- To establish a missional (distinctively Christian) after-school children’s club
- To be the project lead for our plan to deliver children’s holiday bible clubs (“HBC”) (this project is still to be named) through Summer 2026
- Two days mid-week
- We anticipate that the broad split would be: 1 day per week for the after-school club
- 1 day per week for organising planning and preparing for the HBC
- Closing date: 12pm, August 21st, 2025
- Interviews: week beginning August 25th, 2025
Pastoral Assistant (Children)
Role Summary
The churches of St John’s Newport, St Mary’s Carisbrooke and Newport Minster share a vision to see renewal in Jesus’s name across the parish and the Isle of Wight. The Lord is calling us to go and reach new audiences with the good news of Jesus.
The Pastoral Assistant (Children) plays a strategic role in enabling the parish to reach new audiences with the good news of Jesus. We pray for more children to encounter the love of Jesus in our town. We can see that traditional forms of church (Sunday services) alone are not reaching children in our community. We are therefore reimagining our approach to ministry to children over the next year. We are willing to change and adapt to increase our kingdom impact in this generation.
Job Purpose
We are looking for a Pastoral Assistant who will bring leadership to two key initiatives over the next year and which are necessary to move our vision forwards:
It is a genuine occupational requirement for the post-holder to be a practicing Christian.
Terms
Time Commitment
You would need to be free full time for three weeks in the summer.