INTERESTED IN SERVING WITH OUR EMBRACE GRACE MINISTRY?
Our vision is for every young woman who experiences an unplanned pregnancy or single motherhood to have a safe church to turn to for healing, hope, and help. Our mission is to inspire and equip East Cobb Presbyterian Church to love on single and pregnant girls and their families.
Through weekly support groups, baby shower celebrations, and ongoing discipleship, we have an opportunity to be a part of the pro-life/pro-love solution that saves lives both physically and eternally.
Leader Mission:
To love scandalously, disciple strategically, and introduce each Bloom to the grace of Jesus.
"But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned to me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God." — Acts 20:24
Thank you so much for your interest in serving with Embrace Grace! We’re so thankful you have a heart to help the single, pregnant mommies and babies. They are easy to love. We ask that you read through the information below and pray about where God wants to use you to lead this ministry at East Cobb Presbyterian Church.
As we move forward in ministering to single women experiencing unplanned pregnancies, it has been amazing to see the way the Lord has worked. It has also become clear more organizational structure, through a Leadership Team, must be put into place so that we can continue to serve and operate more effectively. The women who have participated in Embrace Grace will now have the opportunity to have continued support with Embrace Life support groups starting this fall. Embrace Life will focus on life after pregnancy as a single mother and is open to those who have completed Embrace Grace and also those who have NOT completed Embrace Grace. Now that the church offers both Embrace Grace and Embrace Life support groups, they will now fall under the larger ministry called Embrace Ministries at East Cobb Presbyterian Church.
We need men and women to serve in the following leadership roles in order to continue this ministry at ECPC. Please pray about where you might be able to lead or support the leadership. Descriptions below outline leadership positions we hope to fill in time to launch our Fall 2020 support groups. Leadership team will meet every 4-6 weeks for planning.
Communications Director
The Communications Director will take the lead in setting the direction as well as the implementation of all internal and external communications to consistently articulate, enable and fulfill the mission and vision of Embrace Ministries (EM) at East Cobb Presbyterian Church. EM is looking for a member of the church who is creative, innovative, a strategic thinker and who is genuinely passionate about facilitating clear communication between EM and internal and external parties.
Responsible for all communications of EM which includes Embrace Grace and Embrace Life.
Oversees and manages social media presence and website.
Creates any necessary graphic designs.
Designs and reviews promotional materials.
Please note, this position is open to men and women.
Volunteer Coordinator
The Volunteer Coordinator is the primary person for recruiting, training, and arranging volunteers into positions with the aid and support of the Leadership Team. This role could be held by a single person or two co-leaders. Key responsibilities will include:
Hold recruitment sessions several times throughout the year. These sessions will include information on the vision of Embrace Ministries at East Cobb Presbyterian Church and details on the various roles and needs.
Keeping a record of all volunteers and leadership members both past and present in addition to what roles they served in and for how long.
When appropriate, assign Embrace Ministries volunteers to complete the online training material.
Ensure that all volunteers have successfully completed East Cobb Presbyterian Church’s Safety Screening.
Meet with relevant members of the Leadership team to place volunteers into roles.
Please note, this position is open to men and women.
Embrace Grace Group Coordinator
The purpose of the Embrace Grace Group Coordinator is to ensure the Co-Leaders can show up for Embrace Grace groups and simply focus on loving on the mamas. This means every detail needed to ensure groups are set up and ready to go are addressed and managed. Other duties include:
Identifying volunteers who would be an appropriate fit as a co-leader of a group.
Ensuring all materials for each group session are procured in advance.
Ensure Blooms have all the curriculum needed for the semester.
Set up snacks to be delivered by various church members throughout the semester.
Communicate with Financial Manager before making purchases for the group.
Communicating any needs or specific prayer requests to Communications Director to share with the church.
Ensure group needs are being met and address any issues with the support of the leadership team as issues arise.
If necessary, fill in as a co-leader on occasion.
Communicate information regarding showers/special days to co-leaders so that they can then pass the information along to the Blooms in a timely manner.
Please note, this position is open to women only.
Embrace Life Group Coordinator
The purpose of the Embrace Life Group Coordinator is to ensure the Co-Leaders can show up for Embrace Life and simply focus on loving on the mamas. This means focusing on all the details needed to make sure the groups be run smoothly. Some of which will include:
Identifying volunteers who would be an appropriate fit as a co-leader of a group.
Ensuring all materials for each group session are procured in advance.
Ensure Blooms have all the curriculum needed for the semester.
Set up snacks to be delivered by various church members throughout the semester.
Communicate with Financial Manager before making purchases for the group.
Communicating any needs or specific prayer requests to Communications Director to share with the church.
Ensure group needs are being met and address any issues with the support of the leadership team as issues arise.
Ensure childcare has been successfully booked for the semester.
If necessary, fill in as a co-leader on occasion.
Communicate information regarding special days to co-leaders so that they can then pass the information along to the Blooms in a timely manner.
Please note, this position is open to women only.
Special Events Coordinator
This role is responsible for coordinating one Embrace Grace (“Special Day” or Princess Day) and two Embrace Life (Adventure Days) events during the calendar year. This person will need to enjoy organization and they will have creative freedom to make these events truly unique. The Coordinator may utilize various volunteers to ensure the events are effectively planned and executed.
Ensure the events are appropriately staffed with volunteers
Schedule the date of events in coordination with Group Coordinators
Utilize various members of the leadership team and pastoral staff to be a part of and put on events
The Special Events Coordinator and Event Team manages all volunteers and responsibilities for Life Adventure Day. You can delegate as much as you want or you can take on a lot of the responsibility of different portions of the event that you want.
Please note, this position is open to women only.
Please fill out the form below and let us know how you’d like to get involved.