Employment at Northwoods Church
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Current Openings
Full-Time
Position Description
The Communication Director is a creative and strategic leader responsible for shaping and stewarding the church's voice across all platforms. This individual will ensure that our messaging is clear, compelling, and consistent — connecting our congregation and community to the life and mission of the church. They will serve as the guardian of the church's brand identity and lead advertising efforts that extend the church's reach into the broader community.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Creative Communication
- Team and Ministry Leadership
- Volunteers: Identify and recruit volunteers to serve on the communications team.
- Training: Provide training and improvement opportunities for staff.
- Supervision: Oversee Communications Department staff and volunteers.
- Leadership Team: Serve as a member of the Northwoods Leadership Team.
- Creative Direction and Production Management
- Brand Stewardship: Serve as the primary guardian of the church’s brand standards. Ensure consistent use of logo’s, typography, color, tone, and visual identity across all ministries. Maintain brand guidelines, provide resources to ministry teams, and review materials church-wide to ensure brand compliance.
- Print Media: Design and produce all print materials using Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator, coordinating with ministry teams to gather content and meet production deadlines. Print responsibilities include:
- Direct mail campaigns targeting the congregation and surrounding community
- Banners, signage, and posters for events and ministry promotion
- Event promotional materials
- Coordination with print vendors to manage quotes, proofing, and timely delivery
- Advertising: Develop and execute advertising plans for special events (Easter, Christmas, etc.), managing the full campaign from concept to placement. Build and maintain relationships with local vendors to coordinate television and billboard advertising. Plan and manage online advertising campaigns across platforms such as Google, Facebook, and Instagram, including budgeting, targeting, and performance reporting.
- Creativity: Work with ministry partners to find creative ideas for communication and promotion of ministry activities, special events, strategic projects, etc.
- Social media: Develop and manage a cohesive social media presence across all platforms, including content planning, graphic creation, scheduling, and engagement. Maintain a consistent brand voice that reflects our church’s identity and values.
- Web content: Collaborate with ministry leaders to write engaging content for the church website.
- Church Leadership and Administration
- Teams: Serve on Leadership Team and special project teams as needed.
- Budget: Craft department budget proposal.
- Events: Serve as needed during special services and events.
- Partners: Engage peers and partners in ministry at other churches, Christian organizations, media outlets, etc., to create networks of knowledge and resources.
Commissioned Responsibilities and Expectations
- At Northwoods, commissioned staff are spiritually ready to minister to the congregation and community on a personal level.
- Care Responsibilities: The expression of care may include but not be limited to: Prayer, teaching, encouragement, shepherding, equipping, personal ministry, and visitation.
- A spiritual leader in our community who contributes to the spiritual growth and formation of the people he/she leads and influences publicly and privately.
Interaction with Others
The Communications Pastor will have regular interaction with the Creative Communications Executive Pastor for coordination of global communication efforts. The Communication Pastor will have regular interaction with ministry staff to help ministries communicate with excellence and effectiveness.
Desired Skills, Abilities, and Characteristics
An eye for graphic excellence and creativity, a designer, an ideas generator, a people and resource networker.
Beneficial Spiritual Gifts
Creative Communication, Leadership, and Administration
Education and Experience Required
Bachelor of Arts in Communication with a minimum of five years’ experience in graphic design is desired.
Pay and Benefits Information
Full-Time
Position Description
The Associate Pastor is responsible for the development, implementation, leadership, and management of Northwoods Freedom Ministries. Additionally, they support prayer ministries and contribute to the Setting Captives Free class and deliverance ministry.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Leadership
- Freedom Ministry: Examine and gain an understanding of the culture, vision, and goals of Northwoods for Freedom Ministry.
- Prayer Ministry: Assist the Prayer Pastor in all things related to prayer ministries, to include training, facilitating and recruiting for Altar Prayer, Prayer Room, and Prayer Appointments.
- Meetings: Hold necessary meetings to discuss Freedom content, development, goals, and implementation.
