Director of Family Ministries

Munford First United Methodist Church is an established congregation with a long-standing witness within south Tipton County. Mission and Service is a part of our identity while seeking that all persons come to know the Love of God for them in Jesus Christ. We seek to welcome and invite all people to deeper community and fellowship, from a variety of experiences and backgrounds.

The focus of the Youth and Family Ministries Director is to support the spiritual formation of students from birth through 12th grade. The role will educate and equip children and students to fulfill their callings given by their baptism. The role is part-time, expecting to work an average of 25 hours per week, and up to a maximum of 30 hours per week.

Essential Functions

Key responsibilities include:

• Working closely with the congregation to activate the Student Ministries vision, engage students, and ensure relevant activities are developed, scheduled, and delivered.
• Providing resources and support for families as they seek to grow in faith together, across generations. Ideally this would be through cultivating and creating intergenerational programming, gatherings, and community.
• Developing, curating, and evaluating appropriate curriculum for relevant ages. Ideally, creating content that may become a resource to other church youth organizations.
• Recruiting, training, coordinating, and deploying volunteer resources to support a wide range of student ministry activities.
• Recruiting, coordinating, and encouraging student involvement in the larger ministries of the church.
• Encourage student buy-in to the vision of Munford First UMC.
• Creating an emotionally, spiritually, physically, and psychologically safe environment for students.
• Ensuring critical youth and children programs such as Confirmation, Dayshore, and others are planned and delivered, with the assistance of the pastor and essential volunteers.
• Guiding MFUMC student involvement in appropriate community and service work.
• Involving students in the volunteer and service needs of the church as well as creating Christian community in activities and experiences.
• Communicating with the Staff-Parish Relations Committee, Church Council, Christian Education committee, students, parents, and congregation regularly to build excitement about Student Ministries, engage students, parents, and volunteers, and keep the congregation apprised of all events.
• Interacting effectively with all children, students, and their parents while listening and responding with empathy, maintaining and enhancing youth self-esteem, and cultivating a spirit of helpfulness in leadership.

Working alongside the pastor to coordinate social media and communication outreach.

Qualifications

Preferred knowledge, experience, and qualifications include:

• -Strong communication skills, including written and verbal.
• -Networking ability, building strong working relationships, and encouraging involvement.
• -Inclusive leadership skills, ability to cultivate new relationships, and the courage to challenge the status quo in order to ensure all are valued, heard, and included.
• -Theological capability. Possessing openness and learning agility, moral witness, and an understanding and affirmation of Wesleyan beliefs and foundations.
• -Experience and knowledge of how youth in the target age group learn, grow, and develop spiritually.

-Strong work ethic and willingness to be a good teammate. Self motivator with decisive thinking and execution. Selfless, flexible, and willing to mentor and develop others.

-Willingness to learn, be coached, and mentored.

• -Planning, administrative, and organization skills, including verbal and digital communications, coordinating and scheduling, and executing and delivering on commitments that are made.
• -Related college degree is preferred. Relevant experience (including internships) can be considered in lieu of a degree.

To apply, please send your resume and cover letter to will@munfordumc.com

Pay: $25,000.00 - $30,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance

Work Location: In person