Director of Early Faith Formation

Company Description

Holy Trinity Anglican Church was launched in 2009 in Orange County, CA, shaped from the beginning by one core question: What would it look like to be a formationally oriented church — lived out for the sake of others?

As a counter-cultural community and part of the C4SO Diocese (Churches for the Sake of Others), HTC has cultivated values of rest, quiet, thoughtfulness, beauty, and a gentle, non-anxious presence. Through contemplative and artistic worship, we attune disciples of Jesus to the Spirit's work through the consistent ministry of Word and Sacrament.

Rooted in the global Anglican Communion yet welcoming of many backgrounds, HTC is firmly established in its values — and after 15 years of faithful growth, we believe we are only at the beginning.

Role Description

Holy Trinity is an Anglican Church of about 150 congregants in the C4SO Diocese (Churches for the Sake of Others) where about 10-20 children come weekly on Sundays into our nursery and ‘atrium’ (the Godly Play program for 6-10 year olds). The Director oversees only volunteers and no paid staff. 

The Director’s primary function is to oversee the vision, scope, sequence, curriculum, and communal rhythms of faith formation for children and families at Holy Trinity Anglican Church (HTC) in Costa Mesa, CA. This position reports to the Rector, supervises members of the ministry staff (nursery, early childhood, children) and works alongside families.  

Responsibilities:

1. Empowering Supervision: recruit and train atrium workers; resource and oversee children coordinators (including nursery); conduct atrium/nursery staff meetings as needed.
2. Oversee Sunday atrium/nursery alternate coordinator and arrange coverage when s/he is not available. 
3. Family Collaboration: compose quarterly family newsletters with the assistance of the Rector and initiate other means of communication with families.
4. Listen for and discern the  needs of families, and recommend resources for parents in their domestic worship and ministry to children.
5. Help the Rector identify families and persons with particular needs that the church might meet them. 
6. With the clergy, educate and prepare children and youth for baptism, confirmation, and reception of the sacraments.
7. Recommend to the Rector additional ways  to foster inter-generational worship, formation, and mission, integrating children and youth into church life. 
8. Team Collaboration: participate in weekly staff meetings; work alongside the Rector, Vestry, Ministerial Staff, and Director of Operation & Missions to ensure alignment with HTC’s vision for effective ministry and lifelong faith formation.

Other Responsibilities

1. Assist Parish Administrator in preparation and tasks for special services and some in high seasons.

Qualities

1. Team Player: works well in collaboration with others, strong communication skills, and commitment to investing in people
2. Missional Alignment: understands and supports HTC’s vision for faith formation and missions
3. Relational Connectivity: strong interpersonal skills, commitment to building relational trust with the church community
4. Teachable & Studious: ability to humbly receive feedback and instruction, desire to learn and pursue continuing education/training
5. Maintain a lifestyle in consonance with Christian wisdom, maturity, sound doctrine and healthy relationships.

COMPENSATION: $31 or more as commensurate with experience.