- Involvement: Meet with staff and volunteers to discuss development, implementation, and involvement in Freedom Ministry.
- Recruit: Recruit and develop Freedom Ministries Team of facilitators for implementation of Freedom Ministries. (Paid staff and volunteers.)
Strategic Development and Implementation
- Material Development: Work with Executive Pastor of Adult Ministries & Missions and the Senior Pastor to develop material for Freedom Ministries. Assist with any development of prayer and Setting Captives Free material.
- Develop/Teach: Help develop, implement and teach course materials with staff and church community for Get Free and Freedom Weekend. Assist with prayer and Setting Captives Free training. Support Pastor of Prayer in curriculum development and teaching as needed.
- Training: Help provide Northwoods ministries and church plants needing/requesting prayer training. Train others to teach Freedom Ministries core content.
- Facilitate: Define and facilitate core classes and experiences that would be a part of Freedom Ministries.
- Collaborate: Work with Executive Pastor of Ministries to understand, develop, and implement staff team member's role in Freedom Ministries.
- International: As assigned, develop Freedom Ministries with our international partners.Attend weekly Discoveryland staff meetings. Assist with monthly team meetings scheduled around weekend service times.
Prayer Team
- Support Pastor of Prayer as needed in all aspects of prayer ministry to include get prayer, prophetic prayer appointments, deliverance and other various prayer ministries.
Secondary Duties and Responsibilities
- All-Staff Events: Encouraged to participate in all-staff events (i.e., retreats, special event days, etc.).
- All-Church Events: Encouraged to participate in all church events as directed by leadership.
- Christmas Production: Serve at Christmas Productions as directed by leadership.
- Church Attendance: Be a consistent and contributing attendee of Northwoods weekend services.
- Team Meetings: Meet with ministry staff for planning, coordination and development.
- One on One: Meet with supervisor at scheduled times.
- Systems: Maintain and make use of Northwoods database and other systems as needed.
Pastoral Responsibilities and Expectation
- Credentialing: Pursue and maintain ministerial credentials through Fellowship of Evangelical Churches (F.E.C.). Be an active participant in F.E.C. denominational events and initiatives.
- Care Responsibilities: The expressions of pastoral care may include but not be limited to: Prayer, teaching, encouragement, shepherding, equipping, personal ministry, and visitation.
- Officiant: Specific functions pastors officiate include weddings (and pre-marital counseling), funerals, baptisms, and communion.
- Pastor On Call Rotation: Every Pastor will serve on a scheduled rotation, with the assignment to meet emergency needs and after-hours care to our congregation. Expectations include being available 24/7 by phone, responsible management of requests, needs, and emergencies, and ensuring hospital visits are being made.
- Benevolence: Be familiar with case details for benevolence and how the team comes to a final approval. Be exposed to the Benevolence Team and their meetings as well as any related reporting.
Pastoral Care Ministry
- Hospital Care: Help the Prayer & Care department in the development, oversight, participation, and coordination of the Pastor On Call (POC) and Hospital Visitation Teams. Oversee how the information is dispersed to the right people and pastors. Help to provide training for those involved.
- After Care: Assist the Prayer & Care department in developing teams to track Northwoods attenders recuperating after a hospital stay utilizing volunteers, phone calls, and the prayer ministry.
- Spiritual direction: Provide short-term personal ministry to individuals, couples, and families using Biblical principles and providing next steps in Spiritual formation.
- Funerals: Be familiar with and assist the Care Pastor when needed in the implementation of funerals, funeral luncheons, and teams caring for those going through bereavement.
- Weddings: Be familiar with the implementation of weddings, wedding receptions, and teams caring for those planning a wedding.
Interaction with Others
This person will work closely with Executive Pastor of Adult Ministries & Mission, the Pastor of Prayer and other members of the Prayer & Care Team.
Personal Development
Continual learning and growth in Freedom Ministries.
Desired Skills, Abilities, and Characteristics
Relational, Communication and Personal Ministry skills, Strategic Thinker and Implementer, Leader, Team Player, Ability, and desire to Disciple.
