Job Overview

Job Description: Children’s Ministry Director/Minister
Classification: Part time (28-30 hours per week)
Compensation: $28,500 to $35,000
Office Hours: Sundays 8am-12:30pm, Wednesdays 5pm-8pm, and flexible weekday schedule

Objective:
Under the leadership of the Family Pastor and Lead Pastor, lead the overall discipleship and activities ministry of families with babies to 6th-grade children by planning, promoting, coordinating, conducting, and evaluating the children
ministries of the church.

Job Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead children and their families to follow Jesus.
• Develop rapport (a relationship characterized by mutual understanding, agreement, empathy, and fellowship) with children and their parents.
• Display a Christ-like approach and walk, and pray regularly for families and children in the church and community.
• Reach out to families to provide ministry and build relationships:
  • Coordinate with the Family Ministry Team to strategically engage families of children in the ministry and equip them in the discipleship of their children.
  • Coach parents on guiding Gospel conversations at home.
  • Recognize milestones including Family Dedication, welcoming new babies, and adoptions.
• Oversee, grow, and coordinate the church’s Children’s Ministry (babies to 6th grade).
  • Oversee, grow, and coordinate Summer events (e.g. Kids Camp & VBS).
• Assist families in providing opportunities to be directly involved in missions and ministry – both locally and outside the community.
• Assist in evaluating programs and classroom operations.
• Coordinate the enlisting, discipling, training, and motivating of adults to serve and lead in Children’s Ministry.
• Communicate weekly and meet regularly with Children’s Ministry Leaders in order to build ownership and equip them to lead other volunteers.
• Oversee communication between the church, children, and families.
• Provide, oversee, and evaluate the biblical curriculum for all Children’s Ministry classes, programs, and events.
• Able to prepare for and lead children’s worship on Sundays, including giving a children’s message.
• Coordinate and oversee preschool ministry and needs for church events.
• Share program plans through email, flyers, and social media.
• Coordinate and implement an annual family ministry budget proposal, and administer that budget as approved by the Stewardship Committee.
• Oversee the setup and operation of all related Children’s Ministry environments on Sunday, Wednesday, and special events, including check-in, individual children’s environments, security, check-out, setup, and teardown.
• Attend and participate in staff meetings.

Expectations

• Love Jesus.
• Love children.
• Solve Problems.
• Model Personal Disciple-Making.
• Sounding board and partner to ministerial staff.
• Ability to learn and leverage emerging technology (social media, various apps, etc.)
• Ability to maintain relational, emotional, spiritual, and physical health.
• Perform job duties on-time with excellence.

Qualifications

• Follower of Jesus
• Bachelor’s Degree and/or 3-5 years of Children’s Ministry experience
• Ability to meet “Essential Duties and Responsibilities”

Reports

• Reports to: Family Pastor
• Direct Reports:
  • Hourly childcare workers
  • Children’s Ministry volunteers