Employment at Northwoods Church

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.

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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

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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

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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

Pay and Benefits Information

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