Church Overview

The Cross Church has been impacting Wylie, the surrounding community, and places around the world for over 150 years. The Cross Church currently has twelve full-time pastors and ministers who serve a weekly average of 1,200 in discipleship groups and 2,000 in worship services. Children’s ministry averages over 350 in attendance each weekend. In addition, we host mid-week ministries, camps, retreats, Vacation Bible School, and other ministry and community outreach events on an annual budget of $6 million. Worship services and age group ministries are offered on Saturday at 6PM and Sunday at 9:30AM and 11:00AM.

Role Overview

The Kids Ministry Associate is responsible for assisting the Children’s Minister in the development and execution of a comprehensive program of childhood education that will effectively facilitate the spiritual foundation and discipleship of children, ages birth through 4th grade, contributing to The Cross Church’s high-performance culture and mission to “Spread God’s Fame by making disciples of All People”. The Kid’s Ministry Associate reports to the Children’s Minister.

Job Classification

Full-time; Ministry Exempt

Schedule

Monday & Tuesday 8AM to 5PM

Wednesday 8AM to 8PM

Thursday 8AM to 5PM

Saturday 4:30PM to 8:30PM or Sunday 8:00AM to 12:30PM

As needed for ministry events and community outreach.

Responsibilities and Expectations

• Provide support in the execution of a dynamic, Biblical and Christ-centered educational ministry for children.

• Assist in the implementation of curriculum and programming for kids worship, Growth Groups and mid-week activities.

• Provide leadership and direction for ministry events and community outreach, such as Vacation Bible School, camps and events.

• Provide leadership to administrative duties that are required to support the children’s ministry such as printing curriculum, attendance records, promotion materials, correspondence, scheduling resources, collecting/recording payments, event registration, design and printing calendar/newsletter and other admin duties as needed.

• Assist in recruiting, training, scheduling, and equipping leaders and care staff.

• Help maintain safe, clean and appealing learning environment for children.

• Contact guests and visitors weekly through phone calls, texts and letters.

• Organize, stock, reorder and gather supplies to support ministry events and volunteers.

• Steward church resources with care, such as furniture, fixtures, equipment, supplies and other resources used by children’s ministry.

• Occasional teaching during mid-week or weekend kids worship services.

• Weekly attendance to a worship service, staff meetings, age group ministry team meetings and any other meetings that require support from the kid’s ministry team.

• Foster a cooperative, healthy and motivating relationship with staff, volunteers and families.

• Perform other duties as may be assigned.

Qualifications, Experience and Critical Skills

· Agreement with The Cross Church’s faith statement and mission to spread God’s fame by making disciples of all people.”

· Previous experience in a children’s ministry role a Baptist church or a comparable denomination.

· Committed to biblical Christian principles and teachings both professionally and personally.

· Established pattern of Bible study and prayer.

· A personal conviction and calling to children’s ministry.

· The Cross Church membership is expected.

· College degree required. Ministry degree preferred.

· Ability to understand and relate to children and families.

· Passionate about seeing families grow together in their faith.

· Experience with recruiting, motivating, equipping and scheduling volunteers.

· An understanding that every child should be known, loved and cared for like Jesus.

· Ability to use appropriate judgment in the areas of discretion, sensitivity and confidentiality.

· Flexibility to serve where needed.

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

· Ability to thrive in a collaborative team environment.

· Highly organized, giving attention to details.

· Ability to troubleshoot, multitask and dream big.

· Competency in computer/web-based technology with the capacity to learn new applications quickly.

· Ability to speak, read and write English.

· Sufficient good health to discharge duties properly.

· Passing criminal, financial and sexual misconduct background checks required. Conclusion

This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the position. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities, or working conditions associated with the position.