Family Ministries Director (Maternity Leave Coverage)
Job Type : Children's Pastor,Childrens Director,Family Pastor,Ministry Director,Youth Director,Youth Pastor,Youth Pastor
Anchor Bay Church is seeking a warm, reliable, and relational leader to serve as Temporary Director of Kids, Youth, & Families while our current Pastor to Kids & Youth Families is on maternity leave. This is a short-term, part-time position (~15-20 hours / week) to help sustain our family ministry through the duration of the leave (up to 26 weeks), ideally beginning with 1–2 weeks of overlap / training in advance.
This role offers the opportunity to care for our children, youth, and families in a thoughtful and joy-filled way – providing structure, presence, and spiritual leadership while our permanent staff member is away.
Key Responsibilities
Kids Ministry
- Lead and support Kids Crew (Sunday morning kids programming).
- Check in regularly with Kids Crew volunteer team.
- Work with Director of Administration to coordinate volunteer scheduling CORI / background checks supply restocking, and Sunday prep.
- Review weekly curriculum (Orange ) and help ensure it remains engaging, clear, and theologically grounded.
- Handle or delegate any incident reports if needed.
- Support seasonal ministry preparation (e.g. for Advent activities and potentially Lent as well).
- Utilize resources Ali will prepare in advance to ensure smooth transitions.
Youth Ministry
Serve as a relational checkpoint for youth volunteer team and support them in Sunday evening programming and special events.Send out email communication to parents about Youth Group schedule or needs.Follow up on any disciplinary issues and report concerns per mandatory reporting guidelines.Provide encouragement and spiritual leadership to youth and parents to support ongoing momentum.Family Ministries & Care
Check in with the Parent Connections Team about upcoming events or gatherings.Offer care , prayer, and follow-up for families navigating grief, baptism conversations, or other spiritual and emotional needs.Participate in Tuesday morning staff meetings and collaborate as a part of the larger staff team.Optional : Preaching opportunities if trained and interested
We'd love to connect and see if it's a good fit.
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