stephen nyakairu

* Involved in educational ministry. * Interacted with children, youth, and adults during days of service and special occasions. * Worked with educational ministries director to plan and implement services focused on developing congregation members. * Participated in missions programs. * Visited the suffering, and shared the gospel with people on the streets. * Developed lessons aligned with scriptures addressing contemporary issues

* Assimilated youth within all church activities, achieving goal of maintaining intentional-inter-generational vision at forefront of ministry. * Planned and directed all youth programming for 25 students, grades 7-12. * Taught Sunday school and Saturday Bible study. * Take youth to camp in the summer, providing monthly opportunities for youth to serve in cross-cultural contexts. * Offered family focused ministries. * Established and developed a youth leadership team partnership with Parents, mentoring twenty students on an individual basis.

* Worked jointly with Dean of Chapel in planning and implementing chapel worship program for Tuesdays and Thursdays. * Work with chapel speaker and chapel staff. Choose chapel staff. * University Chaplain Support: Provided administrative and ministerial support to the University Chaplain and worked with other SPU campus ministry leaders in handling campus ministry and engaged in collaborate ministry development. * Involved in regular ministry meetings, worship services, conducted retreats for leadership development and creative planning, and office administration. * Worked alongside with Group’s Ministry coordinator to pray and plan for future worship events, conducted rehearsals, scheduled musicians and coordinated volunteers. * Led a discipleship group of 15-20 students. * Directed and led small groups of students for weekly discipleship and prayer/devotion.

* Performed pastoral ministry activities, including hospital visitations, baptisms, and decision counseling. * Leadership, young Adults ministry, Evangelism, Teaching, Pastoral Car * Participated in pastoral visitations and was on call on weekends to help those who faced problems or emergencies.

* Oversee the planning of worship services, preach at Sunday worship services including communion services and baptism; officially represent the church. * Preach weekly for 30 minutes each. * Provide leadership to Deacons and leadership team. * Assist in emergency visitation (hospital, home illness). * Conduct special occasion services, including funerals, baby dedication, baptisms, and weddings. * Attend meetings with local pastors in Shirley concerning evangelical community services, such as on Memorial Day Sunday and Independence Day. * Led worship with service programming team. * Work with various ministries, Outreach, Children’s ministry, finance ministry, missions, Christian growth, and Family. * Create youth program for ages twelve to eighteen, organize retreats, create spiritual formation experiences.

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