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Become part of the LOPC community – a culture that fosters growth, inclusion, and teamwork – and discover how you can make an impact.
Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church seeks talented people to offer their gifts and abilities to support the church’s mission of being a welcoming and loving community of faith that learns, grows, and serves together. We believe that all staff do their own special kind of ministry, whether working with adults or children, songs or spreadsheets, congregational visits or computers, and more. We seek to support and encourage each other, our congregation, and our many neighbors in our local community and beyond.
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Director of Children & Family Ministry
• To apply, please email a cover letter and resume to elizabeth@lopc.org.
Reports to: Pastor for Family Ministries/Executive Leadership
Hours: Full-time
Date of Job Description: 8/2021
Salary Range: $65,000 – $75,000
About LOPC Church Vision
To be a welcoming and loving community of faith that learns, grows, and serves together.
LOPC is a vibrant congregation seeking to be centered in the gospel of Jesus Christ as we strive to model God’s grace and inclusive love. We want to be the kind of place where people feel welcomed as they are but encouraged to develop as Jesus followers. Our goal is unity, but not uniformity, and we believe everyone has unique gifts to offer in building up the world to look more and more like the reign of God.
Job Summary:
The Director will manage and provide vision for LOPC ministries related to children and their families as they grow in faith. The Director will work collaboratively with church leaders and staff to provide training, coordination, planning, resourcing, support, pastoral care and advocacy. He or she will ensure that LOPC has a ministry with children and families that provides for their spiritual needs and equips them to grow in faith together.
Essential Functions of the Job:
Children’s Ministry 60%
- In association with staff and lay leaders, develop and supervise programs to provideChristian formation for children
- Articulate a theological vision for ministry with children consistent with LOPC’svision statement
- Direct curriculum selection and development for all Children’s Ministry programs,working to ensure that all curriculum reflects racial equity and anti-bias values
- Supervise children’s ministry staff and administrative personnel and serve as primarystaff liaison to children’s ministry leadership teams
- Provide leadership for volunteer personnel, participating appropriately in children’sprograms
- Identify opportunities for children to become fully involved in the life of the church
- Prepare annual Children’s Ministry budgets with team chairs for areas undersupervision
- Prepare annual Children’s Ministry team goals
- Prepare annual reviews for Children’s Ministry staff
Seedlings Preschool 5%
- Work with Associate Pastor for Family Ministry to ensure that the church and Seedlings Preschool are consistently partnering to minister to families not otherwise involved at LOPC
- Provide children’s chapel services for Seedlings Preschool classes
- Attend monthly Seedlings Preschool board meetings
Family Ministry 20%
- Work with appropriate leadership to develop programs which assist parents in nurturing their children’s spiritual growth, integrating Christian faith and family life, including resources for the home
- Provide intergenerational encounters for the church family that help fulfill the congregation’s baptismal vows to support the faith journey of children
- With other ministry areas, develop opportunities for fostering community among families in the church
- Work as a staff liaison with the Racial Equity and Engagement Team (REET) to support racial equity and anti-bias values and practices at LOPC
General Responsibilities 15%
- Maintain a supportive relationship with children and their families, providing referrals when special pastoral care is needed
- Participate in the leadership of worship as requested by pastoral staff.
- Keep the Head of Staff briefed on plans, issues, and ministry matters and attend boardmeetings and retreats as requested
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor’s Degree plus Continuing Education in the field
Experience: Three years leadership experience in church children/family programs Special Skills, Licenses or Certifications: None
Christian Faith
Desired Qualifications:
Demonstrate LOPC Core Values
Support LOPC Mission, Vision, and Objectives
Support racial equity and anti-bias values
Supervisory experience and experience with volunteer development Able to relate to and communicate easily with children and families Attention to detail
Strong leadership skills
Invested interest in quality Children’s Ministry programming
