Children's MInistry Director/Pastor

Evergreen Covenant Church

Mercer Island, Washington

Children and Family Ministries Director/Pastor

25 hrs per week

General Job Description:

- Ministry to children nursery-5th grade at ECC

- Equip, resource and support children and their family

- Create a fun, safe, Jesus centered environment

Sample Duties:

- Cast vision for ministry to children (nursery-5th grade) and their families.

- Resource and assist parents/caregivers as the primary spiritual mentor for their child.

- Select age-appropriate curriculum for spiritual growth.

- Provide Christian education opportunities for children and parents through classes on topics such as baptism, dedication, spiritual parenting, prayer, and other topics relevant to Christian parenting and current family needs.

- Recruit, equip and encourage volunteers to staff children’s programs.

- Recruit and lead a Children & Family Ministry leadership team.

- Plan and oversee events such as Vacation Bible Camp, Christmas Craft Workshop and other events that involve community outreach.

- Oversee the budget for children’s ministry and maintain supplies, curriculum and other resources.

- Implement and maintain policies and procedures that ensure the physical and emotional safety, as well as the security of children in our care.

- Communicate consistently with parents and/or caregivers.

- Involve children in the greater life of the church body.

- Continue to grow in knowledge and expertise of Children & Family Ministry through reading, seminars/conferences and other educational experiences to maintain effective ministry skills.

Organizational Relationships:

- Reports directly to Lead Pastor/Executive Pastor.

- Operates as general staff team member.

Comments

- Our church is at a place of incremental and large, scale change. There is excitement and hope as well as anxiety and conflict.

- It is our hope that the director/pastor will feel a sense of call, not just to a job but to a mission, and contribute with skill, savvy, and a general non-anxious presence.

- We are looking for chemistry, character, and competence – in that order. The simple descriptor of this job is someone who can be an energetic, adaptable, and enjoyable contributor to a team that is leading significant change in a 60 year old, non-profit, for-benefit, volunteer organization.

For more information contact Pastor Julie Steel

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