Church School – a ministry to children and youth to make disciples of Christ who go and make other disciples of Christ.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Theological Degree/Diploma

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE AND SKILLSETS

Related Experience:
1. Area- Early Childhood Care or Children Ministry
2. Years of Experience- 1 year
Required Skill set:
1. Ability to work independently under minimal supervision
2. Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff
3. An innovative team player, self-motivated, pro-active
4. Building good rapport with children and parents

1. Spiritual Nurture (feed, train, protect, encourage):
   a) Feed – Organise devotions, bible studies etc and other aspects of spiritual formation to Church School teachers;
   b) Train –
   i) Initiate and organise training and development for Church School teachers so that they are kept abreast of the latest teaching materials and methodology;
   ii) Build up in-house training programs by developing training curriculum for Church School;
   c) Protect – Organise prayer and fellowship meetings;
   d) Encourage –
   i) Initiate opportunities to provide support (pastoral care & counselling) to Church School teachers in their spiritual journey;
   ii) Walk along and disciple the children in their spiritual journey.
2. Planning & Organising:
   a) Assist the Committee or be responsible (whenever called upon) in planning, organising and the smooth running of Church School activities that is aligned to its ministry objectives;
   b) Ensure that all such activities are relevant in meeting the needs and objectives of the Church School in the prevailing environment;
   c) Ensure that all activities are aligned to the church calendar of events and where there are conflicts, to recommend alternatives to resolve such conflicts;
   d) Recommend and implement strategies to attract, engage, inspire and retain Church School participation;
3. To develop effective strategies to engage parents to raise awareness of the Church School as well as their participation in the ministry;
4. Pastors’ Office representative:
   a) Liaise between the Ministry Committee and the Pastors’ Office;
   b) Monitor the state of the Ministry and feedback to the Pastors’ Office
5. To carry out additional responsibilities when assigned by pastors or immediate supervisors in current ministry and/or other ministries