The Children's Ministry Director will be dedicated to changing lives, empowering people, and impacting our world through creating and cultivating an excellent environment for children to accept Christ and grow in their faith. This will be done through developing leaders, building teams, and providing consistent communication with volunteers and the congregation.
The Children's Ministry Director is specifically responsible for assisting the growth and development of the Children’s Ministry. The Director is responsible for scheduling leaders for the weekend service. The Director will also be responsible for training and educating leaders. Additionally, the Director will support and ensure Tower Kids is running efficiently. Furthermore, this role will recruit volunteers and ensure all curriculum is set up and ready for the weekend.
Ministry area department: Tower Kids
Position: Children's Ministry Director
Accountable to: Executive Pastor
Ministry target: Congregation
Desired abilities:
Christ follower with an understanding of God's word
Must embody the values of Strong Tower Church
Provide engaging weekend services for children to help introduce, develop and start a relationship with Jesus Christ and see children make decisions for Christ
Master motivator and able to cast vision
Ability to recruit, develop, and assimilate new volunteers smoothly into ministries
Ability to build teams
Ability to identify, develop, and prepare a constant pipeline of leaders for Tower Kids
Management, with the ability to create processes and track progress
Schedule all leaders and teams for the weekend
Identify and recruit potential Tower Kids volunteers and cast vision, values, and culture for the volunteer team
Create a welcoming environment for families and encourage parents as they lead their families to become fully devoted followers of Christ
Resource parents with support in leading their children in the faith
Facilitate Baptism Classes for Parents and Children in an age-appropriate setting as needed
Facilitate and coordinate the training, orientation, and monitoring of Tower Kids volunteers
Be responsible for curriculum materials being used to their highest potential
Work with Leaders to ensure all Tower Kids classes are running at a high level of excellence
Meet and exceed the required number of volunteers for Tower Kids all weekend
Services
Collaborate with the Director of Outreach to work with the community and the local schools elementary, middle, and high schools, establish partnerships and host community outreach events
Anticipated time commitments: 30 - 40 hours a week, off on Friday and Saturday if no church or staff events are scheduled.
Responsibilities and Duties:
Model a Christ-centered life
Participate in staff and church planning meetings
Perform other duties as assigned.
Abilities:
Must exemplify a high level of problem-solving
Clearly explain complicated processes through coaching skills.
Ability to provide solutions to complaints and inquiries
Leadership
Build Teams
Manage Change
Ability to be resilient; allowing for change and flexibility at the last minute
Knowledge:
Clearly understand the vision of Strong Tower Church and be able to communicate your passion for Christ.
Knowledgeable or willing to learn Life Church Curriculum, Strong Tower Church Management software
Essential Traits:
Action Oriented
Flexibility
Quick Learner
Skills:
Effective time and process management skills
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
Exceptional presentation skills
Delegate