He said “Go therefore and make disciples, of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you…”(ESV).
We strive to fulfill the Great Commission in Matthew 28:19 that Jesus gave by making disciples of Jesus through biblical teaching as well as reading and discussing the Bible together.
“…. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (ESV) Jesus promised that he would be with us as we fulfill the Great Commission. We desire that everyone can be established in relationships both with Jesus Christ and with other and with other Christians. We facilitate this through live worship, discussion, and intentional social time.
We worship God through music because it provides a simple yet direct way to express our love towards him and to embrace his love for us.
We have discussion around the teaching in groups so that questions we may have about the teaching can be discussed and so we can grow together. If you have a question about the teaching, there is a good chance someone else has a similar question.
We have group social time because it allows us to be more than just fellow attenders but rather friends.
When Christ was here on Earth he showed compassion towards people of all sorts. Not just Jews but all people. When he gave us the Great Commission he said “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations…” We are resolved for all people to be reached with the Gospel and shown the love of God. We strive to reach others by volunteering together with local Christian organizations that serve the disenfranchised and by engaging with God’s global church to reach the nations.
Part-time, 29 hours per week
Position Description
The Discoveryland Central Service Creative Developer is to provide key leadership over the Creative Arts Ministry of Discoveryland for all campuses. This position requires the development and implementation of print, video, and web as it relates to our weekly teaching and global outreach efforts. This position will support the Children’s Ministry team with both short term and long term projects.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Leadership
- Program Development: Develop creative programs through video and media development in order to enhance our teaching efforts during weekend services. This will require close interaction with purchased curriculum and working closely with the Discoveryland Campus Leaders.
- Summer Programs: Provide video and media enhancements for summer programming. Interaction with paid summer interns will be expected if applicable.
- Special Events: Work closely with the Discoveryland team to develop special programming outside the scheduled weekly services. Other events may include age specific events for children, parents, and ministry building events for volunteers.
- Media Development: Effectively resource children with relevant and timely media (motion and static graphics). This aspect would include working with Discoveryland staff, and volunteers on Northwoods’ campuses.
- New Campus Launch: Invest “front end” time into a campus launch and assist campus volunteers with coaching, encouragement, and resources to ensure a successful launch.
Secondary Responsibilities
- Team Building: Assist the Children’s Ministry team in various projects as needed to build teamwork.
- Volunteer Care: Provide care for volunteers and ensure media development volunteers are connected with each other through regular and frequent community building times.
- Budget: Assist the Children’s Ministry Multisite Director and Campus Directors with the preparation of the department’s annual budget.
Accountability
(The following is a list of things for which the Creative Developer would be held accountable.)
- Staff Meetings: Attend monthly staff meetings for global, visionary, and organizational matters.
- Departmental Meetings: Attend Discoveryland meetings to ensure personal integrity and fidelity in your personal and spiritual life.
- Continuing Education: Use of continued education to develop his/her talents to model excellence in the ministry through attendance at conferences, seminars, classes, etc.
- Bridge Building: Maintain bridge building through regular outside contact and specific bridge building with seekers through a self-chosen avenue of opportunity.
Interaction with Others
This person will work most closely with Discoveryland paid 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. This person will possess the ability to see and communicate “the big picture” or how a lesson/event will look as a whole with attention to detail and methods of delivery.
Beneficial Spiritual Gifts
Creative Communication, Leadership, Administration, Shepherding
Educational and Experience Required
- Music, Drama, and Teaching. Plus a thorough understanding of, commitment to, and hands on experience with directing artists, storytellers, and media personnel.
- Knowledge and skill in developing content for multiple age ranges of children (2’s through 5th grade)
- Understanding of graphic design and general photography skills
- Computer Tools: i.e. PowerPoint, Microsoft Office Tools, ProPresenter, I Movie, Adobe Creative Suite, After Effects, DVD Studio Pro, Final Cut Pro HD
- Associates Degree in design or related field, or 4+ years of demonstrated work experience
Part-time, 20 hours per week
Position Description
The Children’s Ministry Central Service Associate will provide key leadership over the processing of curriculum and the global communication, with a focus on social media, of Discoveryland. This position requires oversight of curriculum and resources required to effectively support our campuses, and ensure the correct use of these tools. This position will support the Children’s Ministry Director with both short term and long term projects, and assist in oversight of Discoveryland on all campuses during weekend services.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Leadership
- Care: Provide primary care for each volunteer team under your leadership.
- Coaching: Provide ministry coaching and accountability with campus teams.
- Curriculum: Develop teams to process, communicate, and deliver curriculum and supplies, ensuring all divisions, on each campus, are adequately resourced to carry out the weekly lesson.
- Communication: Develop and maintain avenues of communication focusing on social media and other forms of mass distribution to highlight the ministry of Discoveryland, emphasizing the weekend ministry and experience.
- Departmental meetings: Attend Discoveryland staff meetings.
- Staff Meetings: Attend staff meetings for global, visionary, and organizational matters.
Department Support
- Outreach and Ministry Events: Support the Children’s Ministry team with communication and resources for outreach and ministry events in accordance with Discoveryland goals.
