Connections Leader Responsibilities and Job Description:
Kirby is seeking a passionate believer in Christ who will be a team member who is strongly motivated to being a change agent who will have an owners attitude. They must have a strong desire to add value to others, seek greater personal development and be a change leader.
They will help develop and oversee the connection and spiritual growth strategy of Kirby Church under the direction of the Lead Pastor. This position will require a firm grasp of the beliefs, values, and strategy of Kirby Church.
They will have the unique privilege of leading guests and members to a genuine sense of belonging, involvement, and spiritual growth at Kirby Church by meeting people where they are and leading them to next steps. This will be accomplished by helping, guiding and supporting our people to take progressive steps in a process of discipleship. Theses steps will be centered on the goals of developing a deeper relationship with God, connecting with others in our body, and actively participating in outreach opportunities in our community and the world. In essence, connecting our people (Up) to God, (In) to the Body of Christ, and (Out) to the world with the Gospel of Christ. This is a vital position at Kirby Church.
They will facilitate relational connection and spiritual growth of adults through weekend guest services, groups, volunteer teams, and assimilation of new members.
CONNECTIONS LEADER
The Connections Leader will oversee the connection and spiritual growth strategy of Kirby Church under the direction and leadership of the Lead Pastor. This will require a firm grasp of the beliefs, values and strategy of Kirby Church and the ability to align staff and key leadership teams with its mission, vision and values.
They will lead guests to a genuine sense of belonging, involvement and spiritual growth at Kirby Church by meeting people where they are and leading them to next steps.
They will facilitate relational connection and spiritual growth of adults through weekend guest services, groups, volunteer teams, and assimilation of new members.
The Connections Leader will be responsible for:
1. Modeling Biblical Priorities
• Responsible for upholding Biblical priorities and core values of Kirby Church.
• They should represent a growing personal relationship with Christ.
• They should model a strong relationship with his or her spouse (if married) and children (if applicable).
• They should strive to fulfill his or her purpose in life and ministry while demonstrating integrity in words, relationships and actions.
• These objectives are accomplished by:
• Committing to a daily quiet-time with God.
• Participating in a Kirby Church small group on a regular basis. • Setting appropriate boundaries to protect character and integrity.
• Developing personal evangelism opportunities within and outside the church.
• Supporting the ministries of Kirby Church by faithful financial giving.
2. Oversight and Execution of First Impressions
• Responsible for creating an environment that welcomes new guests and provides next steps toward connection and spiritual growth, by:
• Leading, equipping and empowering guest services volunteers (ushers/ greeters/traffic ministry/etc...) in providing high impact first impressions.
• Removing roadblocks from a newcomer’s experience in all Kirby Church services.
• Providing volunteer team with current guest services best practices from innovative customer service focused organizations.
• Ensuring that kiosks, booths, signage and key areas are clear, current, and focused on new people.
• Planning and overseeing guest reception events.
• Ensuring that the guest services team answers questions and provides remarkable customer service on a consistent basis.
• Creating and continuously improving follow-up methods to ensure that newcomers are plugged in to Kirby Church.
3. Oversight and Execution of Small Groups Ministry
• Constructs practical onramps and systems to help people move from visiting to belonging/growing:
• Developing a systematic and effective effort to generate interest in small groups (sign-up areas, brochures, stories, all-church promotions, webpage, etc).
• Overseeing information and tracking of small group participants and leaders.
4. Oversight and Execution of Connection Volunteer Teams
• Lead people in discovering their God-given shape and helps them plug into a ministry by:
• Creating an environment and systems that are conducive for plugging new people into ministry.
• Recruiting, training and empowering volunteer team members. • Championing the leadership development strategy for volunteers. • Providing centralized efforts for training leaders (retreats, tools, etc.)
• Communicating clear vision and wins for volunteer teams on a regular basis.
• Producing videos, printed promotions, verbal announcements, web page information, etc. about serving at Kirby Church.
• Building systems and structures that lead people from being spectators to volunteers.
Working Environment:
• Extended or flexible hours as necessary; will require evening and weekend duties
• Work will include a variety of settings: outdoors, home/site visits, hospital visitations, office environments, etc...
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of this job and the level of work performed.
It is understood that culture changes, church changes, therefore, models and methods must also change. Therefore, this job description will be modified from time to time to reflect this.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties required by his/her supervisor.
This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will” employment relationship
Completed application needs to include the following information: • Resume detailing work and Education history
• Personal Statement of Faith/Testimony
• Contact information for (3) professional references.