Deanna Wilson
ALGONQUIN,IL
Summary
Seasoned kid's ministry director with experience in building teams and providing spiritual leadership to volunteers and kids of diverse backgrounds. Highly adept in creating environments where kids belong. Skilled in directing day-to-day operations when developing programs to grow ministry and outreach. Passionate about inspiring kids to grow in their faith.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Kids Weekend Experience Director
Willow Creek Community Church
South Barrington, IL
06.2023 - Current
- Created an effective door-to-door kid experience model that is used weekly
- Oversee programming processes that are executed at 6 campuses
- Reinventing ineffective process systems and solve weekly problems on the spot
- Developed new curriculum templates to reflect the desired experience for kids and to be simple for volunteers
- Designed a creative process to develop effective curriculum tools for our weekends
Interim Willow Kids Pastor
Willow Creek Community Church
South Barrington, IL
09.2022 - 06.2023
- Developed a healthy, growing culture with a struggling ministry team
- Led a team to host an effective family outreach
- Completed a 10 room expansion for kids due to church growth
- Conducted a think tank process to reinvent the experience for: new families, new kids, and kid's birthdays
- Directed a team through recruiting, onboarding, and training 90 volunteers in a short period of time
Willow Kids Kid/Volunteer Experience Developer
Willow Creek Community Church
01.2021 - 07.2022
- Designed volunteer onboarding process and supporting resources
- Developed ideal yearly staff and volunteer training rhythms and resources
- Curated environmental supplements for kid spaces and kid weekend experience
- Assembled a resource library to aid volunteers with hard topics and hard moments in a kid's life
- Coached kid's ministry pastors of various campuses toward alignment within a matrix organization
Promiseland Kid Experience Director
Willow Creek Community Church
08.2017 - 01.2021
- Restructured existing team to better meet new ministry goals
- Led a kid experience team to develop original curriculum
- Expanded weekend content to be a fully programmed door-to-door experience for kids
- Conducted Kid Focus Groups to better understand our target audience
- Collaborated with volunteer and parent teams to develop a wholistic experience for those influencing kids
KidCity Central Team Director
Hope Community Church
Raleigh, NC
09.2016 - 07.2017
- Reorganized an existing team to better serve a multi-site model organization
- Guided all content creation for the weekend experience for kids and parents at multiple campuses
- Collaborated with kid's ministry leaders to better understand contextualized needs of each campus
- Created programming content and curriculum for kid's camp in Haiti and led a students team to execute camp
- Led a team to plan and execute a church-wide, multiple campus volunteer appreciation event
KidCity Director, Morrisville Campus
Hope Community Church
Raleigh, NC
08.2011 - 09.2016
- Launched a portable campus of a multi-site church
- Led a volunteer team to create a thriving culture and execute the weekend experience for kids
- Partnered with community and local government agencies to host events to build warmth in the community
- Planned discipleship and outreach events for kids
- Designed and led a volunteer team to create multiple kid relevant spaces in a permanent facility
Creative Arts/Communications Specialist
Hope Community Church
Raleigh, NC
08.2007 - 08.2011
- Oversaw production needs of a weekend service and special events
- Managed calendar and timelines of promotions for the whole church
- Aided in campaign to launch multi-site church model
- Acted as a campus liaison to ensure all communication, signage and programming tools needed were available
- Managed logistics for all church-wide events
Education
Bachelor of Science - Interior Design
University of North Carolina At Greensboro
Greensboro, NC12.1992
Master of Arts - Ministerial Leadership/Family Ministry Focus
Southeastern University
Lakeland, FLSkills
- Supervision & Leadership
- Critical Thinking
- Creative Ideation
- Team Building
- Problem Resolution
- Training & Development
Timeline
Kids Weekend Experience Director
Willow Creek Community Church
06.2023 - Current
Interim Willow Kids Pastor
Willow Creek Community Church
09.2022 - 06.2023
Willow Kids Kid/Volunteer Experience Developer
Willow Creek Community Church
01.2021 - 07.2022
Promiseland Kid Experience Director
Willow Creek Community Church
08.2017 - 01.2021
KidCity Central Team Director
Hope Community Church
09.2016 - 07.2017
KidCity Director, Morrisville Campus
Hope Community Church
08.2011 - 09.2016
Creative Arts/Communications Specialist
Hope Community Church
08.2007 - 08.2011
Bachelor of Science - Interior Design
University of North Carolina At Greensboro
Master of Arts - Ministerial Leadership/Family Ministry Focus
Southeastern University
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