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Director of Children and Family Ministries
West Lawn United Methodist Church, a mid-sized, active, and growing congregation in southeast Pennsylvania (South District, EPA Conference), is seeking a Director of Children and Family Ministries to continue to nurture the faith formation of children from birth through 5th grade. Candidates with prior child leadership and/or teaching experience with strong relational and organizational skills, are forward thinking, creative, and energetic, will all be considered.
Ability to integrate the children into the congregation and continue to attract new families to West Lawn UMC is very important. Along with the Program Coordinator for Children and Family Ministry, this person would oversee the Sunday School classes, plan and lead mid-week and Sunday night programming, manage the Nursery staff, organize special family events and VBS, and conduct all communication and marketing of WLUMC Children and Family Ministries using the tools available. The candidate should demonstrate a strong personal faith in alignment with the beliefs and practices of the United Methodist Church. This is a 12-month position, up to 30 hours per week. Salary is commensurate with experience.
West Lawn UMC averages 500 people in weekly worship attendance and has a strong team of volunteer children’s leaders. Current West Lawn students are very active in local programming, events, and family mission. There are approximately 110 children participating in West Lawn’s program, with consistent growth.
Interested candidate should submit cover letter, resume, and letters of recommendation by October 31, 2023 to: office@westlawnumc.org.
Ability to integrate the children into the congregation and continue to attract new families to West Lawn UMC is very important. Along with the Program Coordinator for Children and Family Ministry, this person would oversee the Sunday School classes, plan and lead mid-week and Sunday night programming, manage the Nursery staff, organize special family events and VBS, and conduct all communication and marketing of WLUMC Children and Family Ministries using the tools available. The candidate should demonstrate a strong personal faith in alignment with the beliefs and practices of the United Methodist Church. This is a 12-month position, up to 30 hours per week. Salary is commensurate with experience.
West Lawn UMC averages 500 people in weekly worship attendance and has a strong team of volunteer children’s leaders. Current West Lawn students are very active in local programming, events, and family mission. There are approximately 110 children participating in West Lawn’s program, with consistent growth.
Interested candidate should submit cover letter, resume, and letters of recommendation by October 31, 2023 to: office@westlawnumc.org.

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Here at our church we extend a special welcome to those who are single, married, divorced, widowed, gay, straight, filthy rich, comfortable, dirt poor, have lived here for decades, just moved in, or are passing on through. Whatever your background, nationality, or skin color, we don't care; you're welcome here.
We extend a special welcome to those that are newly married, never married, married again, or married for longer than they can even remember… or choose to remember. We welcome families of all shapes and sizes, those with one child that is as quiet as a mouse, those with a whole basketball team, and parents with crying new-born babies.
You’re welcome here if you can sing like John Coakley or Pat Kenna or if you can’t carry a note in a bucket. You’re welcome here if you’re "just browsing," just woke up, or just got out of prison. Those that serve in our military or work in our community as first responders, you’re welcome here, too. We don’t care if you’re more Christian than the Bishop or if you haven’t been in church since your little nephew’s baptism.
We extend a special welcome to those who are over 60 but not grown up yet, and to teenagers who are growing up too fast. We welcome yoga moms, football dads, starving artists, tree-huggers, latte-sippers, vegetarians, junk-food eaters, and food connoisseurs.
We welcome those who are in recovery or are still addicted. We welcome you if you’re having problems or you’re down in the dumps. We welcome you even if you don’t like ‘organized religion’ or you call yourself ‘spiritual.’
If you blew all your money on the horses or the scratch-offs, you’re welcome here, too. We offer a welcome to those who work too hard, don’t work at all, can’t spell, or come just because grandma is in town and she made you go to church.
We welcome those who are inked, pierced, or both. We offer a special welcome to those who could use a prayer right now, those that had religion shoved down their throat as a kid, or got lost on Penn Ave and wound up here by mistake.
We welcome tourists, seekers and doubters, bleeding hearts, and all those at different locations on their own journey of faith. Progressives, traditionalists, compatibilists, non-compatibilists… come on in, we welcome you, too. There’s more than enough room in my Father’s house.
You're welcome here.
We extend a special welcome to those that are newly married, never married, married again, or married for longer than they can even remember… or choose to remember. We welcome families of all shapes and sizes, those with one child that is as quiet as a mouse, those with a whole basketball team, and parents with crying new-born babies.
You’re welcome here if you can sing like John Coakley or Pat Kenna or if you can’t carry a note in a bucket. You’re welcome here if you’re "just browsing," just woke up, or just got out of prison. Those that serve in our military or work in our community as first responders, you’re welcome here, too. We don’t care if you’re more Christian than the Bishop or if you haven’t been in church since your little nephew’s baptism.
We extend a special welcome to those who are over 60 but not grown up yet, and to teenagers who are growing up too fast. We welcome yoga moms, football dads, starving artists, tree-huggers, latte-sippers, vegetarians, junk-food eaters, and food connoisseurs.
We welcome those who are in recovery or are still addicted. We welcome you if you’re having problems or you’re down in the dumps. We welcome you even if you don’t like ‘organized religion’ or you call yourself ‘spiritual.’
If you blew all your money on the horses or the scratch-offs, you’re welcome here, too. We offer a welcome to those who work too hard, don’t work at all, can’t spell, or come just because grandma is in town and she made you go to church.
We welcome those who are inked, pierced, or both. We offer a special welcome to those who could use a prayer right now, those that had religion shoved down their throat as a kid, or got lost on Penn Ave and wound up here by mistake.
We welcome tourists, seekers and doubters, bleeding hearts, and all those at different locations on their own journey of faith. Progressives, traditionalists, compatibilists, non-compatibilists… come on in, we welcome you, too. There’s more than enough room in my Father’s house.
You're welcome here.