Director of Family/Outreach Ministries
Reports to: Lead Pastor
Directly Supervises: Nursery attendants
Status: 30 hours a week
Job Summary: The Family Ministry Director is responsible for developing, coordinating, and overseeing all aspects of family ministry, focusing on children and their families. The Director of Family/Outreach Ministries will develop and lead a holistic ministry that encourages family involvement, supports parents in their roles as spiritual leaders, and creates an inclusive environment where families of all shapes and sizes can thrive. This role requires a deep passion for family ministry, a heart for outreach, and the ability to engage with families both within the church and in the surrounding community. This role also includes outreach to the broader community, aiming to build relationships with families, provide support, and create opportunities for community engagement and service. Note: this is a 30 hour a week or 3/4 position.
Essential Functions:
- Build authentic relationships with children and families that allows for engagement both when they attend church and in the world they live.
- Foster international relationships within the congregation.
- Support parents/caregivers in their own discipleship journey and equip them as spiritual leaders for their children.
- In partnership and collaboration with the youth director and Family Ministry team, create and execute an aligned faith formation plan, birth through graduation, ensuring Family Ministries supports the plan and reinforces partnering with parents/caregivers. Create and communicate a vision for Family Ministries that cares for and equips families that aligns with St. Andrew’s mission. Utilize numerous avenues to effectively communicate to the church, families, and community ways to get connected.
- Organize and coordinate Sunday School teachers, including recruitment, training, and scheduling, while also overseeing the selection and implementation of curriculum to ensure age-appropriate and biblically sound teaching materials.
- Create a culture where volunteers love to serve through accurately assessing needs of the Family Ministries and gifts of volunteers to implement an ongoing and effective volunteer recruiting, orientation, placement, onboarding, training, nurturing and resourcing. Build these volunteer teams to help assist in equipping churched and community families alike.
- Lead the planning and execution of an annual Vacation Bible School (VBS) program and other children's outreach initiatives, ensuring a dynamic and engaging experience that fosters spiritual growth and community involvement.
- Create a dynamic Family Ministries for children and families that inspires them to invite their friends to join them building an authentic Christian community.
- Develop community relationships that allow St. Andrew’s to embody God’s love within our community. This could include but is not limited to: school partnerships, local nonprofits serving children and families, school resource staff, area business/needs within the neighborhood location of our church.
- Serve as a bridge leading the church in outreach and evangelism of children and young families in our community.
- Participate in worship regularly and lead child appropriate moments in the worship service.
- Communicate regularly with and equip parents and caregivers through classes, resources, forming small groups, and other programming providing discipleship for parents/grown ups to support spiritual growth and equip them in being the primary spiritual leader at home.
- Be a regular thought partner sharing ideas and brainstorming with staff and leadership teams on how to reach families in our local community.
- Collaborate with outreach and worship teams at St. Andrew’s to ensure outreach/worship events are family/child friendly and invitational.
- Hire, train, and supervise nursery attendants.
- Provide annual training of safe sanctuaries to all current staff and volunteers involved. Do background and reference checks of new volunteers and train them in safe sanctuaries. Uphold and review the safe sanctuary policy annually and update as needed to meet the needs of the church.
- Stay up-to-date on trends and issues for children and young families as a way to help support and for the church to help meet the needs.
- Prepare and oversee the ministry budget. Maintain a standard of careful stewardship, accurate budgeting, and consistent use of finance approval and reporting systems.
Core Competencies:
- Mission Ownership: Demonstrates understanding and full support of living into the mission, vision, values and beliefs of St. Andrew’s church and is able to model those values. Leads his/her leadership team to identify unique mission and vision, which is in line with the mission and vision of St. Andrew’s.
- Spiritual Maturity: Models and develops humility, teachability, accountability, and self- awareness in working relationships. Regularly practices spiritual rhythms and takes regular time off.
- Team Player: Guides leaders in the process of sharing best practices, identifying and solving common problems. Possesses the ability to work with the staff along a common mission. Works with volunteer teams to regularly access the health of the family ministry team. Creates and communicates vision, direction, and goals for the team.
- Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to lead others. Demonstrates the skills of active listening and openly accepts criticism. Productively engages and resolves interpersonal conflict.
- Leadership Development: Stretches people to try new skills and accept new levels of responsibility in line with their gifts and graces.
- Thought Partner: Has the ability to see and relate to challenges families face and is willing to brainstorm, create conversation, and listen around new ways of equipping and reaching families.
Other Responsibilities:
- Attend regular staff meetings.
- Participate in annual continuing education events.
- Attend quarterly church council meetings.
- Attend outreach committee meetings.
- Attending conference/district training events.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
Physical Requirements:
- Able to move freely in and out of different settings (churches, business, etc.)
- Able to speak in public forums (church, local community settings, outside events.)
About St. Andrew’s:
- St. Andrew’s is a downtown church striving to live into our mission of loving God and loving our neighbors. Our church is more than just a building—it's a community of believers passionate about making a difference right where we live. Our church is committed to investing in children/youth and their families while fostering intergenerational relationships.
