Description
The Falls Church Anglican is seeking a part-time Sunday School Coordinator whose responsibility will be to lead elementary children on Sunday morning The Sunday School Coordinator will also recruit and equip adults to minister to children for the K-5 Elementary Sunday School program and encourage the parents as their child’s primary faith teachers. They will collaborate with the Children & Family Ministries Team and church staff to support the departmental and church-wide goals.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Leadership
Minister to elementary-aged children and their parents through the Sunday morning program.
- Oversee the Sunday morning program with creativity and joy and in accordance with TFCA policies and procedures to maintain safety protocols and diocesan policy.
- Cultivate an environment attuned to children from diverse backgrounds and with special needs.
- Collaborate on stewardship of resources and budget.
- Graciously handle disciplinary issues or interactions of children with their parents.
Educational
Coordinate Biblical curriculum and all teaching materials to be used by the elementary Sunday School ministry, including topics taught in large group worship weekly.
Team Building
Determine needs of servant leaders and recruit, train, supervise and recognize our volunteer leaders.
- Build relationships with ministry participants to encourage spiritual growth and deepen connection to Christ and the church.
- Lead Sunday morning prayer time with Sunday School team
- Implement and manage scheduling platform (Planning Center)
Additional Responsibilities
- Coordinate with CFM team to prepare Learning Center for Fall Sunday School programming
- Coordinate with CFM team to prepare curriculum materials for Fall Sunday School programming (Gospel Project and New City Catechism)
- Be responsible for sending a weekly Sunday School email newsletter to volunteers, with information about that week’s Sunday School, including attached lesson plans and notes.
- Review volunteer schedule weekly to insure coverage in accordance with TFCA Child Protectection Policy
- Prepare curriculum and materials for class leaders as requested
- Be present on Sunday mornings to oversee Learning Center ensure safety, manage classroom activities, provide teacher support
- Coordinate with Mission Sunday guest speaker to provide materials/support
Benefits:
We offer an excellent benefits package that includes:
- Up to 80% of employer-share of medical and dental insurance
- Affordable vision insurance
- Wide variety of pre-tax benefits, including medical and dependent care
- Generous parental leave policy
- Excellent 403b retirement plan, including up to a 6% matching portion
- Paid time off for vacation and personal time
- 14 paid holidays
- Professional education opportunities
Requirements
Skills and Experience
Experience with collaboration and a proven capacity to work well on a team
- 2 years of experience coordinating programs for children (church experience preferred)
- Relevant training and study in education or related field; Bachelor’s degree preferred
- Ability to work on Sunday, some evenings and holidays, and other flexible working hours as required
- Intermediate level computer competency with Microsoft Office, video production, online platforms, and database experience preferred
- Satisfactory background-check prior to hiring Satisfactory background check and references.
- Agreement with TFCA’s doctrinal position (see https://www.tfcanglican.org/visit/what-webelieve)
Qualities
- Mature, orthodox Christian faith
- Humble and resilient
- Pursues excellence
- Strong service ethic
- Innovative problem solver
- Ability to build trust and develop strong relationships with others
Within this context, we are committee to equality of treatment in hiring and in all employment conditions and opportunities. Compensation depends on experience.
Ministry Calling
Employees of The Falls Church Anglican come together to serve God, one another, our congregation, our community and our world. As disciples of Christ, our employees steward their responsibilities with care, demonstrating the fruits of the Spirit in their daily responsibilities. We offer a workplace focused on the excellence that glorifies God as we perform our work, both in readiness to do our daily tasks and in embracing and knowing how the Word of God applies as we serve. We also model grace in our interactions, in thankfulness to the grace we are given in Christ.
We do not require all employees to be Anglicans, but because of our essential identity as a community of faith in Jesus Christ, we require all employees to wholeheartedly believe and confess that Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no one comes to the Father but by Him. As a community, we submit to the authority of the Holy Scriptures as the standard for Christian faith and life. We uphold the sanctity and dignity of human life, the creation of humankind in God’s image as male and female, and the unchangeable standard of Christian marriage between one man and one woman as the only proper place for sexual intimacy and the basis of the family.
Within this context, we are committed to equality of treatment in hiring and in all employment conditions and opportunities.