Welcome Video
HISTORY & CURRENT
Cornerstone Ministries is located in Murrysville, Pennsylvania just outside of Pittsburgh. Pastor Donn Chapman has been the Senior Pastor for 20 years and the church has seen tremendous growth from a community of 400 to a movement of over 2000.
The goal at Cornerstone Ministries is to share the light and love of Jesus in the community and around the world. Cornerstone is a thriving culture of ministry. The youth and children’s ministries are exploding and are known throughout the community. The worship and creative ministry is made of a number of staff and volunteers who are gifted and execute at a very high level. Cornerstone Ministries is making an impact in Westmoreland County, the city of Pittsburgh, and around the world.
MISSION, VISION & CONVICTIONS
VISION & VALUES
Cornerstone has seven principles they seek to live out individually and collectively as a church:
- Reach the lost
- Help the hurting
- Impact the next generation
- Provide paths for growth
- Glorify God
- Touch the world
- Really love each other
Through these objectives Cornerstone can best share the light and love of Jesus in the community and around the world.
To learn more about the Mission & Values of Cornerstone, click here.
LEADERSHIP
The staff culture at Cornerstone is relaxed and collaborative. It's a get-it-done culture where everyone at the table is respected for their gift and trusted to lead their area and move the vision forward.
Donn Chapman - Lead Pastor
Donn Champan has been the Senior Pastor at Cornerstone for 25 years. He is a gifted preacher and his influence is evident in a church culture that everyone is passionate about. Donn has built a team of leaders around him who love the Gospel and love people.
Donn is very passionate about the whole Gospel - not shying away from what the Bible says. He's developed a culture that Gospel-centered and expressive when it comes to corporate worship.
Pastor Joel Guinen - Student Ministries Pastor
The new Associate Student Ministries Pastor will report directly to Joel Guinen (The Student Ministries Pastor). Pastor Joel has served in student ministry for 18 years and has currently been serving at Cornerstone Ministries for over 7 years. Pastor Joel loves to work collaboratively with his team. While Pastor Joel is very driven in his approach to impacting students' lives, he is still highly relational and tries to connect well with every student, parent, and leader. Pastor Joel is not a micro-manager by any stretch of the imagination, rather, he loves to see his team members operating in their sweet spots and often divides up the team's tasks by skillsets and passions.
Every team member is highly valued and given lots of input into the direction and day-to-day work of the ministry. The student ministries team loves to work hard, and have a lot of fun together as they do. Pastor Joel and the student ministry team have created a high-paced environment that accomplishes a lot of great ministry while striving to maintain a healthy work-life balance.
In addition to working with the staff of the student ministry, you will also get to work with a large volunteer team that is fully bought into the vision and mission of the ministry. Every single week the student ministry has around 75 volunteers, who love serving together and having a great time as they invest into students’ lives.
STUDENT MINISTRIES APPROACH
SNAPSHOT -
# of Students - 200+
# of Volunteers - 75
SOCIAL MEDIA
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Cornerstone has been blessed with an incredible Student Ministry Building known as The Warehouse. The Warehouse is a 24,000 sq. ft. building devoted to helping our church reach and disciple 6th-12th grade students. The Warehouse has its own sanctuary called Stage 127, a full-size gym, a lobby with a video game wall, ping pong, pool tables, air hockey, a climbing tread-wall, and a café that serves up the best milkshakes in town.
Our student weekend services include a time of worship with our very own Warehouse Worship Collective worship team, a practical & biblical message, and small groups by grade and gender with one or two adult small group leaders. Currently, we average 200+ students for our weekend services.
Beyond our student’s weekend services, we offer many other amazing programs and activities for students.
Throughout the school year, we have what we call Wednesdays @ The Warehouse, which is a high-energy gathering for our students. Students love our mid-week service, which is designed with a completely different feel from our weekend services. With lots of activity and ways to connect with friends, our Wednesdays at The Warehouse serve as the perfect event for our students to invite their friends, help them connect with others, and hear a short, but powerful message. With around 180 students on Wednesdays, The Warehouse is certainly the place for students in the community to be on a Wednesday Night.
