GRACE CHURCH -CHILDREN’s DIRECTOR

Grace Church San Diego is a growing church with a focus on making resilient disciples of Jesus and being good news to our North Park community. In the last two years, our Kids Ministry has nearly doubled in size and is continuing to grow. Our current Children’s Director will be moving out of state in early 2025. This has created an opening on our staff team for a Children’s Director. Are you an interested candidate? Do you love Jesus, kids, fun and family? Are you a strong leader with organizational vision? We need you! Be sure to check out all the details on this page and complete the application below.

CHILDREN’S DIRECTOR responsibilities

  • Our hope is that our Children’s Director would establish a thriving program that cares for and teaches children the word of God, and partners with families in discipling their children. Additionally, we hope our Children’s Director will train and lead an excited team of volunteers.

  • The Grace Kids Ministry has been experiencing enormous growth in the past two years. On an average Sunday, we now see 120+ kids and we are currently having a baby boom! We are looking for a strong and organized leader to scale our program to support the growing needs. Ideally, we would love to hire someone with prior Children’s Ministry experience. Additionally, in 2025 we are planning to completely renovate our Kids Ministry space on our church campus. Our new Director may be able to give some input into the vision for the new space.

  • The Children’s Ministry Director reaches people to become followers of Christ. They will recruit and develop leaders to become disciple makers as specified in Matthew 28:16-20 and run a Christ-centered children’s ministry according to Colossians 3:17. Oversight of the Children’s Ministry includes: • Curriculum planning and implementation • Systems implementation & management • Volunteer management • Facility management (kid’s area)

  • *Fulfill the duties required of Grace Church members as outlined in the leader covenant

    *Proactive, confident leadership, a self-starter.


    *Must have experience working with children or directing a children’s program in either a church or educational setting

    *Knowledgeable about the Bible and passionate about family discipleship

    *Ability to self-manage, organize, and lead volunteers

    *Excellent communicator, especially with parents

    *Flexibility: Should enjoy and anticipate rapid change of environment/pace

    *Must be a professional learner, willing to constantly learn and grow in any area

  • *Plan, organize, evaluate, and implement gospel-based curriculum, activities, and calendar for both Pre-K and Elementary K-5th grade ministries.

    *Manage communication with parents and create a welcoming, responsive, and safe environment for families

    *Create structures within the Children’s ministry so that a team member can flourish and take ownership of the program according to Romans 12:3-8.

    *Develop and oversee the recruiting and training of volunteers to staff each of the worship service times every Sunday.

    *Train leaders to preach the gospel according to 2 Timothy 4:2.

    *Participate and collaborate with staff on events or programs keeping in line with the church and ministry mission and vision, including Child Dedications, classes, VBS, and other events.

    *Carefully manage Pre-K & Elementary Department budgets, oversee, and maintain facility area purchases. Replace outdated worn out items, report areas that need repair and recommend improvements as needed.

    *Serve as part of the staff team. Give input into meetings as well as meet regularly with supervisor and keep them updated on all ministry occurrences.

  • *Onboard Kids Ministry volunteers and train them to be a lead teacher or volunteer

    *Schedule Kids Ministry volunteers every month through Planning Center Services

    *Lead pre-service meeting with volunteers on Sunday 

    *Organize Kids Ministry events (Mega Sports Camp, Hallopalooza, etc.)

    *Act as a liaison between Kids program and church leadership to ensure Kids Ministry reflects the church’s focus and goals

    *Create Program Calendar and organized curriculum for each level of ministry

    *Help with recruiting new volunteers and program promotion

    *Maintain the integrity of the program

    *Keep the Kids Ministry finances within budget 

    *Order curriculum, materials, art supplies, and snacks

    *Be visible to parents and children before and after church

    *Troubleshoot issues during church (helping with a troubled child, calling parents, etc)

  • March 1, 2025 is the desired start date (though a sooner date may be negotiated). Position will report to the Grace Church Discipleship Pastor.

    This is a part-time role (28 hrs/wk) with a starting salary of $45,000

    56 hrs of vacation per year and 40 hrs of sick time (state regulation)

MEET GRACE CHURCH

Grace Church has served North Park and San Diego with the Gospel for over 100 years. We are passionate about the church being a family on mission with a vibrant Sunday gathering filled with missionary people making disciples and living in community during the week.

Grace San Diego was established in 1912. The church has a wonderful history which included, under the leadership of Dr. Tim LaHaye, the founding of Christian High School, Christian Heritage College (Now San Diego Christian College) and Institute for Creation Research. Grace, for several years, was known as “Scott Memorial Baptist” before the name was changed to Grace Church San Diego in 2009.

In December of 2021, Josh Martin came to Grace as the new Lead Pastor. Since then, he has collaborated with the Staff and Elder Team to implement many notable changes including the launch of House Churches, the start of Equip Classes, and a new approach to expository preaching that focuses on a single book of the Bible for an entire year.

Since 2021, our church attendance has more than doubled. Over the last few years our elders and staff have refocused the vision to: Making Resilient Disciples who reorient their lives to the way of Jesus.

We have also made major renovations to our church property by putting in a Counseling Center that serves our neighborhood community, and renovating meeting spaces and the church office. In 2025 there are plans to renovate the Kids Ministry space. Today, we continue to grow with a strong foundation on Biblical truth and a focus on being family on mission.

Join Our Team

The Grace Staff Team DOESN’T just work together, they do life together.

Family on Mission for Jesus. We preach it and we live it. The working culture at Grace Church is fun, authentic, collaborative, and innovative. Most important of all, we are members of our church together.