Director of Children, Youth and Family Ministries

Director of Children, Youth and Family Ministries (DCYFM)

Bradley Hills

Presbyterian Church (BHPC), Bethesda, MD

To begin on or

around September 1, 2024.

Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church seeks an outgoing, creative, faith-filled Director

of Children, Youth and Family

Ministries (DCYFM) to lead the

management and delivery of our growing Christian Education program for

children, youth and families. The DCYFM will work in partnership with our

pastors, staff, and our Youth and Children’s Lay Ministries. Overall, the DCYFM

will help foster an

atmosphere of energy, faith and warmth in the religious education of our

children and youth and will be responsible for the tasks set forth below.

Bradley Hills is a 650-member congregation in

Bethesda, Maryland, just outside of Washington D.C. We are a diverse,

spiritually-focused, Christ-centered, caring community of friends who embrace

each person’s life and spiritual journey. We have a strong tradition of

worship, music, programs for children and families, outreach and mission

projects, and engagement in faith through conversation.

Our Interfaith witness is a hallmark of

our campus, as we share our space with both a synagogue (Bethesda Jewish Congregation)

and a mosque (Maqaame Ibrahim Islamic Center). Our building is a community

center for several missional groups, including Bethesda Friends Club (for men

with early Alzheimer’s) and our own BHPC Nursery School.

The tasks and

responsibilities of the DCYFM include:

·       Leading

the organization of the BHPC church school during the Sunday 10:30am service

(church school slows down in the summer).  

·       Teaching

church classes as needed. 

·       Assisting in the training of lay teachers who are

familiar with the Bible and other instructional materials, but who may need

guidance and advice.

·       Regularly leading the “Word with Children” at 10:30am

Sunday service in rotation with other worship leaders. 

·       Overseeing,

coordinating. and leading youth fellowship, which meets after worship on most

Sundays and, on occasion, some weekdays.  

·       Organizing

and leading youth summer mission/spiritual trips, in conjunction with pastors

and lay leaders. 

·       Overseeing the

provision of nursery childcare workers, whose work may be paid or volunteer.

·       Helping

to organize confirmation classes, in coordination with our pastors.

·       Leading

and promoting Summer Vacation Bible School (a few days in August) and selecting

the curriculum for it in cooperation with the relevant lay ministry and

pastors. 

·       Becoming

part of a collegial church staff in a positive and flexible working

environment. 

·       Given

the nature of this position, the DCYFM is expected to work in person at the

church offices and to exercise good judgement in determining whether working

remotely is most effective.

Candidate must

have a B.A. degree from an accredited university or college and experience

working with children in an educational setting.

Salary:  $60,000-$62,000

per year plus medical insurance, pension benefits, and paid vacation.

To apply,

please send a resume and cover letter to: 

personnel@bradleyhillschurch.org