Beneficial Spiritual Gifts
Discernment, Leadership, Mercy, Shepherding, Teaching
Education and Experience Required
A Bible college education is preferred and experience in building teams and systems is important, and experience with counseling is an asset.
Pay and Benefits Information
Full-Time
Position Description
The Prayer Pastor is responsible for leading our Doing What Jesus Did (DWJD) class, leading the prayer teams and leading the Prayer Room.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Leadership
- Lead and facilitate DWJD
- Grow volunteer teams.
- Develop volunteer leaders.
- Provide spiritual leadership in the community both publicly and privately.
- Provide spiritual guidance to Northwoods in the ways of the Holy Spirit.
Teaching
- Teach Doing What Jesus Did.
- Teach prayer orientation.
- Teach monthly prayer training for prayer team and bi-monthly trainings for prayer room.
Prayer & Pastoral Care
- Lead prayer events.
- Lead various prayer teams.
- Lead in the Prayer Room.
- Help coordinate and lead corporate Prayer Meetings.
- Serve at other events as required.
Communication
- Maintain regular communication with supervisors, Life Help Team, and volunteers.
- Respond as required to congregational needs
Administration
- Manage the budget for DWJD and Prayer Ministries
- Attend various staff, team and supervisor meetings.
- Update and manage the church database as needed.
Pastoral Responsibilities and Expectation
- Credentialing: Pursue and maintain ministerial credentials through Fellowship of Evangelical Churches (F.E.C.). Be an active participant in F.E.C. denominational events and initiatives.
- Care Responsibilities: The expressions of pastoral care may include but not be limited to: Prayer, teaching, encouragement, shepherding, equipping, personal ministry, and visitation.
- Officiant: Specific functions pastors officiate include weddings (and pre-marital counseling), funerals, baptisms, and communion.
- Pastor On Call Rotation: Every Pastor will serve on a scheduled rotation, with the assignment to meet emergency needs and after-hours care to our congregation. Expectations include being available 24/7 by phone, responsible management of requests, needs, and emergencies, and ensuring hospital visits are made.
- Benevolence: Be familiar with case details for benevolence and how the team comes to a final approval. Be exposed to the Benevolence Team and their meetings as well as any related reporting.
- Counseling: Provide short-term personal ministry to individuals, couples, and families using biblical principles and providing effective treatment goals. (One-to-one sessions).
Desired Skills, Abilities, and Characteristics
- Previous experience and training in ministry is helpful.
- Biblical understanding and ability to teach, mentor and train people in the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
- Ability to continually learn and grow personally.
- Skill with Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Teams and Pro Presenter.
Beneficial Spiritual Gifts
Prophecy, Discernment, Teaching, Leadership
Education and Experience Required
A degree in the Bible or Theology is preferred. Experience in ministry settings where discretion and management of gifts of the Holy Spirit is important.
Part-Time
Position Description
The Family Ministries Volunteer Associate is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing various volunteer events and on boarding. This role involves creating a welcoming and engaging environment for Volunteers in Family Ministries facilitating training, communication with volunteers, and organizing recruiting along with celebrating the volunteers. This associate will be responsible for oversight of their ministry area during weekend services.
The scope of this responsibility focuses on two weekly services which presently include two Sunday Services. This position will support the Pastor of Children’s Ministry with both short term and long-term projects, including being part of the VBS leadership team. This associate, as part of the Family Ministries Team, will help with special events designed for families that take place throughout the year.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Volunteer Assimilation
- Volunteer Processing: Implement processes and procedures to effectively assimilate volunteers into Family Ministries. This effort would include recruitment concepts (including seasonal pushes), applications, interviews, reference checks, national background checks, and orientation.
- Volunteer Recruitment: Creating and implementing a volunteer campaign twice a year to recruit volunteers to serve in Family Ministries.
- Volunteer Training: Quarterly volunteer trainings for new and vetted volunteers.
