Job Description

Timberline Church
2908 S Timberline Rd
Fort Collins, CO 80525
970 482-4387
contactus@timberlinechurch.org
Job Description
Job Title: Children’s Pastor
Reports To: Life Stage Ministries Pastor
Direct Reports: Directors of Early Childhood, Kid’s Church, & Elementary Discipleship
Effective Date: January 7, 2010
Summary
The Children’s Pastor is responsible for the vision, development and oversight of all areas in children’s
ministries through administration, leadership development, servant volunteer assimilation, teaching of
Biblical truths, discipleship, and evangelistic outreach opportunities.
Duties & Responsibilities
The following list of duties and responsibilities is intended to serve as a guide to what is expected of the
Children’s Pastor.
Supervise and lead all Directors of Children’s Ministries. This includes:
o Providing day-to-day management and supervision of directors.
o Establishing functional plans for each director defining their duties, responsibilities and
performance expectations.
o Providing performance coaching to ensure directors understand expectations and are
prepared to meet their goals.
o Meeting regularly with directors to provide feedback on performance and to complete
annual reviews for direct reports.
o Developing and implementing standard procedures for assessing achievement of the
defined goals and objectives for each director.
o Providing coaching to help the directors in their leadership of their department heads.
o Providing coaching to help the directors recruit, train, and place children’s volunteers.
o Managing the overall children’s budget along with the departmental budgets with
directors.
o Leading Director’s meetings and working with other members of the Children’s
Ministries Team in the vision for Children’s Ministries.
o Planning evangelistic & outreach events with the team to reach children with the love
of Jesus.
o Working closely with the Children’s Administrative Assistant to ensure effective
communication and delegation throughout all ministries.
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Oversee/lead Kid’s Church environment. This includes:
o Working collaboratively with the Kid’s Church “Interim” Director in all areas.
o Serving as point person for all necessary decisions directly related to this area.
o Scheduling the teaching team for weekend services. This position will be the primary
communicator if no one is scheduled.
o Ordering weekend service and annual event curriculum.
o Equipping staff (paid and volunteers) to be effective in all areas of their responsibilities.
o Recruiting volunteers to serve during weekends or Kid’s Church events.
o Monitoring the delivery of ministry activities to assure excellence.
Function as an employee of Timberline Church with a servant’s heart and a willingness to
minister to people inside and outside of Timberline Church as needed.
o Fill Pastor on Call and hospital visitation shifts as needed.
Serve the members of the church and the community in times of crisis and need.
Abide by the Timberline Church Ministry Covenant.
Time Commitment
The following is an estimate of the time that the individual serving in this position will typically need to
perform the job in an exemplary manner:
This is a permanent, full-time position.
Must be able to work a flexible schedule, and serve during evenings and weekends as
necessary.
The following SHAPE profile is intended to help individuals determine if this position is a good
fit and an exciting opportunity to serve. This is intended only as a guide, not strict criteria for
this position. Detailed descriptions of each SHAPE category will be provided upon request.
Spiritual Gifts- Leadership, Teaching, Administration, Shepherding, Evangelism
Heart-Children!
Abilities-Administrating, Coaching, Communicating, Connecting, Consulting, Counseling, Directing,
Encouraging, Excelling, Facilitating, Implementing, Improving, Influencing, Leading, Managing,
Mentoring, Motivating, Negotiating, Organizing, Planning, Recruiting, Serving, Strategizing, Teaching
Personality-People/Structured
Experience-Varies
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