Grace Church
Southern Pines, North Carolina, United States
Categories: Children’s Director/Pastor
Denominations: Non-denominational
Church Size: 1,500
Job Type: Full-Time
About the Area and Grace Church:
Grace Church is a growing non-denominational church with two campuses but expanding to more campuses soon. Southern Pines/Pinehurst is a smaller but vibrant community with three separate, trendy downtown areas full of coffee shops, restaurants, art shops and boutiques that connect together to give a larger community feel. Known for its world-famous golf courses, the area also has thriving arts, tennis, and equestrian communities.
Children’s Director/Pastor Snapshot:
This person will be the leader and strategist for our growing children’s ministry on multiple campuses of different sizes. Being able to appropriately lead and scale a children’s ministry department from campus to campus is vital. Also essential is the ability to recruit and direct a team of individuals committed to helping kids grow in their relationship with Jesus by cultivating exciting, fun, caring and engaging environments where God’s Word changes their lives. The purpose is to train up children to be a part of Grace Church’s vision to Fill the City with Jesus. He or she will set goals to determine how to best support the vision of the church and future growth. This person will create an exciting environment that attracts children, families and leaders.
Department: SERVE
Reports To: SERVE Pastor
POSITION CLASSIFCATION: Ministry Director
TIME COMMITMENT: 40 hours plus
SCHEDULE: Monday- Thursday and weekend services at Southern Pines
What the Grace Kids Director gets to do:
Enthusiastically help children come to know Jesus
Oversee DNA of children’s ministry on all campuses
Oversee all aspects of Grace Kids including; recruiting, training, scheduling, screening, and supporting staff and volunteers
Lead the framework of department communication internally (staff, leaders, parents, and children) and externally
Oversee paid staff: Grace Kids Administrative Assistant, Early Learning Coach, Preschool Coach, Elementary Coach and multisite children’s ministry coaches
Oversee and disciple the Grace Kids Wednesday Team to develop, encourage and assess needs in the ministry
Ensure that communication to volunteers and parents is occurring regularly and effectively through written, verbal and multi-media
Oversee utilization of church management software GraceLink (Church Community Builder) check-in, forms, and data entry for children’s ministry on all campuses
Have frequent up-front interaction with children and parents involved in the ministry (through teaching, leading, etc…)
Organize, oversee, and train others to lead classes such as water baptism and parenting classes
Organize, oversee, and train coaches to teach leaders
Oversee the evaluation and selection of curriculum
Oversee children’s ministry events such as VBS, Serve the City, Parade and more
Skills/Experience:
Experience using CCB (Church Community Builder) is a plus but not required
Social media management is a plus
Graphic design is a plus
Bachelor’s degree preferred (ministry training is a plus)
5 year’s experience in children’s ministry preferred
High energy with gifted communication and organizational skills
Servant heart and willingness to get the job done well and on-time
Team player with other departments
Skill leading level 5 leaders
Ability to visualize and implement the vision
Submit to authority and learn the DNA of the church
Share the vision of Grace Church: Fill the City with Jesus
Share the core values for Grace Church: Worship Experience, SERVE, and Small Groups
All Grace Church staff members must complete Connect Step and be a member of Grace Church. They must be a born-again believer in Jesus Christ, living a godly lifestyle that reflects the teachings of Jesus (Matthew 5-7) and produces the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5). They must be devoted to the basic disciplines of the faith – Worship, Prayer, and Tithing.
Professional appearance is necessary as this position interacts with the public regularly
Availability: We are seeking to fill this position by Summer of 2018
Application Process: Questions and resumes can be sent to serve@gracechurchsp.org.
Grace Church is a growing, regional church, reaching Moore County and discipling 4,000 people on our main campus by the year 2020, while planting churches here and abroad.