Kids Minister

The Kids Minister oversees our Storyline Kids Ministry, leaders, & staff. The Kids Minister will be responsible for helping align Storyline Kids’ ministry (birth- 5th grade) with the overall mission, vision, values, and strategies of the family discipleship team and the church.

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Why We Love This Opportunity

I love this role because it gives someone high level leadership opportunities at a growing, thriving church. If someone is wanting to build a great kids ministry at a Gospel-Driven church, serving alongside a growing team, then this is the position for them.

A great match for this position would be:

• Gospel-Center, Scripture-Driven: Someone who believes in the power of the Gospel and the importance of Scripture on a child’s life and ability to translate it to a child. 
• Highly Relational: Someone who is warm, leads with humility, doesn’t think they have it all figured out and can relate to parents and kids. 
• Multiplier of Leaders: Someone who understands that they need to multiply themselves through recruiting, delegating and empowering leaders. 
• Visionary: Someone who understands and believes the importance of kids ministry and family ministry and is able to transfer that passion and vision to others. 
• Hungry and Coachable: Someone who is focused on how they can get better, they are curious and they want to grow because they want Storyline kids to be the best it can be.

About This Organization

Storyline Church began as a church plant through the North American Mission Board, launching in February 2015. In 2020, Storyline Church welcomed Dr. JT English as the new Lead Pastor. Under JT’s leadership, we added new staff to our team, saw our church remain unified and hopeful, welcomed hundreds of new people who now call Storyline home, and had new ideas for the next chapter of our story.

In 2024, Storyline embarked on a season called One Sound, where we committed to pray, give, and go in obedience to the Lord to build beyond ourselves and expand our impact in Arvada, invest in the next generation, and plant churches. 

Today, Storyline Church has baptized more than 800 people and regularly gathers over 2,300 in worship and 450 kids on Sundays. More than 1,500 men and women, 200 middle and high school students, and 400 college students connect in Discipleship Spaces throughout the week. And throughout the year, Storyline Members share the gospel in both local missions opportunities and around the world. We are committed to continuing to follow the mission the Lord has given us in the days, months, and years to come. We can’t wait to see how He will continue to lead us.

Location

Arvada is a welcoming, family-friendly community just northwest of Denver, offering the best of both worlds: easy access to the city while still feeling like a connected, suburban community. With the mountains nearby, great parks and trails, and a strong local community, it’s a great place to live, work, and raise a family.

Mission, Vision, and Values

Mission:

• Live in God’s Story By Knowing Jesus and Loving All People

Values:

• Gospel: The Good News is our hope. We receive God’s grace because of who He is and what He has done. 
• Scripture: The Bible is for everyone. We teach the Bible as the true story that changes lives. 
• Discipleship: The good life is in Jesus. We learn to follow and worship Him by taking next steps. 
• Community: The church is a family. We love one another by using our gifts as we gather, give and serve. 
• Mission: The good news is for the world. We share Jesus with our neighbors and the nations.

Key Responsibilities

Implement Storyline’s vision of coming alongside families to disciple kids (birth-5th)

• Execute the scope and sequence for key discipleship outcomes within Storyline Kids
• Champion Family Discipleship Milestones within Storyline Kids
• Come alongside the Director of Family Discipleship to develop and implement a strategy to equip parents to become primary disciple makers at home

Oversee Storyline Kids

• Lead Storyline Kids staff team
• Manage the annual budget for Storyline Kids
• Maintain excellent and clear communication with parents and families
• Ensure leaders and families are loved and cared for by maintaining regular contact with them
• Execute events that provide discipleship and community outreach opportunities throughout the year (Ex. Leader Training, Kids Camp, etc.)
• Build ministry capacity through the recruitment and training of lay leaders and volunteers to ensure the effective implementation of ministry objectives, goals, and action plans
• Rotate with the kids team to schedule on weekends

Oversee Curriculum within Storyline Kids

• Work alongside the Director of Family Discipleship to create and implement curriculum in Storyline Kids, including but not limited to:
• 40 Key Events
• Alignment series
• Kids Camp
• Other discipleship tools

First Time Storyline Kids Families

• Manage First Time Guest Registration and first time guest follow-up, including profile editing

Serve on the Family Discipleship Team

• Attend Storyline staff meetings and staff-related events
• Attend and give input to team meetings within family discipleship
• Ensure we are in compliance with all abuse prevention policies

Key Qualifications

• High capacity and flexibility.
• Confidence and initiative to anticipate needs within this ministry lane and execute accordingly.
• Knowledge of developmental and faith stages for preschoolers and children, and the ability to strategically choose and implement appropriate programming for those stages is essential.
• Experience in a church leading in the spiritual formation area of children, and/or Christian education is preferred.
• Decisive and proven leader with the ability to encourage, empower, and coach other leaders and teams in the field of education.
• Organized, strong delegator and follow-through, ability to cast and execute discipleship vision.
• Ability to develop and organize effective ministry teams made up of staff and volunteer leaders.
• Ability to create a positive and intentional leadership culture.

For more information, please get in touch with Phil Christian at pchristian@slingshotgroup.org