Christian Education Director

Mt. Zion United Methodist Church
Lothian, Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 07/31/2014
Categories: Christian Education
Job Type: Full-Time
Employee Workplace: Unspecified
Job Description:

 

Christian Education Director – Job Posting

Lothian, Maryland

 

The Christian Education Director (CED) will carry out the vision and mission of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church by developing actions to support the Church’s Goals. The Christian Education Director will coordinate a ministry of Christian Education with volunteers so that children, youth and young adults are introduced to Jesus Christ and nurtured as disciples to follow Christ and to love their neighbors. This is a full-time salaried position.

 

Qualifications

  • Integrity, Christian faith, character, and a model of the Christian lifestyle
  • Christian values, communicated with clarity and effectiveness to children, youth, and young adults
  • Self-starting, with an encouraging and enthusiastic attitude and the ability to develop positive relationships in working as part of a team
  • Initiative and commitment to do whatever it takes to make disciples of Christ, especially among children, youth, and young adults
  • Demonstrated leadership, organizational, and administrative skills
  • Ability to maintain the confidentiality of information received as such
  • Computer skills including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, email, social media (Face book, Twitter, etc.), the Internet
  • Flexibility to perform additional duties in the area of Christian Education as assigned by the pastor or Staff Parish Relations Committee (SPRC)

 

Education and Experience Preferences

  • A bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent training and experience is required.
  • Experience in ministry with children, youth, and young adults is preferred.
  • Graduate studies in Christian Education is welcomed.
  • Understanding and support of the United Methodist Church’s doctrine in all areas of faith and practice is required.
  • Three – five years of experience is preferred.

 

Compensation / Benefits

  • Salaried position of $35,000 to $45,000 per year commensurate with education and experience
  • Health Insurance
  • Continuing education funds
  • Cell phone reimbursement
  • Travel allowance
  • Leave time

 

Please submit your resume and qualifications with a letter of desirability for this important position to Jim MacBride, SPRC Chair. 

 

Mt. Zion United Methodist Church

122 Bayard Road

Lothian, MD 20711

410-867-9093 Fax

mz@mzumc.com

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About Mt. Zion United Methodist Church

The mission of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church is to reach the church’s vision through celebrating God in worship, connecting the body through fellowship, developing followers of Christ through discipleship, serving the body through ministry, and sharing Christ through outreach and evangelism. Mt. Zion United Methodist is a 440-member church with 160 in average attendance at two services. The 8:00 am service is a more traditional service and the 10:30 service is a more contemporary service. Music is very important to us and we have a music director as well as an adult choir for the 8:00 service, a praise band for the 10:30 service, and a youth band made up of youth and young adults from our church. We offer Sunday School for all ages and stages and a children’s church during the 10:30 service. The church is located in an area that is within 15 miles of Annapolis, 30 miles of Baltimore, and 25 miles of Washington, D.C. The area right around the church contains farmland on one side and some of the busiest intersections in the area on the other. There are also several housing developments within the immediate vicinity. The church is located in the southern part of Anne Arundel County in an area commonly referred to as South County. The population of Anne Arundel County is approximately 525,000 people. Thousands of people move to the county each year, with the vast majority being upwardly-mobile families with teen-age children, college-age children and families whose children have started their own lives. What some would describe as a small, rural church that has long been part of the landscape, others would describe as a church in the heart of the greater suburban areas between Baltimore, Annapolis and Washington, D.C. Some of the missions we offer include participation in the Appalachian Service Project (ASP), a motorcycle riders ministry, freezer meals for anyone who needs a boost, and meat provided to assist people who come to the church for assistance. We have a Pastor’s Discretionary Fund (PDF) out of which we have assisted people with a wide variety of financial needs. The church has coordinated food drops to area housing developments where there is need, a breakfast club for kids in the summer who would normally depend on the school for breakfast, tutoring at local schools, a growing middle-high youth group that is reaching un-churched kids, and a growing soccer and drama camp format for the Vacation Bible School. A more recent endeavor is a ministry to serve the servers – the church is taking special meals and treats to the local firefighters, police officers and teachers during their work hours to minister to them and build relationships.
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