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Job Description:
Discovery Church is a Christ-centered, non-denominational church, we are one church with three campuses located across Orlando, Florida in East Orlando, Winter Garden, and Central Florida.
Discovery Church’s mission is to make disciples of Jesus with the vision of reflecting the Acts 2 church by embracing and practicing the values of the first disciples.
The DC Kids Ministry focuses on creating an environment where kids can experience God, learn about what it means to be a disciple of Jesus in a way they will never forget.
We are seeking a DC Kids Associate Pastor for the Sand Lake Campus. This person must have experience in kid’s ministry leadership, pastoral care, administration, coordination, and event planning. Have experience in recruiting, training, leading, pastoring teams. This person must be called to and passionate about Kids Ministry. A champion for loving people, kids, and energetic to help them grow in Christ. They must be flexible and understand the commitment to working weekends, Christian holidays, and emerging ministry events.
HOW TO APPLY FOR THIS JOB:
Please do not contact the church directly.
If you sense that this position would be a good fit for you, or would like more information, please visit
https://www.discoverychurch.org/employment/ to apply with a copy of your resume.
Job Description Details
Educational Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in ministry, education, or relevant field.
Experience Required
- Several years of experience in full-time kids' ministry/leadership.
- Experience in administration, coordination, and event planning.
- Experience in recruiting, training, and managing teams.
Primary Responsibilities
Staff Leadership
- Provide support for the Site Coordinator and KidCare Coordinator (dotted line).
Volunteer Leadership
- Provide ongoing care and leadership for DC Kids volunteers.
- Develop meaningful relationships, encourage, and support for the DC Kids volunteers.
- Manage all workflows to onboard new volunteers.
- Provide all pastoral care, training for new volunteers and existing volunteers.
- Manage all volunteer scheduling for weekend services, events, and other facility needs.
Campus Leadership
- Be the face of DC Kids at the Sand Lake campus.
- Shepherding - build connections and relationships with kids.
- Provide pastoral leadership of the weekend service in Kids' Church (elementary) and be a part of the Teaching Team's monthly rotation.
- Give leadership to and manage small groups and classes.
- Partner with DC Kids Admin and Site Coordinator to ensure all curriculum, resources, and supplies are available for weekend services, events, and facility.
- Manage all scheduling, registration, and Check-Ins, and give leadership to the Welcome Team/First Impressions (Hospitality), Nursery, Preschool-kindergarten, and Elementary Teams for weekend services, events (Baptism, Parent-Child Dedication, The Gathering, et. al) and other facility needs.
- Partner with other Ministry administrations regarding room usage, andy overlaps, or conflicts.
- Give leadership to all DC Kids events (local and global) hosted on Sand Lake Campus (ie. Baptism, Parent-Child Dedication, The Gathering, Summer Camp, et.al).
- Partner with KidCare Coordinator as a support and as it relates to shared resources.
- Partner with parents in discipline and raising their children in partnership with the Family Life Pastor.
Basic Qualifications
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strenth in relationship building.
- Strong time management skills.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Abuliity to multitask.
- Ability to work independently.
- Attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
- Proficient or some experience in Microsoft Products (Office 365):
- MS Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Teams, and SharePoint
- Planning Center Online experience.
Additional Qualifications
- Called to and passionate about Kids Ministry
- Loves people; loves kids
- Pied Piper, Energetic
- Understands commitment
- Weekends, Christian holidays
- Kids ministry almost always runs parallel with Adult ministry
- Flexibility with emerging ministries