Sunday Squad Leader

(New 2024 replacing 9:15 KAT Support Leader, 9:15 KAT Leader, 9:15 DOG Support Leader, 9:15 DOG Leader, 4:30 KAT Support Leader, 4:30 KAT Leader)

Role:

To facilitate activities that encourages children from grade 4 to year 8 to explore the stories of our faith tradition. To provide pastoral care to the children involved in the ministry activity.

Responsibilities:

• Liaise with MinistryTeam before your rostered Sunday, to discuss planning and to ensure continuity for the group.

• Prepare for the session by reading through the resource materials and becoming familiar with the week’s story and background information.
• Arrive at GWUC on the Sunday morning with enough time to ensure that the room is prepared and set up before the start of worship.
• Greet children and their parents as they arrive at worship.
• Provide the children with opportunities to explore the Bible story through asking questions.
• Record children’s attendance.

• Following the session, notify the MinistryTeam and other leaders about any new children and anything important to note from the session.

• Ensuring the room is packed up and tidy at the end of the session.
• Attend a planning meeting each term.
• Attend a Safe Church training session each three years, beginning in the first year of volunteering at GWUC.

Requirements:

• A commitment and passion for Children and Families ministry.
• A current Working with Children Check.
• A passion for providing children with opportunities to grow in faith towards spiritual maturity.
• Enthusiastic, keen and caring character

Commitment:

• Each Sunday during school term.