Director of Children’s Ministry

Children’s Ministry Summary

Design, develop and execute all aspects of children’s ministry from birth to 5 th grade. Responsible for managing and scheduling of all paid and volunteer nursery staff ensuring complete excellence in the love, care, and spiritual growth of the children.

CHILDREN

• Offers complete support and trust to entire church staff promoting an environment of all working together towards the same ultimate goal of life transformation through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ
• Develops and manage all paid and volunteer nursery staff
• Provides guidance and direction in all aspects of Children’s Ministry
• Ensures appropriate child-to-staff ratio is within acceptable limits at all times
• Provides appropriate and up-to-date security and safety measures for all components of nursery and Children’s ministry
• Provides a loving and Christian educational environment that leads the children to discovering and developing a real relationship with Jesus
• Assists in identifying, recruiting, training, and retaining volunteers within the Children’s Ministry
• Educates and promotes to the church community the opportunities, purpose, and importance of children’s ministry
• Maintains a yearly Children’s Events calendar to be updated quarterly and promotes these events through various church communications
• Manages Children’s Ministry social media communications on Instagram and Facebook
• Develops a virtual program when not able to meet in person, utilizing: videos and devotionals on youtube.com; Instagram Live; Zoom calls
• Maintains personal contact with families in the Children’s Ministry via mail, phone calls, texts, and emails
• Updates/maintains a safe, creative, and fun children’s ministry space including dcor, storage, and design
• Supervises a leadership program within Children’s Ministry for 3 rd – 5 th grade children
• Plans an age appropriate missions experience
• Develops an annual budget and manages program to ensure spending stays within budget
• Directs all Family Ministry events, including but not limited to: Wednesday nights, Children’s Church on Sunday mornings, Easter Egg Hunt, VBS, Fall Festival, Christmas activities and summer programs
• Ensures that Safe Sanctuary policies are adhered to at all times to protect the safety of the children Other duties as assigned

CONTINUING EDUCATION

• Attends annually a Children’s Ministry conference to gain inspiration and encouragement for developing relevant programs

REQUIRED SKILLS & ABILITIES

• High school graduate
• Attended at least two years of college
• Strong commitment to excellence and sold out to the mission, purpose, and vision of CFUMC and the UMC Discipline
• Genuine and contagious heart for God
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Detail oriented
• Ability to be strategic and prioritize personal duties along with the duties of the volunteer staff with confidence and very limited guidance
• Ability to work under tight time frames in stressful situations
• Strong love and understanding of all children
• Satisfy requirements of Safe Sanctuary certification