Evergreen

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

Julie@evergreenchurch.cc