Job Purpose: Lead our children's ministry.
Alive Covenant Church began with a question, “What is God’s dream for the church?” We try to keep getting better and better at living our answers to that question and hope you can help! We are a house church-based church that is focused on following Jesus together and serving the needs of those in our geographical community who could use a little extra love. We live in the beautiful communities of Bainbridge Island, Bremerton, Kingston, Port Gamble, Port Ludlow, Poulsbo, and Silverdale, Washington. Our worship services (2 Sundays a month with all of the house churches) typically draw around 60-80 people and are held at the Sons of Norway Lodge in Poulsbo. Learn more about us @ www.kitsapalive.com
Responsibilities:
Pray for each child in our church and each volunteer you lead.
Develop a loving relationship with each child and volunteer.
Be the champion for the spiritual development of children at Alive.
Form a team of Children’s Ministry volunteers and make sure that each member receives background screening and training/mentoring if needed.
Implement safety and security policy for children’s ministry. Make sure that this is a written policy that all volunteers have read, understood, and signed.
Twice a month: Prepare curriculum for Children’s Church (20-30 minutes) for K-5th grade. Coordinate lesson with sermon. Ensure each class is staffed with 2 screened volunteers.
Once a month: Provide ideas or materials to house church leaders, helping them incorporate children in their discussion/gathering. Attend Wednesday house church leaders’ meeting once a month to present this information.
Monthly: Plan a fun event to build relationships among the kids.
Quarterly: Meet with volunteers to share experiences and address challenges together.
Yearly: Organize and lead Vacation Bible School. Create a team of volunteers to help with this event.
Yearly: Organize Christmas Eve costumes and cast.
Ongoing: Coordinate ongoing Scripture memorization program for children. Provide encouragement, accountability and incentives for memorization.
Ongoing: Be an active participant in the life of one of the house churches.
Special occasions: Provide resources for families to use at home in conjunction with holidays such as Advent, Christmas, and Easter.
Skills/qualifications:
Follower of Jesus with a growing relationship with God
Exhibit love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control
Servant leader
Excellent written and oral communicator
A genuine love and respect for children.
A vision of children as full human beings, with the ability to not only receive knowledge and wisdom, but to also authentically respond to God and uniquely contribute to a faith community.
Deep biblical knowledge and love of Jesus, coupled with an understanding of human development, and an ability to teach Biblical truths at a level children can understand.
Creativity and the ability to adapt lessons to a variety of non-traditional spaces, and unique teaching/learning situations.
Ability to work with volunteers: recruit, encourage, organize and direct a team.
Interested? Start the process by sending us your resume.