Kids Ministry Director

The Kids Ministry Director at CityBridge is responsible for Sunday Preschool & Elementary ministry, ensuring a high level of care and teaching for kids, volunteers, leadership teams, and event attendees. The Kids Ministry Director will also work with the Family Ministry Team and the Connect Camps Ministry Team. This role is designed to flex toward either Preschool or Elementary ministry depending on the needs of the team and the strengths of the candidate.

Kids Ministry Responsibilities:

• Oversee all aspects of Sunday Kids ministry, including:

  • Curriculum development and management

  • Volunteer recruiting, training, communication, and retention

  • Classroom equipment and organization

  • Sunday systems and procedures.

  • Host weekly Leader Huddle meetings

  • Host weekly Sunday morning games and welcome for Elementary ministry

  • Prepare 3-4 teaching talks/month depending on volunteer teacher availability

• Recruit, train and develop volunteer teaching team for Elementary Ministry

• Schedule and conduct baptism interviews

• Utilize the church database to keep ministry data up to date to ensure efficient ministry operation so families feel known and cared for.

• Oversee Kids Ministry annual leader kick-off, trainings, engagement and celebration events.

• Partner with the Family Team members to plan, coordinate, and carry out Parent/Child events.

• Partner with the Family Team to develop and implement coordinated strategy for kids’ discipleship at CityBridge.

• Serve on Connect Camps Team to coordinate and carry out Connect Camps.

• Effectively lead, manage, and develop Kids Ministry staff team, keeping the excellence bar and staff trusts high. This includes hiring, training, and task delegation.

Fulltime Staff Responsibilities: Participate in CityBridge staff required activities, such as bi-weekly staff prayer, annual staff and team retreats, Christmas Party. Serve our congregation during "all hands on deck" events" Christmas Eve, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday.

We expect our staff to lead themselves and others well, with a commitment to developing high levels of spiritual, relational, and professional trust together.

Spiritual trust is marked by:

• Abiding with Christ daily

• Being in community

• Living out CityBridge & community values

• Adopting healthy rhythms of rest

• Representing Christ & CityBridge in all circles

Relational trust is marked by:

• Being a team builder with peers, volunteers, & leading up

• Keeping short accounts & living out the 24-hour rule

• Celebrating others

• Building culture by collecting & sharing stories, initiating & contributing to fun

• Asking for & giving constructive feedback

Professional trust is marked by:

• Working with diligence & not cutting corners

• Being a stress de-amplifier, demonstrating trust In God's sovereignty over all circumstances

• Anticipating, initiating, communicating effectively

• Demonstrating good judgement on what to escalate vs what to handle

• Demonstrating servant leadership by being with volunteers & knowing staff team well

• Ability to shift priorities quickly & with flexibility