General Information
Job Title:
Director of Children’s Ministry
Job Description:
Reports To: Director of Family Ministries
Works With: Family Ministry Team, pastors and directors, volunteer leaders, and children’s staff.
Supervises: Children’s Ministry Assistant, Sunday Superintendent, Wednesday Superintendent, Special Needs Coordinator, and Children’s Ministry volunteers.
Job Summary: The Director of Children’s Ministry is responsible for furthering the mission of Grace Presbyterian Church by leading, managing, and growing the Children’s Ministry. This role connects families to Grace by providing quality care of their children along with bible-based learning, fun activities, and engaging worship. This position is an integral member of the Family Ministries Team and will provide strategic direction for the Children’s Ministry that aligns with and compliments the overall vision of Family Ministries. An effective Director of Children’s Ministry will develop and implement children’s programming throughout the year that ignites a genuine desire for a relationship with Christ among children at our church – ages infants through sixth grade. A successful candidate will be able to grow the capacity and fruit of the Children’s Ministry by recruiting, inspiring, and equipping a team of volunteers to teach, shepherd, and care for the children of Grace Presbyterian Church.
Position Qualifications:
Job Responsibilities:
- Casting vision: Help develop and implement the vision for Children’s Ministries in collaboration with the Director of Family Ministries, staying informed about current trends and developments regarding children’s ministry and culture.
- Programming and Curriculum: Develop and execute a 12-month growth-oriented ministry plan including programming for Sunday Schools, Wednesday Nights, and Vacation Bible School. Plan special events and develop children’s programming for church-wide events (such as Global Impact Celebration/Kids conference). Oversee the selection and implementation of curriculum.
- Supervising: Train and manage any part-time Children’s Ministry employees.
- Volunteer Recruitment and Leadership Training: Effectively equip, train, and build up lay leaders ensuring that all teaching is biblical, age-appropriate, engaging, and accessible. Develop a strong leadership team, meeting regularly to brainstorm, evaluate programs and events, delegate responsibilities, and support as they lead and carry out many functions of the ministry.
- Safety & Compliance: Oversee processes necessary for effective Children’s Ministry operations (e.g.: check-in, safety). Ensure Children’s Ministry policies, procedures, and guidelines are being adhered to within all programs. Reduce unsafe or unhealthy exposure to the ministry through conducting background checks on all volunteers and ensuring parental consent/medical release forms are collected when needed.
- Outreach and Engagement: Look for ways to share the Gospel with new families and their children and equip leaders, parents, and children to do likewise. Intentionally welcome newcomers to the Children’s Ministry.
- Special Needs: Oversee a growing ministry to kids with special needs, working with families and leaders to help kids with special needs to feel known, loved, and encouraged in Christ.
- Parent-focus: Equip, support, and encourage parents as they impress their children’s hearts with a love for God, providing regular opportunities (ex: Milestone breakfasts, trainings) and resources for home discipleship. Be available to counsel and pray with children and parents.
- Communication: Develop efficient, effective, and clear communication strategy to keep staff, volunteers and parents informed and up to date on ministry activities.
- Stewardship: Work within a budget and strategically utilize funds and resources to grow and support each area of the Children’s Ministry.
Job Skills & Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in child development or education (preferred)
- 3-5 years of experience in leadership in Children’s Ministry (preferred)
- Understanding of and alignment with the PCA’s doctrinal and theological beliefs (https://pcanet.org/beliefs/)
- A growing relationship with Jesus Christ evidenced by action, attitude, and behavior.
- Willing to become a member Grace Presbyterian Church and ability to fully embrace the mission, vision, values, and statement of faith of Grace Presbyterian Church.
- Demonstrates love for children; has a passion for ministry to children as well as seeing their families growing in faith.
- Can teach kids from God’s Word, articulating the Gospel and other key Biblical truths in an age-appropriate way. Comfortable teaching and leading in small and large group settings.
- Strong team player and collaborator.
- Proven leadership skills with an emphasis on building and equipping volunteer teams.
- A healthy relationship with spouse and/or family.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to maintain healthy relationships with a variety of stake holders including staff, church leaders, supervisors, coworkers, and volunteers.
- Creative, able to think outside the box, and come up with workable solutions.
- Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and an eye for excellence.
- Dynamic communication skills that keep children, parents, staff, and volunteers engaged and motivated.
- Ability to set and achieve age-appropriate goals and outcomes for varied educational stages.
- Reliable, trustworthy, considerate, and consistently has a positive attitude.
- Self-starter, excellent at following through on details, and conscientious of job responsibilities.
- Efficient, good at prioritizing projects, and adept at time management.
- Ability to make quick and wise decisions even when presented with unexpected challenges.
- Able to remain calm and friendly when faced with stressful situations.
- Proficient computer skills and ability to learn new programs. Experience with Office 365 Microsoft Teams is preferred but not required. Familiarity with Church Community Builder is a plus.
- Ability to work 40-60 hours per week, including times outside the regular workweek.
- Adept with fiscal management.
Application Deadline
Job Type:
Full Time
Salary Range:
TBD
General Information
Church/Organization Name
Grace Presbyterian Church
Contact Name & Contact Info
Industry
Church
Denomination
Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)
City, State
Peoria, IL
Description of Organization
The vision of Grace Presbyterian Church is that God’s unlimited grace inspires all generations and peoples to follow Christ in glorifying worship, gospel dependence, gracious humility, and global discipleship so that we may join in the song of Revelation 5, impacting Peoria and the world.
Although one might surmise that all churches would welcome such a vision, we believe our vision is unique in our region. The vision encompasses everything that we do. It may easily be remembered as:
- The core message of God’s unlimited grace in all teaching and preaching. We have identified the gospel of grace as the core, essential DNA of a biblical vision.
- The scope of all generations and all peoples, humbly counting one another as more significant than ourselves.
- The focus of discipleship so that all people are encouraged and equipped to follow Christ in all of life. The result of God’s unlimited grace is equally as essential to our vision—following Christ. This places discipleship at the center of our pathway, of what we focus on, what we do. What we’re doing is to bring together grace and discipleship into the daily life of all generations and peoples. Grace-inspired, disciple-making disciples will, of course, ultimately result in the unified worship of all God’s people to His glory.
- As grace-inspired disciples follow Christ, they will demonstrate the four values that we have identified with grace in their daily life: Glorifying Worship, Gracious Humility, Gospel Dependence, and Global Discipleship.
- Our current strategic planning now focuses on a few major initiatives: creating a culture of grace-transformed disciples who are reproducing themselves in the Body of Christ and are representing the heart of Jesus in transforming our community, shepherding all members of Grace, and growing a stronger family ministry plan under our new Senior Pastor, Zach Rogers
Like other churches and non-profit service organizations, the only way Grace will impact the center of Peoria (and the world) is through its congregational members serving and leading throughout the county. Grace therefore focuses upon an equipped ministry staff who lead and serve through unpaid volunteers—thereby requiring a strong emphasis upon development of volunteer men and women who will sacrificially and joyfully focus on other people.
To find out more about Grace, please visit our website, https://www.gracepres.org
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