The fourth core leadership function of a Kids' City Campus Director may not be glorious, but it is so important to the functioning of the ministry. The fourth bucket is Administration.
I've been involved in a variety of ministry areas through the years, and I believe I can say with conviction that no area of ministry has as many administrative nuances as children's ministry. I like administrative tasks, but I was quite overwhelmed with the details when I first entered this arena. Background checks, bathroom policies, curriculum supplies, leader to child ratios, evacuation plans, check-in systems, sublists, security checkpoints, allergy alerts...YIKES! It can be overwhelming to think of how many cracks there are that things could fall through.
A Campus Director has to manage a complex web of details and administrative functions. Oversights can be costly. Failure to manage the details can lead to confusion, demotivated contributors, anxious parents, sloppy systems, and worst of all...unsecure environments for children.
The majority of the Campus Director's administrative task takes place during the week. When the details are attended to, the communications are clear and precise, and the systems are in place...the weekend goes smooth. OK, well, that's not always true. Of course all the admin in the world won't make up for Contributors who call off at the last minute or the kid who ate 5 donuts before dropping into your ministry, but a strong Administrator will make sure that everything that could have been done to set the weekend up for success was done in preparation.
So the fourth bucket is taken care of...only one remains. It's perhaps the hardest one to define...
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