- Resource Management: Manage the budget allocated for volunteer resources and events, including purchasing necessary supplies, materials, and resources within the approved budgetary limits.
- Special Events: Create and implement volunteer celebration throughout the year.
Secondary Responsibilities
Department Support
- Team Building: As a member of the Family Ministries team, assist in planning and implementing various outreach and ministry projects and events with ideas, communication and resources, as needed, to build teamwork.
- Meetings: Attend Northwoods Kids staff meetings. Attend monthly 1:1 check-in meeting with supervisor for the purpose of care giving, truth telling, listening and transparency is expected to ensure personal integrity and fidelity in your personal and spiritual life.
- Budget: Assist the Pastor of Children’s Ministry with the preparation of the annual budget.
- Staff Meetings: Attend monthly staff meetings on global, visionary, and organizational matters.
- Other duties as assigned: There may be times when the Pastor of Children’s Ministry or church leadership will ask your help for programs or events outside of your direct responsibilities.
- Church Membership: If not already a member, take the 4 Steps classes and complete church membership.
- Continuing Education: Use of continued education to develop his/her talents to model excellence in the ministry through attendance at conferences, seminars, classes, etc.
Interaction with others
- Volunteer Communication: Connect with currents volunteers through social media, email, and mail.
- Relationship Building: Foster positive relationships with children, parents, volunteers, and staff members, creating a warm and inclusive atmosphere.
- Able to work well with other Northwoods staff, adult volunteers, and parents.
Desired Skills and Abilities
Should possess a heart for God and skills in loving adults and children, the ability to lead others and enjoy their successes, along with administration, organizational skills, computer knowledge, proofreading skills, event planning, and telephone etiquette.
Beneficial Spiritual Gifts
Leadership, administration, wisdom, and teaching.
Educational and Experience Required
High school diploma, college, or 2 years of experience in Children’s Ministry preferred.
Pay and Benefits Information
Part-Time
Position Description
The Family Ministries Hospitality Associate provides food service support for Family Ministries at Northwoods. This position is currently a 10-hour a week position.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Student Ministry Café Coordinator
- Oversee and operate the Student Center Café for both Converge and Northwoods Middle School. This includes menu planning, shopping for/ordering supplies, food prep., and building/ equipping volunteers. Responsibilities include tracking and managing the café budget.
- This would require being at Converge on Wednesday evenings and in NWMiddle School on Sundays when the café is open (currently 1-2 Sundays each month).
- Converge -- Once the café closes, and things are cleaned and money counted, you would be able to leave. This is usually around 7:15/7:30.
- Remaining at Converge for the rest of the evening would be done on a volunteer basis.
- NWMiddle School – Café is open when doors open, 15 minutes prior to service start time and during the last 15 minutes of each Quest service. Money will need to be counted and deposited after the 11:00 service.
Family Ministry Food/Meal Coordinator
- Help to plan and oversee food/meals for special Family Ministry events. For example, overseeing the leader green room for the Converge Getaway each fall.
- Purchase and set up/tear down the Family Ministries volunteer breakfast which is offered once a month on Sunday mornings. This does not conflict with the Quest café.
- This position will have a budget to manage. All expenses are required to be tracked and approved by your supervisor.
- Manage and recruit a café volunteer team for both Converge on Wednesdays and NWMiddle School on Sundays.
Director Support
- At the discretion of the Executive Pastor of Family Ministries, will attend team and or department meetings.
- Attend all staff meetings, on the first Wednesday of each month, from 10 - Noon.
- Have a regular check-in with a supervisor.
Interaction with Others
The Family Ministries Hospitality Associate will work closely with the Family Ministry staff. In addition, effective interaction and leadership will be needed with volunteers, parents of students, and other Administrative Assistants. Furthermore, the Executive Assistant must demonstrate a heart for ministry (serving others) and reflect a lifestyle consistent with the Northwoods Community Church staff handbook.
Desired Skills, Abilities, and Characteristics
- Administration, organizational skills, computer knowledge including Microsoft Office and MP Database, writing and communication skills.
