Job Overview

We are seeking our next part-time Children’s Ministry Director. A great candidate will be a person that loves Jesus, has a passion for seeing children and parents transformed by the gospel, and is organizationally strong and relationally warm.

The Children’s Ministry Director will lead in creating a gospel-centered, fun, and safe environment for our children and visiting children. Sojourn Kids is all about seeing the gospel transform the next generation by teaching the gospel and showing them Jesus through our love and interactions.  The Children’s Ministry Director has overall responsibility for preparing for and executing Sojourn Kids at the Sunday gatherings (birth-3rd grade) and Club 4/5 (4th-5th grade).

Our Children’s Ministry on Sunday mornings is for newborns through third graders. We average 45 children on Sunday mornings and have approximately 12 adult and teen volunteers teaching and leading classes. We currently have 5 classes divided by age. We have a classes for Infants, Toddlers, Pre-School, K-1st, and 2nd-3rd.  Club 4/5 is our 4th-5th grade ministry that currently meets on Sunday evenings. We have 10-15 children at that gathering. We currently use the Gospel Project curriculum, and we will finish the first three year rotation later this year.

Job Description

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead in developing and maintaining a healthy Children’s Ministry culture.
  • Characterized by our mission, core values, and leadership values (make it better, pursue health, build camaraderie, multiply yourself)
• Resource and encourage parents to be the primary disciplers of their children.
• Recruit, encourage, equip, and provide accountability for staff and volunteers you oversee.
• Lead in developing and maintaining discipleship initiatives for our children.
• Implement, evaluate, and improve the systems and structures of the Children’s Ministry, including…
  • Plan and execute curriculum, which includes reviewing and proposing new curriculums.
  • Communicate with parents about Children’s Ministry news.
  • Ensure volunteers are serving in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Sundays: Ensure everything is done that is needed for the Children’s Ministry each Sunday and Club 4/5, such as:
  • Inventory of supplies is taken and supplies and materials are purchased.
  • Children’s area is set up and cleaned up each Sunday.
  • Volunteers have been scheduled and confirmed.
    • (We currently have our church’s administrative assistant overseeing the scheduling of volunteers, but the Director is still ultimately responsible.)
• Organize childcare for other church events that have childcare (Membership Classes, Members Meetings, Encounter, Equip, Good Friday Service, Christmas Eve Service, etc.).