In addition to our weekly services, our camps are a huge driver for growth in our Student Ministry. With 285 students at our most recent Summer Camp, and 245 already registered for our upcoming Winter Retreat, we put a lot of stock on these massive discipling weeks of our year. As we really dig into some powerful teaching, and deep discussions through our small groups, and yet also offer massive discounts to students bringing first-time friends, we truly seek to go both deep and wide at these events. With 59 baptisms at this past summer’s camp, including some brand-new Jesus followers, we strive to help every student find their next step in their walk with Christ and surround them with a great community with which to walk their Christian journey. To see a highlight video from our Summer Camp and Winter Retreat, go to Vertical Camp (our week-long summer camp), and Winter Weekend Retreat.
Another great driver of the discipleship of students has been our High School & Middle School Mission Trips. This next summer, our Middle School Mission Team will be serving one of the most impoverished communities in our country, in southern Kentucky, while also taking a special detour on the way home, to visit the Ark Encounter Museum. Meanwhile, our High School Mission Team will be serving in the Dominican Republic, where they will be focusing all their efforts on doing daily ministry throughout the city, followed by a Community Carnival on the final workday, in an effort to maximize their communication of the Gospel, as they try to reach the lost and help new believers get plugged into the local church. To see some highlight videos from our Mission Trips, go to: Missions Trips
Beyond all of these great services and events, we also maintain a very active calendar of events to help students connect with Christ, and one another, while also providing some great opportunities for students to invite their friends and plug them into biblical community. To see a sample calendar, go to our Ministry Calendar Here.
Take a Tour of The Warehouse
CHALLENGE & OPPORTUNITY
Foresight and Systems
Small groups, camps, and service structures are all mapped out and planned in advance. The ideal candidate will love systems, structures, planning, and a good spreadsheet. With a history of organizing their own camps, missions, and events, this team is organized and operates like a well-oiled machine. Parents and leaders know the annual youth ministry schedule up to 12 months in advance. Part of their rhythm includes consistent review and debriefing, allowing them to continuously improve and make their events better.
Copilot
Pastor Joel and the team are truly collaborative and foster a family atmosphere in everything they do. This team needs someone who knows how to be a great copilot—no lone rangers here. The mentality is "we do this together," and caring for families, leaders, and the work of the ministry is shared and assigned based more on relationships and skills than on titles. The ideal candidate will be “all in,” viewing this as a whole-family ministry. The student ministry team often brings their families to events and even stays after services to play together in “The Warehouse.”
High Leadership Capacity
The volunteer leadership for the student ministry is made up of high-capacity leaders who are fully invested. This team is committed to their small groups, involvement in events, and running sub-ministry teams. The new leader will need to be skilled in empowering, encouraging, and mobilizing volunteers. They should be passionate about students, leaders, and partnering with parents.
Secession
After 25+ very successful years of ministry, Cornerstone will be transitioning their Lead Pastor. This succession has been well planned and executed with the support of a consulting firm. The team is highly optimistic about this transition and excited for the new growth and kingdom impact that the new Lead Pastor will bring.
Opportunities, Not Obstacles
The student ministry team are masters at turning obstacles into opportunities. They did not slow down or give up during COVID; instead, they pivoted and found ways to continue organizing mission trips, camps, and other events. They have consistently faced space issues as the group outgrows camps and event venues, finding ways to provide alternative options. This new leader must be a creative problem solver with a can-do, make-it-happen mentality, even if that means joining a traveling trampoline performance team (ask P. Joel). This role may involve late nights and long weekends preparing for camps.
LOCATION & DEMOGRAPHICS
Cornerstone Ministriees is located in Murrysville, Pennsylvania in Westmoreland County. A suburb of Pittsburgh, Cornerstone is located 18 miles east of downtown.
Pittsburgh is a thriving, cultural city. Once the center of the American steel industry, Pittsburgh is affectionately known as the "Steel City" and home to one of the greatest football dynasties on earth, The Pittsburgh Steelers. People in Pittsburgh are hard-working, blue-collar, committed people passionate about their city.
The city and surrounding areas are filled with things to do. There are no shortage of sports from catching a Steelers game at Heinz Field, the Pirates at PNC Park, or the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena. Pittsburgh is also home to wonderful restaurants, theaters, parks, and concert venues.
Associate Student Ministries Pastor Job Profile
Reports To: Student Ministries Pastor
Supervises: Volunteers
Category: Exempt; Full-Time, Salaried
Overview:
The Cornerstone Ministries’ Associate Student Ministries Pastor, under the guidance and in cooperation with the Student Ministries Pastor, is responsible for visioning, planning, administering, coordinating, supervising and evaluating the main components of our Student Ministries.