- Food Service experience is a plus.
- Beneficial Spiritual Gifts should include administration, helps, encouragement, creative communication, discernment, and leadership.
- Ability to manage a budget.
Beneficial Spiritual Gifts
- Administration, helps, encouragement
Education and Experience Required
A high school diploma. Having some college education and/or the skills to carry out the position are beneficial. Experience working in a team environment is helpful as well as being able to accomplish tasks individually. Having any food service experience is helpful but not required. We would pay the cost for you to receive your food handling managing license.
Pay and Benefits Information
Part-Time
Position Description
The Family Ministries Event Associate is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing various family events and programs. This role involves creating a welcoming and engaging environment for families and children, facilitating parent training, communication with parents, and organizing events that foster spiritual growth, fellowship, and community involvement. This position will support the Pastor of Children’s Ministry with both short term and long-term projects, including being part of the VBS leadership team.
Duties and Responsibilities
Family Events
- Event Planning: Develop and implement a comprehensive plan for family and children's events, including holiday celebrations, summer camps, parent-child activities, and outreach initiatives.
- Parent Training: Develop and implement classes to train parents to be spiritual leaders.
- Equipping and Encouraging Parents: Create and maintain a resource area in Northwoods Kids that would help equip parents to lead in their home.
- Volunteer Recruitment and Training: Recruit, train, and coordinate volunteers to support various events and programs.
- Resource Management: Manage the budget allocated for family resources and events, including purchasing necessary supplies, materials, and resources within the approved budgetary limits.
- Communication: Develop and maintain avenues of communication with volunteers, families, Northwoods Kids staff, and other Northwoods staff.
- Special Events: Work closely with the Northwoods Kids staff team to schedule, develop & implement special programming outside the scheduled weekly services (VBS, volunteer training, family events, ect…)
General Responsibilities
- Parent Communication: Follow- up with new families that come each weekend. Maintain open and effective communication parents, providing regular updates, event details, and program information through newsletters, emails, social media, and other communication platforms.
- Relationship Building: Foster positive relationships with children, parents, volunteers, and staff members, creating a warm and inclusive atmosphere.
- Team Building: As a member of the Family Ministries team, assist in planning and implementing various outreach and ministry projects and events with ideas, communication and resources, as needed, to build teamwork.
- Meetings: Attend Northwoods Kids staff meetings. Attend monthly 1:1 check-in meeting with supervisor for the purpose of care giving, truth telling, listening and transparency is expected to ensure personal integrity and fidelity in your personal and spiritual life.
- Budget: Assist the Pastor of Children’s Ministry with the preparation of the annual budget.
- Staff Meetings: Attend monthly staff meetings on global, visionary, and organizational matters.
- Other duties as assigned: There may be times when the Pastor of Children’s Ministry or church leadership will ask your help for programs or events outside of your direct responsibilities.
- Church Membership: If not already a member, take the 4 Steps classes and complete church membership.
- Continuing Education: Use of continued education to develop their talents to model excellence in the ministry through attendance at conferences, seminars, classes, etc.
- Interns: Interaction with summer interns will be expected if applicable
Commissioned Responsibilities and Expectations
- Commission: At Northwoods, commissioned staff are spiritually ready to minister to the congregation and community on a personal level.
- Care Responsibilities: The expression of care may include but not be limited to: Prayer, teaching, encouragement, shepherding, equipping, personal ministry, and visitation.
- Expectations: To be a spiritual leader in our community who contributes to the spiritual growth and formation of the people he/she leads and influences publicly and privately.
Interaction with Others
This individual will work most closely with Northwoods Kids staff as well as ministry volunteers and parents. In addition, networking with other children’s ministries for problem solving and creative solutions will be helpful.
Desired Skills and Abilities
Should possess a heart for God and skills in loving adults and children, the ability to lead others and enjoy their successes, along with administration, organizational skills, computer knowledge including Microsoft Office, proofreading skills, event planning, telephone etiquette, spiritual, emotional and physical health.
