College Kitchen Assistant in the Netherlands
Come to join the college kitchen team with food preparation and cooking for our staff and students.
Cornerstone is WEC's European Bible College for mission near Beugen.
Christians and their families come from many countries and cultures to benefit from our academic and practical training for cross-cultural ministry.
You will assist our Kitchen Manager with the food preparation, purchasing provisions, and other duties related to providing a main meal for around 80 people each weekday. You will be responsible for cooking some of the main meals for around 80-100 covers per sitting throughout the school year.
You will be expected to participate in regular morning worship services on campus, pastoral care groups and weekly ministry teams serving the local community and sharing the Christian faith.
Typical activities might be prison ministry, refugee ministry, children's and youth clubs, international cafes, international student ministry, community events or English teaching.
Qualities & Gifts Sought
You have some kitchen and catering experience, preparing food and cooking meals for large groups, and you have been trained in good hygiene standards.
You are willing to serve our community and your team in practical ways, and have a humble servant attitude.
You love Jesus Christ and you are eager to live and work alongside people from very diverse cultures and backgrounds.
You will be enthusiastic to participate in community activities like Christian worship, Bible study, ministry and spiritual discipleship.
Ideally you are an EU or Swiss passport holder.
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About Missionary Training Colleges
WEC understands the importance of proper training and preparation for cross-cultural mission. Hence, we have several colleges around the world, which specialise in training Christians for mission.
Teaching includes input on theology and biblical interpretation, along with mentoring, and practical guidance on evangelism, outreach and ministry skills. Hands-on experience of outreach is also a core component of this training, enabling students to put the theory into practice.
With English-, Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking colleges in Australia, Brazil (Portuguese), Kenya, Mexico (Spanish), the Netherlands, and New Zealand, residential and online training is within reach for any aspiring missionary.
Equipping the mission-minded: read more about our Cross-cultural Training Centres here.
About Netherlands
The Netherlands is a country in Western Europe with a population of 17 million.
The European portion of the Netherlands consists of twelve provinces and borders Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, and the North Sea to the northwest, sharing maritime borders in the North Sea with Belgium, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
The five largest cities in the Netherlands are Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht and Eindhoven. Amsterdam is the country's capital, while The Hague holds the seat of the States General and cabinet. The Port of Rotterdam is the largest port in Europe and the world's largest outside East Asia.
Netherlands literally means lower countries, influenced by its low land and flat geography, with only about 50% of its land exceeding one metre above sea level.
With a population density of 414 people per km2 –– the Netherlands is classified as a very densely populated country. Only Bangladesh, South Korea, and Taiwan have both a larger population and higher population density.
Nevertheless, the Netherlands is the world's second-largest exporter of food and agricultural products, after the United States. This is partly due to the fertility of the soil and the mild climate as well as its highly developed intensive agriculture.
[Source Wikipedia. Read more about the Netherlands here]
There are 101 people groups and 21% of these are unreached with the good news of Jesus. 47% profess to be Christian and of these 4.25% are Evangelical.
[Source: Joshua Project]
Pray with us for:
revival that restores the nations belief in the gospel,
the government to be influenced for good,
student and youth work,
migrant ethnic minorities,
a new generation of church leaders.
[Operation World, print edition 2010]
You can also pray online for The Netherlands using Operation World.
WEC Netherlands
In cooperation with local churches, WEC Netherlands wants to equip and send workers among the unreached, to make followers of Jesus, and to plant missional churches.
WEC runs a cross-cultural training college in Beugen called Cornerstone where students from many countries come to study and prepare for missionary service.
WECers are also reaching out to immigrant communities within the Netherlands, in cities like Rotterdam.
Read in Dutch about WEC Netherlands