Meet COMMUNITY 

Community Christian Church (also known as COMMUNITY) is a church that began as the dream of 5 friends from college who wanted to create a place that would help people find their way back to God. Services were first held in a High School cafeteria in 1989, and 8 years later, COMMUNITY launched its first additional location and became one of the pioneers in Multi-site Ministry.

COMMUNITY’s vision is three-fold. To be: 1) An Impact Church – A church that will have a lasting impact on the people and places we engage. 2) A Reproducing Church – A church that will start new campuses and churches worldwide. 3) A Catalyst for a Movement – In 2001, COMMUNITY formed NewThing, a church-planting mission that now includes churches all over the world.

Today COMMUNITY is one church in 4 expressions with 7 locations, Online services, Micro Churches, and a prison ministry.

We are driven by:

• Real Connection with Real People
• Helping People Find Their Way Back to God
• Exponential Transformation
• Restoring God’s Dream for His Diverse World
• Future-Minded Innovation

COMMUNITY'S Downers Grove Location is one of our seven physical locations with a 24/7 and a newly remodeled space and an average weekly attendance of 350 people. With a population of nearly 50,000, Downers Grove is a beautiful community located 22 miles west of Chicago. Convenient access to Chicago via rail and several major expressways make Downers Grove a prime location to live, work and play. Highly ranked schools were a top factor in Downers Grove being named one of the Top 10 Livable Cities for kids by Livability.com. Downers Grove has also been recognized by Forbes as one of America's Friendliest Towns.

About Kids’ City

Kids’ City helps families find their way back to God by helping parents confidently lead their kids spiritually, teach their kids to live generously, and to live in prayer. We are committed to helping the whole family grow in the three Connections of COMMUNITY: You + God, You + the Church and You + the World.

Kids’ City provides age-appropriate small groups every Sunday during the Adult services. Small groups are where children can grow in their relationship with other kids and adults in the church. In Kids’ City, children have an opportunity to engage in God’s word in exciting and meaningful ways with others and consistent leaders.

About the Kids’ City Director

We are looking for a warm, authentic, inspiring, and fun person - someone who believes that a thriving kid's ministry is vital for helping to love and lead kids and families to a transformative connection with God. The Kids’ City Director should be a visionary leader, passionate, creative, engaging, detail-oriented, and self-motivated. The right person knows that success doesn’t mean, “do all the things” – but it means building, motivating, and mobilizing dynamic and thriving teams.

The Win 

The Kids’ City  Director is recognized as the visible leader of kids and family ministry at their COMMUNITY location.

Kids’ City is offering quality experiences for kids and families at the location (KC Small Groups, KC Large Group, Family Dive (baptism)  class, Child Dedication class, Family Service Opportunities, etc).

Kids’ City is playing a vital role in the overall vision for engagement in the community.

Service and Arts Coordinators feel cared for, equipped, and connected to the Kids' City Director.

Every Kids’ City Leader is cared for, equipped, and served by a Coach.

New volunteers are added to the Kids’ City team on a consistent basis.

New families receive personal attention to help them feel welcome and to get connected.

Operational systems and procedures are running smoothly to support the 3C experiences.

Kids’ City environments are safe, kid-focused, and inviting.

Keys to Winning

Model Christ-like leadership to kids, families, Kids’ City volunteers, COMMUNITY co-workers, and the church.

Communicate passionate vision for Kids’ City.

Champion the kids and family perspective on your location's staff team.

Take advantage of visible leadership opportunities (i.e. host moments, core classes).

Greet and build relationships with COMMUNITY families.

On the weekends, visit every Kids’ City room as often as possible to greet, connect with, and affirm every Kids’ City contributor.

Work with your key Leaders, Coaches, Coordinators, Community Pastor, and Kids' City Champion to determine next steps in implementing and improving Kids' City experiences.

Build meaningful relationships with and develop your Service and Arts Coordinators.

Connect regularly with your Coordinators or Coaches through phone calls, e-mail, or 1:1 meetings.

Pray consistently for your Coordinators or Coaches.

Develop and implement a strategy for identifying and recruiting new Coaches, Leaders, Apprentice Leaders, and contributors.

Develop and implement a strategy for reaching out to families in the community to help them find their way back to God and get connected into COMMUNITY.

Build contributor teams to accomplish important operational tasks (i.e. curriculum supply, data entry, toy/supply replacement).

What You Bring

Commitment to COMMUNITY's philosophy of ministry and mission of helping people find their way back to God.

Commitment to Kids' City's philosophy of ministry and mission of helping families raise growing Christ- followers who connect with God, the Church and the World.

Personally moving towards maturity in the three connections of COMMUNITY (You + God, You + The Church, You + The World)

Experience in developing and training adult leaders.

Experience in leading and working with children.

Excellent verbal and written communication.

Strong ability for strategic thinking.

Experience and effectiveness in working with highly collaborative teams.

 

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