Beneficial Spiritual Gifts
Leadership, administration, wisdom, and teaching.
Educational and Experience Required
College degree or High school diploma, 2 years of experience in Children’s Ministry preferred.
Pay and Benefits Information
Part-Time 20 Hours
Position Description
The Nursery Associate is to provide leadership over Northwoods Kids nurseries which include infants through Toddlers (birth through 24 months). This position requires oversight of volunteers, facility, safety and room resources required to effectively minister and care for this age group. It also includes recruiting, training, leading and caring for volunteers in this area. The associate will be responsible for oversight of their ministry area during weekend services. . The scope of this responsibility focuses on two weekly services which presently include two Sunday Services. This position will support the Pastor of Children’s Ministry with both short term and long-term projects, including being part of the VBS leadership team. This associate, as part of the Family Ministries Team, will help with special events designed for families that take place throughout the year.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Leadership and Administration
- Team Building: Establish volunteer team through recruiting, organizing, and leading a team of volunteers that effectively care for young children.
- Preparation: Organize the nurseries so they are well prepared with adequate staffing, qualified caregivers, clean well-cared for rooms, safe equipment, healthy kids and workers. Provide input and direction to various ministries within Northwoods that utilize nursery rooms.
- Evaluate: Evaluate the standard and create methods, the processes to evaluate nursery effectiveness, and develop corrective measures.
- Parent confidence: Build and maintain parent confidence through the nurseries, and the people that staff them. Nurseries need to be run with excellence to attract and keep infants/children (focus on customer service) and to build and ensure parent confidence.
- Vision: Cast vision by consistently communicating the value and impact of quality nursery care in achieving our ministry mission.
- Communication: Develop and maintain avenues of communication with volunteers, families, Northwoods Kids staff, and other Northwoods staff.
- Special Events: Work closely with the Northwoods Kids staff team to schedule, develop & implement special programming outside the scheduled weekly services (VBS, volunteer training, family events, etc....)
Department Support
- Team Building: As a member of the Family Ministries team, assist in planning and implementing various outreach and ministry projects and events with ideas, communication and resources, as needed, to build teamwork.
- Meetings: Attend Northwoods Kids staff meetings. Attend monthly 1:1 check-in meeting with supervisor for the purpose of care giving, truth telling, listening and transparency is expected to ensure personal integrity and fidelity in your personal and spiritual life.
- Budget: Assist the Pastor of Children’s Ministry with the preparation of the annual budget.
- Staff Meetings: Attend monthly staff meetings on global, visionary, and organizational matters.
- Other duties as assigned: There may be times when the Pastor of Children’s Ministry or church leadership will ask your help for programs or events outside of your direct responsibilities.
- Church Membership: If not already a member, take the 4 Steps classes and complete church membership.
- Continuing Education: Use of continued education to develop their talents to model excellence in the ministry through attendance at conferences, seminars, classes, etc.
- Interns: Interaction with summer interns will be expected if applicable.
Commissioned Responsibilities and Expectations
- Commission: At Northwoods, commissioned staff are spiritually ready to minister to the congregation and community on a personal level.
- Care Responsibilities: The expression of care may include but not be limited to: Prayer, teaching, encouragement, shepherding, equipping, personal ministry, and visitation.
- Expectations: To be a spiritual leader in our community who contributes to the spiritual growth and formation of the people he/she leads and influences publicly and privately.
Interaction with Others
This individual will work most closely with Northwoods Kids staff as well as ministry volunteers and parents.
Desired Skills, Abilities, and Characteristics
Should possess a heart for God and skills in loving adults and children. Other desired skills, abilities and characteristics include leadership, team building, organization, environmental design, written, verbal and interpersonal skills, the ability to properly delegate, self-discipline, initiative, ability to lead others and enjoy their successes. Administration, general computer and Microsoft Office knowledge.
Beneficial Spiritual Gifts
Leadership, Administration, and Shepherding
Education and Experience Required
College degree or High school diploma & 2+ years nursery experience