- Teamwork: Assist the Children’s Ministry team in various projects as needed to build teamwork.
- Procedures: Support the development of processes and procedures to effectively train volunteers in Discoveryland. This effort would include: recruitment, apprenticeship training, and formal training opportunities. These training initiatives would be carried out to ensure the effectiveness of our weekend programming and outreach efforts.
- Facility: Monitor all Discoveryland campus facilities and ensure its contents are safe, clean, and in good order for every service.
- Community: Provide opportunities for volunteers in your care to connect relationally in a community environment.
- Oversee: Assist with oversight of Discoveryland during our regular service times.
- Budget: Assist the Children’s Ministry Director with the preparation of the annual budget.
Interaction with Others
Able to work well with other Northwoods’ staff, adult volunteers, parents, and children. Frequent interaction with key Discoveryland leadership and the Children’s Ministry Director for the purpose of care giving, truth telling, listening, and transparency is expected.
Desired Skills and Abilities
Administration, computer and Microsoft Office knowledge, written, verbal, and interpersonal skills, love for God and volunteers, desire to see others success, self-educator, demonstrate initiative, innovative.
Beneficial Spiritual Gifts
Leadership, Administration, Shepherding, and Wisdom
Educational and Experience Required
College degree preferred, demonstrated experience in written communication, proficient in various aspects of social media (i.e. Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, etc.), digital savvy
Part-time, 29 hours per week
Position Description
The Children’s Ministry Central Service Volunteer Associate provides leadership over Discoveryland volunteer assimilation over all campuses. This position requires an emphasis toward the implementation of processes and structures to assimilate and care for adult volunteers, which in turn will improve care for children. The Children’s Ministry Central Service Volunteer Associate will support the Children’s Ministry Central Service Team with short term development projects and communication..
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Leadership
- Volunteer Processing: Oversee the implementation of volunteer processing, tools, and recruiting events, ACS data entry, including data in Safeguard. Own the Volunteer Orientation on the Peoria Campus and support others campuses, as needed.
- Branding: Ensure campuses maintain the Discoveryland volunteer branding and culture.
- Care: Provide critical care resources and partner with Discoveryland appreciation events and resources.
- Coaching: Provide ministry coaching and accountability with staff and campus directors in the area of volunteer processing and ministry onboarding.
- New Campus Launch: Invest “front end” time into a campus launch.
- Special Events: Work closely with the Discoveryland team to develop special events and volunteer trainings.
- Support: Provide administrative support of multisite resources.
- Meetings: Attend Discoveryland Staff meetings.
- Staff Meetings: Attend monthly staff meetings for global, visionary, and organizational matters.
- Leadership Meetings: Attend monthly Leadership meetings.
Department Support
- Procedures: Develop processes and procedures to effectively process and train volunteers. This effort would include: recruitment, orientation, and formal training opportunities. These training initiatives would be carried out to ensure the effectiveness of our weekend programming/outreach efforts.
- Strategy: Monitor the effectiveness of the Discoveryland volunteer onboarding process. Create effective strategies for volunteers to move into ministry.
- Budget: Assist in the preparation of the annual budget.
- Assist: Assist the Campus Directors and Discoveryland staff.
Interaction with Others
Able to work well with other Northwoods staff, adult volunteers, and parents. Frequent interaction with the Children’s Ministry Multisite Director for the purpose of care giving, truth telling, listening, and transparency is expected.
Desired Skills and Abilities
Administration, computer and Microsoft Office knowledge, proofreading skills, telephone etiquette, organizational skills, communication, ability to properly delegate, self-discipline, self-starter, love of volunteers, ability to lead others and enjoy their success, spiritual, emotional, and physical health.
Beneficial Spiritual Gifts
Leadership, Administration, Shepherding, Teaching, and Wisdom
Educational and Experience Required
High school diploma, college or 2 years of experience in Children’s Ministry preferred
Part-time, 20 hours per week
Position Description
The Nursery Coordinator is to provide leadership over the Peoria Campus Discoveryland nurseries which include infants through Toddlers (birth through 24 months). This position requires oversight of the overall effectiveness of the nurseries including: volunteer care, training, scheduling, leadership development, safety and health issues, and room resourcing. This individual reports directly to the Peoria Campus Early Learners Associate. The scope of this responsibility focuses on three weekly services which presently include: one Saturday service, and two Sunday Services.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Administration
- Team Building: Establish team building through recruiting, organizing, and leading a team of volunteers that effectively care for young children. A strong leadership team will be required to carry this out.
- 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.
- Budget: Assist the Discoveryland Multisite Director with the preparation of the annual budget.
- Evaluate: Evaluate the standard and create methods and processes to evaluate nursery effectiveness, and develop corrective measures.
- Parent Confidence: Build and maintain parent confidences through the nurseries, and the people that staff them. Nurseries need to be run with excellence in order 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.
- Staff Meetings: Attend staff meetings for global, visionary, and organizational matters.
