Faith Friends Ministry Coordinator

Job Details

Job Location:

0001 St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA 98104 | Position Type:
Part Time | Salary Range: $25.00 - $27.00 Hourly

The Faith Friends program provides faith formation, sacramental preparation, fellowship, and ministry engagement within the parish for children ages 7-18 with intellectual, physical, and/or cognitive disabilities (the “Faith Friends”). These opportunities are provided via a mentor model based on the teachings of Deacon Larry Sutton, wherein teen volunteers (the “Faith Mentors”) are paired with Faith Friends. An adult team of volunteers (“Faith Peers”) also supports the program, with primary one-to-one interactions between the Faith Mentor and Faith Friend.

This program offers participants experience in teaching, learning, faith development, and various parish ministries.

The Faith Friends program is part of the larger Children’s Faith Formation (CFF) Program, which serves children from Pre‑k to 8th grade with faith formation classes, sacramental preparation, youth fellowship, celebrations, and youth Masses.

Implements the Faith Friends program at the parish level in coordination with the Archdiocese of Seattle Inclusion Ministry.

Works with staff at the parish—including the Pastoral Assistant for Children’s Faith Formation and the Liturgy department—in support of the Children’s Faith Formation and Faith Friends program goals.

• Maintain Faith Friends enrollment rosters and emergency contact information.
• Coordinate safe‑environment compliance for teen volunteers and adult team members (Faith Mentors and Faith Peers).
• Support and coordinate attendance and participation of Faith Peers, Faith Mentors, and Faith Friends.
• Monitor to ensure a sufficient number of Faith Peers are available and present at each meeting per Safe Environment standards.
• Coordinate training, resources, gathering space, and supplies for Faith Mentors.
• Work with Archdiocese Inclusion Ministry to ensure teen mentors have the adaptive curriculum and appropriate resources.
• Order materials and supplies for Faith Friends program with the Pastoral Assistant for Children’s Faith Formation.
• Ensure that meeting rooms are reserved, unlocked, and locked after program meetings with Parish staff and Facilities personnel.

• Meet with families to inform and guide while managing expectations for participation in sacramental preparation.
• Prepare materials and coordinate retreats for Faith Friends receiving sacraments.
• Work with parish staff on sacramental celebrations, including appropriate adaptations and modifications for Faith Friends.
• Coordinate preparation letters from Faith Mentors to the sacramental celebrant (clergy: Pastor, Bishop, Archbishop) that describe the Faith Friend’s disability, adaptations, and modifications; and transmittal of the same.

• Manage Faith Friends resources and supplies.
• Provide a weekly email and other communications to all Faith Friends participants about meetings and events.
• Ensure proper documentation for registering Faith Friend’s sacraments within the parish registry.

• Be a practicing Catholic in good standing with the Church.
• Attend Sunday Mass and participate in monthly Youth First Sunday Masses and Hospitality meetings in person es Cathedral.
• Maintain an appropriate and current level of knowledge and skills for functioning as a Coordinator of Faith Friends Ministry while coordinating with the Archdiocese Inclusion Ministry.

• Medical, dental, vision, life, accidental death and disability, long‑term disability, pension, 403(b), HSA, FSA.
• Generous sick leave, vacation, and holidays.