Kids Director
Journey Church, Lake Worth, TX, United States
Key Responsibilities
Provide Vision and Leadership for Journey Kids
Lead and champion the vision, culture, and strategy of Journey Kids across all campuses, ensuring the ministry aligns with the overall mission and values of Journey Church.
Oversee Multi Campus Kids Ministry Operations
Ensure all Journey Kids environments across locations run with excellence, consistency, safety, and engaging programming for children and families.
Recruit, Train, and Develop Volunteer Teams
Build strong volunteer teams by recruiting, equipping, and developing leaders who can effectively serve in classrooms, check in, worship, and support roles.
Lead and Develop Campus Kids Leaders
Provide coaching, support, and leadership development for campus Kids Coordinators or leaders to help them grow in leadership and ministry effectiveness.
Oversee the Health and Culture of the Kids Staff Team
Cultivate a healthy, unified culture among Kids staff across campuses by investing in team development, clear communication, spiritual growth, and leadership alignment.
Create Excellent and Engaging Kids Experiences
Ensure each weekend service delivers a fun, safe, and spiritually impactful environment where kids can learn about Jesus in an age appropriate and engaging way.
Develop Discipleship Pathways for Kids and Families
Help create clear next steps for spiritual growth including salvation, baptism, scripture engagement, and family discipleship.
Maintain Safe and Secure Environments
Ensure all safety policies, background checks, and child protection procedures are consistently followed across every campus.
Collaborate with Next Gen and Church Leadership
Work closely with the Next Gen Pastor and other ministry leaders to align programming, events, and discipleship strategies.
Plan and Execute Key Kids Ministry Events
Oversee large scale ministry moments such as camps, family events, holiday services, and outreach initiatives that engage kids and their families.
Measure and Improve Ministry Effectiveness
Track attendance, volunteer engagement, and ministry impact to continually improve the effectiveness and reach of Journey Kids.
Spiritual Criteria
Professes Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior
Spiritually mature: models the lifestyle of a passionate follower of Jesus
Enthusiastically models God’s vision for Journey Church
Models standards and expectations of leaders within JourneyChurch
Experience
Multiple year’s experience in ministry or church vocational work is preferred
Experience in a multisite church
Experience in organizing multiple projects and events
Organized; flexible; able to multitask
Exemplary oral & written skills
Staff Commitments
I commit to living out the Staff Core Values;
I commit to leading small groups at Journey Church
I commit to attending Journey Church services;
I commit to tithe to Journey Church.
Journey Church complies with all laws prohibiting discrimination against employees and job applicants based on race, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, genetic information or veteran status. Equal opportunity extends to all aspects of the employment relationship, including hiring, promotions, training, working conditions, compensation and benefits. Journey Church’s policies and practices reflect its commitment to nondiscrimination in all areas of employment.
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Provide Vision and Leadership for Journey Kids
Lead and champion the vision, culture, and strategy of Journey Kids across all campuses, ensuring the ministry aligns with the overall mission and values of Journey Church.
Oversee Multi Campus Kids Ministry Operations
Ensure all Journey Kids environments across locations run with excellence, consistency, safety, and engaging programming for children and families.
Recruit, Train, and Develop Volunteer Teams
Build strong volunteer teams by recruiting, equipping, and developing leaders who can effectively serve in classrooms, check in, worship, and support roles.
Lead and Develop Campus Kids Leaders
Provide coaching, support, and leadership development for campus Kids Coordinators or leaders to help them grow in leadership and ministry effectiveness.
Oversee the Health and Culture of the Kids Staff Team
Cultivate a healthy, unified culture among Kids staff across campuses by investing in team development, clear communication, spiritual growth, and leadership alignment.
Create Excellent and Engaging Kids Experiences
Ensure each weekend service delivers a fun, safe, and spiritually impactful environment where kids can learn about Jesus in an age appropriate and engaging way.
Develop Discipleship Pathways for Kids and Families
Help create clear next steps for spiritual growth including salvation, baptism, scripture engagement, and family discipleship.
Maintain Safe and Secure Environments
Ensure all safety policies, background checks, and child protection procedures are consistently followed across every campus.
Collaborate with Next Gen and Church Leadership
Work closely with the Next Gen Pastor and other ministry leaders to align programming, events, and discipleship strategies.
Plan and Execute Key Kids Ministry Events
Oversee large scale ministry moments such as camps, family events, holiday services, and outreach initiatives that engage kids and their families.
Measure and Improve Ministry Effectiveness
Track attendance, volunteer engagement, and ministry impact to continually improve the effectiveness and reach of Journey Kids.
Spiritual Criteria
Professes Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior
Spiritually mature: models the lifestyle of a passionate follower of Jesus
Enthusiastically models God’s vision for Journey Church
Models standards and expectations of leaders within JourneyChurch
Experience
Multiple year’s experience in ministry or church vocational work is preferred
Experience in a multisite church
Experience in organizing multiple projects and events
Organized; flexible; able to multitask
Exemplary oral & written skills
Staff Commitments
I commit to living out the Staff Core Values;
I commit to leading small groups at Journey Church
I commit to attending Journey Church services;
I commit to tithe to Journey Church.
Journey Church complies with all laws prohibiting discrimination against employees and job applicants based on race, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, genetic information or veteran status. Equal opportunity extends to all aspects of the employment relationship, including hiring, promotions, training, working conditions, compensation and benefits. Journey Church’s policies and practices reflect its commitment to nondiscrimination in all areas of employment.
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