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New Hope Church | Kids Ministry Director

Purpose Statement: The Kid’s Ministry Director is the chief architect and leader of New Hope Church Kids Ministry, fulfilling our mission to help kids find and follow Jesus. 

Primary Role Responsibilities:

  • Cast vision and develop strategic ideas in Kids Ministry (birth - 4th grade) to effectively help kids find and follow Jesus.

  • Oversee the planning and execution of Kids Ministry programming, which includes Sunday mornings, midweek ministry, and summer camp or other special Kids Ministry events.

  • Recruit, train, develop, and retain high-capacity volunteers. This position is focused primarily on leadership of the ministry rather than serving in the classroom.

  • Be current in and willing to innovate the vision, strategy, tools and techniques of Kids Ministry in order to maximize effectiveness.

  • Find avenues to encourage and resource parents in discipling their own children. 

  • Provide timely, consistent, and appropriate communication to volunteers and families.

  • Oversee implementation of the Child and Youth Safety Policy and volunteer background checks for Kids Ministry volunteers.

  • In coordination with the Executive Pastor, oversee and manage Kids Ministry budgeting and expenses with good stewardship.

 

Time Commitment: Full Time

 

Key Skills and Character Traits:

  • This person should be a self-driven and strategic thinker who develops ideas, implements plans, and builds teamwork within kids ministry.

  • This person needs to be a grace-filled leader who is excellent at recruiting, organizing, and empowering volunteers to make an eternal impact in the lives of children.

  • This person needs to be effective as a communicator and team builder.

  • This person needs to blend passion and creativity (to see what can be) with the ability to be organized and consistent (to lead what is). 

  • This person needs to have proven Kids Ministry leadership experience in a local church. A candidate with education or training in Kids Ministry is preferred.

  • This person needs to passionately love God and have a calling to ministry to children.

 

Paid Staff Expectations:

  • Become a member of New Hope Church in good standing.

  • Annually set goals for self and your area of ministry (goals will be reviewed with the Executive Pastor).

  • Actively participate in a weekly Sunday worship service (and watch/listen to the sermon online when you are unable to be in the worship service).

  • Maintain healthy relationships with the congregation and staff.

  • Maintain a healthy and growing relationship with God.

Hiring Process:

  • All interested candidates should submit a letter of interest and resume to the New Hope Church Hiring Team at Office@NewHopeAdel.org. In addition, please include any social media platforms or video links (e.g. YouTube) that would help us get to know you as a candidate.

 

New Hope Church Snapshot

  • New Hope Church is an Evangelical Free church (www.efca.org) located in the growing community of Adel, Iowa. Our mission is clear: We exist to Help People Find and Follow Jesus. As we strive to live out this mission, we hold strongly to three key values: Love (for God and others), Grow (discipleship), and Go (living our faith out loud whether locally or to other parts of the world).

  • New Hope Church (NHC) launched on Easter Sunday in 1999 with a core group of local families with a passion to start an evangelical church in Adel. Over the following years the church grew under the leadership of its first pastor, Tom Hein (who continues to serve on the pastoral staff). Approximately 10 years after the launch NHC purchased land and built a church campus, which added a kids wing a few years later.

  • In the summer of 2018 Ryan Whitson and his family relocated from Denver, CO to serve as the next Lead Pastor of NHC. In the past six years the church has experienced strong growth and spiritual fruit. Recently NHC completed a new $3 million building expansion project. The Lord has been incredibly good and faithful to New Hope Church as we passionately pursue being a life-giving church that infuses gospel clarity, boldness, and a relentless pursuit to grow in outreach and discipleship in our mission to Help People Find and Follow Jesus.

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