Shelter Cove Community Church

Shelter Cove Community Church in Modesto, CA is a welcoming, family-friendly community that’s all about teaching and living by the Bible. They are looking for a Full-Time Middle School Pastor and Communications Resident to join their team.

Here are some Q & A with Shelter Cove leadership:

What are your greatest hopes and dreams for the next couple of years for your church?

Our biggest hope and dream is something that God is already doing through plans to build a larger worship center to accommodate the increasing number of people who are experiencing Jesus for the first time at Shelter Cove. We hope that more people recognize the amazing calling of God on our lives and our church to reach lost people for Him. A big hope and dream would be that everyone who calls Shelter Cove home would be in a community and find their people, and finding new and exciting ways TOGETHER of reaching lost people.

Please give ONE word descriptions of what it’s like to work at your organization?

Fun. Collaborative. Exciting. Joyful. Challenging. Growing.

In six months, after you’ve hired this person, what do you hope will have changed because of their involvement?

We’re passionate about the Ephesians 4 mandate to equip the saints for the work of the ministry, so we’d love to see the middle school team grow with new leaders being challenged and developed in order to better reach middle schoolers. It’d be amazing to see middle schoolers become excited about what God is doing at Shelter Cove and play a role in the vision of reaching their ONE’s.

Please paste your web page of vision/values here:

sheltercovelive.com/im-new/#statement-faith

Please describe the current staff structure and who will this candidate report to?

The Middle School Pastor will report to the Next Gen Minister who reports to the Executive Pastor.

What qualities does it take to “win” on staff at your church?

We are developers over doers. We are problem solvers. We elevate and honor others. We work hard. We laugh together. We are team players. We say the last 10% of truth out of love and a desire to better do what God has called us to.

Are there particular assessment tools that you prefer when exploring potential staff people?

We are all in on thinking wavelengths.

Are you affiliated with a particular denomination or tribes/association of churches? If so, what websites could one investigate to gain further understanding?

We are non-denominational.

What are the key doctrinal and theological issues where alignment is essential?

We hold fast to the saving grace of Jesus Christ through faith alone. While we welcome everyone to come and experience Jesus at Shelter Cove, we are not an affirming church, meaning that we’ll address the activities and behaviors involved in the LGBT world as sin. We’d expect our staff to uphold the same position on God’s word in this area.

What is your average in-person weekend attendance?

2500

In general, what is your church demographic?

Shelter Cove is the most demographically diverse that it’s ever been, but families with young kids make up a huge part of who we are currently.

Is there more than one site or venue? If so, please describe.

We hold 2 service venues on our campus: our main worship auditorium with an additional video venue upstairs in our event center at our busiest service time.

How many conversions has your church had in the past 12 months? (however you define this and whatever you count)

We track baptisms as a greater sign of people having experienced Jesus and taking a next step. Last year we celebrated 388 baptisms.

What percentage of people are involved in a small group or other small community?

We’re running at about 42% of our AWA in community currently, with the goal to achieve 50% by January 2026.

What is your church known for in the community?

For many years Shelter Cove has been known in the community for the events we hold on our campus. From fall festivals to Easter helicopter egg drops, to Christmas light shows, nothing has been off limits as we try everything to reach people for Jesus. We’re also known in our community through the generosity of the people of Shelter Cove. We recently helped fund a homeless shelter for women and children. We often give to our first responder and teaching communities.

What does a work week look like for this role? Is there a day off through the week?

Full-Time Staff work week runs Monday through Thursday, Friday is a day off, and then half day Saturday and half day Sunday. Wednesday nights are a high effort time for this role as that’s when our youth ministries meet. We’d also expect for there to be some