubs (FCA, SV, etc.)
4. Plan at least one overnight trip and outreach event.
5. Develop a budget
6. Attend all Parent/Town Hall meetings
7. Attend and assist in planning all retreats and special events including Rush
8. Develop & maintain a weekly schedule balancing office tasks and relational life-on-life contact work.
9. Shadow supervisor/mentor in counseling

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

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

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.