DIRECTOR OF MISSION AND OUTREACH St. John the Evangelist Parish is seeking a full-time Director of Mission and Outreach to assist our parish in increasing opportunities for service in our community and the world at large. This is a key position and has been open since the first of the year as we are dedicated to finding the best possible candidate for this important position. Working closely with the pastor and parish staff, the Director of Mission and Outreach will be focused on enhancing existing programs and developing new service opportunities to help our parishioners become the face of Jesus Christ to others. Responsibilities include: Coordinating annual mission trips to the Dominican Republic and assists in sponsoring a school and students in the country Developing domestic mission trip opportunities and coordinating all service projects and mission trips in the community and surrounding states Coordinating with ministry heads to assist with all disaster relief efforts, food and clothing drives, Habitat for Humanity, and other economic relief activities Overseeing our food pantry and St. Vincent de Paul to ensure that we are serving the needy in our community with economic relief and food Providing service opportunities for our Religious Education and School students Collaborating with Relational Ministry to develop service opportunities for small groups and developing/maintaining online sign up platform Researching, developing and implementing a spiritual gifts assessment to help parishioners determine where they can best use their gifts in service to others Our ideal candidate will have a dynamic, outgoing personality coupled with a strong passion for helping others. Responsibilities for this position include a heavy emphasis on planning, coordination and communication in addition to the ability to develop strong leaders. Attention to detail is critical to success in this position. A bachelor's degree in related field or experience in service / outreach fields is preferred. A strong personal faith, administrative, organizational, communication and computer skills are all essential to success in this position, as is creativity and innovation. St. John the Evangelist Parish is a dynamic parish, located in St. John, Indiana, just 40 minutes outside of Chicago. We are a large, active and growing parish focused on evangelization and service. Interested and qualified persons should send resumes to Kris Ziegelhofer, HR Coordinator.

St. John the Evangelist Parish is a dynamic parish, located in St. John, Indiana, just 40 minutes outside of Chicago. We are a large, active and growing parish focused on evangelization.  We are seeking a full-time Director of Evangelization / Relational Ministry to assist in growing faith and passion for Christ within our adult parishioner community. Working closely with the pastor, parish staff and small group leaders, the Director of Evangelization / Relational Ministry will be focused on enhancing existing programs and developing new initiatives to bring a “head to heart” connection with Jesus, in addition to cultivating relationships and implementing evangelization programs to grow the number of adults in our programs. An exciting facet of this position includes spearheading a young adult program. We were recently awarded a grant through St. Meinrad’s and Lily Foundation to establish innovative programming for young adults, ages 18-32. Other responsibilities include: Managing and coordinating our Alpha program Researching / developing / recommending curriculum for our network of small groups and Bible study groups Collaborating with our Outreach Coordinator to provide adult service opportunities Working with our Youth Minister on teen and young adult evangelization Developing marketing and media outreach with our media team Coordinating our Next Steps Sunday (new parishioner orientations) Overseeing our Sunday experience hospitality ministry Our ideal candidate will have a dynamic, outgoing personality coupled with a strong passion for Jesus Christ and for sharing our Catholic faith. Responsibilities for this position include a heavy emphasis on planning, evangelization, marketing and reaching our adult parishioners amid all the other distractions in their lives. Requirements include a bachelor’s degree in Theology, Religious Education, Communications or related field in addition to a strong personal faith and commitment to the teachings and mission of the Catholic Church. Experience in facilitating / leading small groups and one on one mentoring is preferred. Administrative, organizational, communication, public speaking and computer skills are all essential to success in this position, as is creativity and innovation.  We offer a comprehensive salary and benefits package. Interested and qualified persons should send resumes to Kris Ziegelhofer, HR Coordinator.