Kids Pastor
Position: Kids Pastor (Full-Time, Salary: Competitive, + Benefits)
Advances the mission of Real Life by overseeing all aspects of our Kids Ministry. Our Kids Pastor will work under the direction of the Executive Pastor and in partnership with parents, to provide a discipleship-rich, Jesus-focused, safe, loving, and fun environment for kids in grades K-5th. Our Kids Pastor will equip and empower parents, a leadership team and volunteers to effectively shepherd the ministry. He will also work closely with our Lead Pastor to build and oversee our local & global missions ministry.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities - Real Life Kids
Create a clean, safe, and fun environment for children to encounter and grow in Jesus Christ.
Ensure Real Life Kids functions through a strong leadership team & fully staffed volunteer team:
Recruitment
Scheduling
Training/Discipling
Team building
Oversee all aspects of communication to parents & kids including but not limited to: email, texts, video, fliers, web content, social posts content.
Lead, plan, prepare for, and participate in weekly Real Life Kids gatherings.
Oversee & participate in guest follow-up communication each week to kids and families.
Master & utilize all of Real Life systems, tools, and processes including but not limited to Planning Center, Asana, Clearstream, Google Drive, Dropbox, Mailchimp, Annual Plans.
Oversee all aspects of Real Life Kids Events: Camp, Quarterly Connect Events, etc.
Oversee the Follow-up for kids interested in baptism, discovering readiness & directing next steps.
Oversee Babies-PreK Director as a direct report ensuring that ministry area is effective and up to standards.
Regularly Discipling Parents to disciple their children.
Provide Pastoral Care to people of all ages @ Real Life giving special attention to Kids & their families. (Crisis Care, Hospital Care, Pre-Marital, Marital Care, Weddings, Funerals, etc.)
Expectations: Able to flourish in a fluid, growing organization, relational, able & eager to learn & leverage emerging technology, works well in & under authority, problem solver, low drama, “can do” enthusiastic attitude, high momentum, resourceful, able to maintain physical, spiritual, emotional & relational health. Resolves conflict in a godly & mature way. Possess enthusiastic support from his family.
Church Profile: Real Life Sango (Real Life Church)
Mission: Delighting in God & Discipling Others
Vision: A flourishing people & A Multiplying Movement
Values: Margin for Mission // Equip & Empower // Grace & Truth in Relationships
Keep it real. Keep it Jesus.
Real Life is a 7-year-old, growing, multigenerational congregation with a passion for local & global disciple making & multiplication. Averaging 1500 in worship, Real Life is both missional & attractional in approach, committed to expository preaching & focused on rapidly assimilating people into the body of Christ & ministry. Real Life’s staff team is committed to being life long learners and always evaluating all that we do. We have a real time feedback culture. We work hard, play hard and rest well. Real Life is a part of the Summit Collaborative & is a cooperating SBC church.
City Profile: Clarksville, Tennessee
Clarksville is in the rapidly growing Montgomery County (40 minutes north of Nashville.)
Population: City/185,690, County/246,025, Metro Area/346,000
Montgomery County is projected to grow 90,000+ people in next 20 years
Home to Austin Peay State University attracting over 10,000 enrolled students
Home to Ft. Campbell Army Base which houses over 30,000 soldiers from all over the US
Attracting Major Businesses & Industry (eg. Google Data Centers, Amazon, Hankook Tires, LG Electronics & Bridgestone)
Median age - 30.4, Median Household Income $66,768, Median Home price $340K
Money Magazine’s #1 Place to Live (2019)
Open Door’s #1 zip code in America (2022)
Forbes Magazine ranked Clarksville as one of the fastest growing cities in America (2023)