Q of the Month: who runs the 5th/6th grade program?
Being new the this whole Family Ministry thing, I’m really trying to get ahold of the 5th & 6th grade program so many churches are adapting. So, the Ministry Blackboard Question of the month is who does the 5th & 6th Grade program fall under? Childrens or youth ministry? Or does this person in charge report directly to the Family Minister?
TAKE A MINUTE right now and share who you think should run this upcoming and ever growing program.
The answer is Grant Diamond.
The answer is ALWAYS Grant Diamond 🙂
Our age divisions for groups at our church currently reflect our local school districts. Rather than having two different groups of staff (children & youth), we have 1 Family Ministry team with 2 full time and 3 part time staff members.
Here's our Family Ministry staff set-up:
Our EC Director (PT) coordinates ministries from birth to Pre-k… with overlap of Kinder shared with our Elem Director.
Our Elem Director (PT) coordinates 1st-5th grade ministry with overlap over Kinder and a strong voice in Middle School ministry (6-8th).
Our Middle School Director (PT) coordinates 6-8th grade and is an occasional large group teacher in our Elem & High School ministry
I (FT) provide oversight for Children (Birth-8th) & Family (marriage & parenting) Ministry
Our Student Pastor (FT) runs High School (9-12th) and College ministries, with a strong voice in our family (marriage & parenting) ministry.
Thanks Anthony for sharing this. Very interesting. The PT options are cool. BTW, cool blog you have.
Greetings from the Great White North!
I am currently leading the 56/family ministry at our Central campus. (I was formerly the family guy for the youth ministry) In our context we were seeing a great deal of our students (particularly boys) checking out of the children ministries by the end of grade 5.
Therefore we created a two year transitioning gathering – that still has some children components but beats the heart of youth ministry. I am under the Children Ministries banner but spend much of my time floating between childrens and youth – championing the family (intergenerational) initiatives.
This is a great idea – 56ers are in that transition so it is great having someone in both pools (children and youth) to be the go-between. Thanks for sharing.
We're a smaller church of about 300 so right now we stay with school divisions. 6th grade is part of youth. 5th is elementary. I oversee all those ministries and their various leaders to ensure smooth transition. As we grow, we'll revisit, but that's where we're at now.