Children's Minister

About Fair Haven

Fair Haven Christian Church sits on the southernmost part of Johnson County, about 35 minutes south of Indianapolis. The church began about 75 years ago in the rural community of Trafalgar. God has blessed the church with sustained growth; currently, the church has around 600 in attendance on Sunday morning, which includes about 80-100 children. While the church’s physical address is in the city of Franklin, Fair Haven is in the Trafalgar community.  Our community is growing, and we have the vision to be ready for the new people God is calling us to reach with the gospel. We view children’s ministry as a priority for Fair Haven. We have a history of prioritizing money and space for children to ensure the ministry can thrive. Each Sunday, Fair Haven has three identical worship services. In order to accommodate our growing community, we are preparing to break ground on a new worship center.

Responsibilities:

• Overseeing all children’s ministry (birth-5th grade) programming and facilities to ensure church alignment and excellence.
• Oversee volunteer recruitment, training, and scheduling 60-80 volunteers per week
• Lead children’s ministry events like VBS, trunk or treat, retreats, camp session, etc.
• Pastoral care for parents, children, and volunteers
  • Parenting guidance
  • Baptism and faith conversations
  • Mental / emotional encouragement
• Collaboration with church staff to ensure teamwork and support church-wide initiatives through unified ministry efforts.
• Ensuring alignment of teachers and curriculum with the theological convictions of Fair Haven

Qualifications:

• Abilities
  • Clearly explain responsibilities and set expectations for volunteers
  • Ability to interact well with children and adults
  • Ability to provide solutions to complaints and questions
  • Ability to evoke confidence and peace for new families
• Essential Traits
  • Collaborator and team player
  • Flexible
  • Coachable
  • Delegator
  • Self-starter
  • Problem solver

• Knowledge
  • Understand and agree with the core teachings of Fair Haven on topics like: 
        * Jesus 
        * Baptism/Communion 
        * Human Sexuality 
        * Sin/Forgiveness
  • Understanding of independent, resotration churches

Education and/or Experience:

• Preferred: Ministry degree from an accredited Christian college or university or Relevant work experience in a restoration church.
• Considered: Relevant experience as a high-capacity volunteer in a restoration church.

To Apply:

Interested candidates should send a resume and cover letter to: [email protected].