Ministerial Responsibilities:
- Provide servant leadership in helping to support and fulfill the mission, vision, objectives and goals of the church.
- Commitment to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
- Loyal to Cornerstone Ministries, the Pastors and staff.
- Demonstrate a commitment to Christian living, espouse a Christian philosophy of life, and belief in the Christian Church and her teachings in accordance with Cornerstone’s stated policies and beliefs.
- Assist others to cultivate intimacy with God and growth in Christ-like character through personal and corporate personal disciplines.
- Assist in conveying Cornerstone’s message and carrying out its mission and leading others toward Christian maturity.
Responsibilities:
- Provide leadership in helping to support and fulfill the mission, vision, core values and goals of the student ministry and church.
Middle School Pastor Duties:
- Assist the Pastor of Student Ministries in the implementation of an all-encompassing Student Ministries program that coincides with Cornerstone Ministries’ values, objectives, and culture.
- Communicate the vision, goals and direction of the Student Ministry to students, parents, and volunteers under the direction of the Student Ministries Pastor.
- Provide care, counseling, and spiritual direction to students.
Partner with parents to:
- Help them realize God’s vision for their child(ren).
- Help them produce students who are becoming authentic Disciples of Christ.
- Help them guide their child(ren) to reach others for Christ with the purpose of evangelism and discipleship.
- Communicate clearly and effectively about what the student ministry is planning and how parents can partner with the ministry to better develop their child(ren).
Responsible for ministry to students in the church grades 6-12; with focus on 6-8 grade students.
- Develop age appropriate outreach and discipleship ministries for local area students.
- Identify and create ministry opportunities for students by developing and promote vital ministry moments through small groups, mid-week gatherings, and weekend services.
- Ensure an effective plan for discipleship for students.
- Create, organize, and lead effective evangelistic outreach events targeting local middle and high school students.
- Assist in scheduling, planning, and coordinating large group services, weekend retreats, mission’s trips, summer camp etc.
- Evaluate existing ministries to determine their effectiveness.
- Recommend and implement changes to increase ministry effectiveness.
- Provide care for 6-12 grade students/families, and volunteer leaders/families as needed.
Responsibilities:
Volunteer Development:
- Recruit, equip, train, support, lead and value volunteer leaders to serve in Cornerstone Student Ministries.
- Develop systems to equip volunteers.
- Continually monitor opportunities to involve volunteers in ministry functions within the Student Ministry.
- Develop a clear process for welcoming, equipping and utilizing volunteer teams.
- Engage volunteers in development opportunities through workshops, seminars, and other churches.
Social Media, Graphics, and Video Communications:
- Take lead in the development of social media, graphics, and videos to enhance communications of Cornerstone Student Ministries both in person and online under the approval and guidance of the Creative Arts Department.
- Develop slides and videos using Planning Center and ProPresenter for services, events, etc.
- Create video content to promote/highlight Cornerstone Student Ministries services, events, etc.
- Develop and implement an all-encompassing social media marketing plan
Financial:
- Work with the Pastor of Student Ministries in the development of the annual ministry budget.
- Adhere to financial guidelines and approved budget.
Education, Skills, Requirements, and Preferences:
- Minimum Bachelor’s Degree, ministry related preferred.
- Active member of Cornerstone Ministries within 6 months of hire date.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Become proficient in Cornerstone Ministries online tools such as Planning Center Online, ProPresenter, Elexio, etc.
- Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Word and Excel; prior use of a Church Management database helpful.
- Excellent leadership and organizational skills.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills for relating to church staff and congregation.
- Self-motivating attitude. (I.e. First to arrive and last to leave mindset. Choosing effectiveness over activity.)
- Ability to meet prescribed goals as established by the Student Ministries Pastor and church as a whole.
- Prompt and efficient.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Graphic design skills preferred.
- Video shooting and editing skills preferred.
- ·Cleared Adult through Cornerstone’s Safe Place for Kids! Policy.
- Model the highest Christian virtues and personal decorum. (I Timothy 4:12).
Compensation Package:
- Total compensation negotiable based on experience and education
- Entire package may be proportioned to accommodate the needs of person (salary, retirement, or health insurance)
CONTACT
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