Department Support
- Assist: Assist the Discoveryland Multisite Director and Discoveryland Staff.
- Oversee: Assist with oversight of Discoveryland during our regular service times.
- Develop Goals: Interaction with others to develop goals will include (not limited to): Discoveryland Multisite Director, Discoveryland Staff Team, and Discoveryland Volunteer Team. In addition, nursery rooms are used by various ministries within Northwoods requiring input and direction.
- Meetings: Bimonthly Discoveryland Staff Meetings, Monthly Discoveryland Leadership Team.
Interaction with Others
This individual must be able to work well with other Northwoods staff, adult volunteers, and parents. Frequent interaction with key Discoveryland leadership and the Discoveryland staff for the purpose of care giving, truth telling, listening, and transparency is expected.
Desired Skills and Abilities
Child care skills including: health, development, environmental design, leadership, and team building skills. Organizational skills, communication, ability to properly delegate, self-discipline, self-starter, love of kids and volunteers, ability to lead others and enjoy their successes. General computer and Word processing skills.
Beneficial Spiritual Gifts
Leadership, Administration, and Shepherding
Educational and Experience Required
High school diploma, college, or nursery experience
Part-time, 15–25 hours per week
Position Description
The Re:New Thrift Store Associate will help to open and manage the Re:New Thrift Store in Galesburg.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Working on the floor
- Customer Services: Assist at the cash register during check out and assisting customers.
- Hours: Open and close the store on assigned days.
- Promotion: Responsible for creative ideas for arrangement and promotion of the store.
- Pricing: Assist with pricing donations and display of donations.
- Safety: Promote customer safety by following safety guidelines.
Store Organization
- Receiving: Assist with sorting clothes and other items in the receiving area. Assist customers bringing in donations.
- Clothing: Sort and hang clothing and keep racks organized.
- Preparation: Prepare items for display and sale (cleaning, pricing, stocking shelves).
- Large donations: Pick up and moving of furniture and large donations.
- Electronics: Check all electronics and price same before putting on display.
- Housekeeping: Keep showroom in a neat and tidy order.
Interaction with Others
The Re:New Thrift Store Associate will work closely with the Team Leader and volunteers.
Desired Skills and Abilities
Have a positive attitude.
Educational and Experience Required
Education and experience to carry out the duties of this position is desired.
Part-time, 28 hours
Position Description
The Galesburg Campus’ Children’s Ministry Associate will provide key leadership over Discoveryland (Birth through 5th grade, weekend, and special events) on the Galesburg Campus. This position requires oversight of the paid campus staff, key leaders, volunteers, facility, and resources required to effectively minister and care for these age groups. This position requires the ability to lead and resource our campus staff and volunteers with creative and effective tools, and insure the effective and correct use of same tools. This position will bring oversight of Discoveryland during weekend services and lead or support short term and long term Discoveryland projects.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Leadership
- Care: Provide primary care for campus staff (paid staff), point and registration leaders, and their respective teams.
- Volunteer Recruitment: Recruit, process, and train volunteers.
- Coaching: Provide ministry coaching and accountability with coordinators and volunteer leaders.
- Security: Regular evaluation and development of security and safety systems, including oversight of Checkpoint.
- Resources: Ensure all divisions are adequately resourced with supplies and curriculum.
- Departmental Meetings: Lead Discoveryland staff meetings.
- Outreach: Create and oversee outreach events on the Galesburg campus in accordance with Discoveryland goals.
- Special events: Responsible for special events on the Galesburg campus such as baptism classes, baby blessings, parent orientations, etc.
- Staff Meetings: Attend staff meetings for global, visionary, and organizational matters.
- Budget: Ensure the preparation of the annual departmental budget.
Department Support
- Procedures: Implement processes and procedures to effectively train volunteers into Discoveryland. This effort would include: recruitment, orientation, apprenticeship training, and formal training opportunities. These training initiatives would be carried out to ensure the effectiveness of our weekend programming/outreach efforts.
- Facility: Ensure facility and its contents are safe, clean, and in good order for every service. Interface with non-Discoveryland room users as needed.
- Community: Provide opportunities for volunteers to connect relationally in a community environment.
- Strategy: Monitor the effectiveness of the Discoveryland goals for these age groups. Create effective relational strategies for the families/students to develop community.
- Communication: Parent and volunteer communication.
- Assist: Assist the Discoveryland Staff.
- Oversee and Coach: Provide oversight of Discoveryland during our regular service times.
Interaction with others
Able to work well with other Northwoods staff, adult volunteers, parents, and children. Frequent interaction with key Discoveryland leadership and the Multisite Children’s Ministry Director for the purpose of care giving, truth telling, listening, and transparency is expected.
Desired Skills and Abilities
Administration, computer knowledge, good with children, good organizational skills, self-starter, communication, ability to properly delegate, self-discipline, ability to lead others and enjoy their success, spiritual, emotional, and physical health.
Beneficial Spiritual Gifts
Leadership, Administration, Shepherding, and Wisdom
Educational and Experience Required
High school diploma, college, or 5 years’ experience in Children’s Ministry