Part-Time Director of Children’s Ministries
for Deer Creek Church
I. Purpose:
To provide leadership and oversight of all the Children’s Ministries of DCC.
This includes Sunday morning programing for newborn children (Nursery)
to elementary age students (fifth grade). It also includes any additional
programing that is needed to help our students flourish; like Club 15 (a
pre-student ministry experience for fourth and fifth graders), Firm
Foundations (a catechism class) and summer outreach program (VBS).
These programs are often at times other than Sunday Morning. The
ultimate goal for the Director is to ensure that the children of DCC and
the volunteer leaders of this ministry are being discipled and learning to
discern and respond in healthy ways to the leading of God in their lives.
II.
Qualifications:
General:
• Lives a life of exemplary dependence upon Christ and models His
three-fold balance of UP, IN and OUT.
• Demonstrates personal and familial transformation by the Gospel.
• Relates to others (staff, congregants, neighbors, etc.) in such a way
that demonstrates the fruit of the Spirit and encourages their
Christlikeness.
• Agrees with the Westminster Confession of Faith, DCC’s stated Vision
and Values, and be open to learning a culture of making disciples who
make disciples.
• Has a philosophy of leadership development that encourages
teamwork through recruitment, equipping, deploying and reviewing.
Job-specific:
• Must have at least a Bachelor’s degree and some training in Religious
Education.
• Must have the gift of leadership and be able to gather, train, equip,
encourage, deploy, and evaluate volunteers who serve in the
Children’s Ministry.
• Must have the ability to effectively communicate the vision for
discipling children and directly facilitate the implementation of that
vision through his/her team.
• Must be able to make the Gospel and discipleship central to all
children’s programming and team activities.
• Must be above reproach in relating to children and marked with
Christian maturity in all relationships.
III. Responsibilities:
• Implement short and long-term strategies for discipling children and
volunteer leaders in the children’s ministries.
• Be responsible for the leadership, evaluation, promotion, and
curriculum of the Sunday Morning Children’s Ministry.
• Recruit, train, deploy, and evaluate all teachers on an on-going basis.
• Develop an annual budget and determine equipment and program
needs with the Executive Administrator for review and approval by the
Session.
• Undergo regular staff evaluation with the Senior Pastor and Executive
Administrator.
• Secure all necessary supplies, resources, and equipment.
• Attend weekly staff meetings.
• Plan, coordinate, and recruit all that is necessary to provide a summer
outreach program (VBS).
• Implement safety management protocols in the Children’s Ministry.
• Update ministry database with parent and children’s information.
• Coordinate with Worship Director(s) for on going development of
musical worship in the children’s ministry.
IV. Other:
• This position reports directly to the Senior Pastor and is considered
Part-Time (20 Hours a Week).
• Maintain regular office hours to be determined with the Executive
Administrator and Senior Pastor.
• It is recognized that ministry responsibilities may dictate
compensatory time and schedule adjustments.
• Attend the annual Staff/Session Leadership retreat.
• Two weeks vacation will be provided each year. The Children’s director
will be responsible for finding necessary leadership during this time.
• Salary and benefits will be reviewed each year by Session.
V. Acceptance:
Accepted by Children’s Director ____________________ Date___________
Accepted by Session Representative _________________Date___________