Children's Church Team Roles: Woodlands Church
Woodlands Church Family
Children and Community Worker – Branch Community Church
Children’s Pastor – Highgrove Church
The Woodlands Church Family (WCF) is a vibrant, growing family of churches with eight sites located across the city of Bristol. Our vision is to transform Bristol through the love and power of God as we create spirit-filled, visible communities of faith in neighbourhoods across the city.
Each congregation is distinct in their style, but we all share the same vision, mission and values to be communities which are welcoming of everyone, authentic in our faith, empowered by the Holy Spirit and expectant of all that God will do in us and through us.
As we’ve grown, so too has our team, and we have several exciting opportunities for joining our team.
The following positions are available at two of our sites:
Children’s and Community Worker at
Branch Community Church – 2 days a week
Children’s Pastor at
Highgrove Church – 3 days per week
These can be delivered as separate roles. Alternatively, as Branch Community Church has its service on a Sunday afternoon, that role could be combined with the role at Highgrove Church as they have Sunday morning services.
Candidates should be highly motivated, enthusiastic, able to take initiative, work well in a team and be passionate to see children grow in their faith.
(1) Branch Community Church (
www.branchcommunity.church)
Branch Community Church meets at Emmanuel Chapel in Henbury and serves the communities of Henbury and Brentry.
The
Children’s and Community Worker at Branch role will include the following duties:
You will be responsible for working with the Branch Leadership team to coordinate and oversee our children’s provision, both on a Sunday and during the week.
Key areas of work include:
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Develop our Sunday provision.
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Support the delivery of PlayBox, our weekly toddler group.
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Lead the growth and development of Branch’s children’s work in the community.
(2) Highgrove Church (
www.highgrove.church)
Highgrove Church meets in its building in Sea Mills and serves the communities of Sea Mills, Coombe Dingle, Stoke Bishop and Shirehampton.
The
Children’s Pastor role at Highgrove will include the following duties:
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Oversee our Sunday morning all-age activities and separate children’s provision and the team of 30+ children’s church volunteers.
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Provide encouragement and resources for our church families
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Work with team and other local churches to organise and lead activities, including school assemblies, that serve our local community.
Terms
These are permanent positions contracted with the option of 2 days a week to 4.5/5 days a week in combination.
The salary will be £25,570 - £28,000 pro rata, depending on experience.
The annual holiday entitlement is 25 days pro rata, plus 8 days bank holiday pro rata.
The roles will be based at Branch Community Church in Henbury or Highgrove Church in Sea Mills, all in North Bristol, depending on the combination of roles. Travel between the different sites will be required.
We have a legal responsibility to ensure that all our employees have the legal right to live and work in the UK. Therefore, please only apply if you are eligible to work in the UK as we will have to verify this before you can start work.
The closing date for applications is midnight on Wednesday 7th May 2025. However, this vacancy will close once we have sufficient applications. If shortlisted, interviews will take place during the two weeks commencing 12th May 2025.
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