Director of Weekend Ministries

Working in close relationship with the Senior Pastor, the Director of Weekend Ministries develops leaders & process that result in excellent, effective and strategically aligned weekend services and other high-level initiatives.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
●      Education: BA/BS degree required
●      Strategic and creative leader with 5-10 years of relevant leadership experience.
●      Exhibits a strong personal commitment to Jesus Christ evidenced in personal relationships, commitment to the church,                      personal work ethic, compassion, and a heart for lost people.
●      Exhibits excellent leadership, organizational and communication skills.
●      Effective team builder with innate people skills.
●      Able to develop, lead and manage teams of volunteers to achieve the mission of the church.
●      Proven ability to design effective weekend services that are relevant, excellent and purposeful, and that effectively help                    Celebration accomplish its mission.
●      Willing to enthusiastically work in a church environment.
●      Possess a high degree of ministry readiness.

Overview of Job Duties:
●      Work collaboratively with Worship and Creative Arts, Communications, children’s, students and hospitality ministries, to                    ensure that all facets of weekend ministry are conducted with excellence.
●      Provide leadership in planning, preparing and executing reliably excellent, and strategically aligned weekend services. This              includes:
○      Partnering with the lead pastor on message series planning.
○      Collaborating with the Pastor of Worship and Creative arts on service planning.
○      Overseeing planning and debrief processes.
○      Overseeing how communication strategies strategically integrate within the weekend services.
●      Coach on-platform leaders and communicators, and the behind-the-scenes production teams.
●      Serve as the ‘watchdog’ for the Celebration brand both in our weekend services and from a church-wide perspective.
●      Champion church-wide marketing initiatives.
●      Manage the weekend budget.
●      As a member of the Leadership Team, provide input and take responsibility for high-level initiatives within the church including          church wide events as assigned by the senior pastor.
●      Insure the execution of ministry initiatives as assigned by the senior pastor.

Why Celebration?
●      We have a great staff culture! Celebration has been named a Best Christian Workplace multiple times. We’ve worked hard to create a positive, cooperative workplace. We also value a long-term investment in our church. The average tenure of our leadership staff is over 11 years.
●      We pay competitively. Our church has embraced the biblical ethic of a fair, living wage for its staff. To this end, we regularly evaluate our pay scale against other churches across the country. We also offer a full range of great benefits such as premium-free health insurance and retirement.
●      We’re a great congregation. Celebration is recovering well from the realities of COVID, financially strong, and growing as a more ethnically diverse congregation. We are seeking to both multiply new churches and raise up a new generation of well discipled, spiritually mature leaders for the church.