Family Ministries Director; Maternity Leave Coverage

Job Type: Children’s Pastor,Childrens Director,Family Pastor,Ministry Director,Youth Director,Youth Pastor,Youth Pastor

Anchor Bay Church is seeking a warm, reliable, and relational leader to serve as Temporary Director of Kids, Youth, & Families while our current Pastor to Kids & Youth Families is on maternity leave. This is a short-term, part-time position (~15-20 hours/week) to help sustain our family ministry through the duration of the leave (up to 26 weeks), ideally beginning with 1–2 weeks of overlap/training in advance.

This role offers the opportunity to care for our children, youth, and families in a thoughtful and joy-filled way – providing structure, presence, and spiritual leadership while our permanent staff member is away.

• Lead and support Kids Crew (Sunday morning kids programming).
• Check in regularly with Kids Crew volunteer team.
• Work with Director of Administration to coordinate volunteer scheduling
  , CORI/background checks
  , supply restocking, and Sunday prep.
• Review weekly curriculum (Orange ) and help ensure it remains engaging, clear, and theologically grounded.
• Handle or delegate any incident reports if needed.
• Support seasonal ministry preparation (e.g. for Advent activities and potentially Lent as well).
• Utilize resources Ali will prepare in advance to ensure smooth transitions.

• Serve as a relational checkpoint for youth volunteer team and support them in Sunday evening programming and special events.
• Send out email communication to parents about Youth Group schedule or needs.
• Follow up on any disciplinary issues and report concerns per mandatory reporting guidelines.
• Provide encouragement and spiritual leadership to youth and parents to support ongoing momentum.

• Check in with the Parent Connections Team about upcoming events or gatherings.
• Offer care
  , prayer, and follow-up for families navigating grief, baptism conversations, or other spiritual and emotional needs.
• Participate in Tuesday morning staff meetings and collaborate as a part of the larger staff team.

Optional:
Preaching opportunities if trained and interested

We’d love to connect and see if it’s a good fit.