Vacancy for Comms Assistant and Social Media Coordinator

Join our Comms Team

The Woodlands Church Family (WCF) is a vibrant, growing family of churches with eight sites located across the city of Bristol. Our vision is to see Bristol transformed through the love and power of God as we create spirit-filled, visible communities of faith in neighbourhoods across the city.

The majority of our guests and members at Central connect with us online in some way before they ever come through the door. People find out about us through the internet, our website and social media, including watching our Sunday services online. This is why our communications work is key in helping to deliver the good news of Jesus to every person in Bristol and beyond.


ABOUT THE ROLE

You will assist the Communications Lead, with a focus on building and improving our social media presence. You will help Woodlands communicate effectively to people wishing to explore faith, as well as to our existing church family about connecting into church life. You will create and publish engaging content on our channels, (primarily Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube) and help us share experiential content using innovative concepts and ideas.

 You will be free to develop and execute campaigns and write compelling copy that drives engagement and growth. There will also be occasional projects where this role will design printed materials to match in with digital content as well. We have a new branding guide which will set the style and tone of your work, so our content will have a consistent look and feel.


Occupational Requirement
As a church family we want to make disciples who make disciples. We therefore seek to create a culture and environment in our churches where every team member and volunteer is able to encourage and inspire one another and the many people who pass through the doors each day, to pursue that vision.

The role is based at Woodlands Church in Clifton, Bristol. As a member of the staff team, you will be joining a faith community that meets to worship and pray together every week, and we share prayer and worship moments throughout the day. Around the building, you’ll often come across teams or individuals praying over their work and really speaking the language of faith.

 Therefore, the role has an occupational requirement that the post holder be a follower of Jesus and worshipping member of Woodlands Church Family, Woodlands Central (if not already) to ensure protection of our strong Christian ethos and values, and our charitable objective of advancing the Christian faith. We also want to ensure all team members thrive and flourish in this environment.  

Right to Work in the UK
We have a legal responsibility to ensure that all our employees have the legal right to live and work in the UK. Therefore, please only apply if you are eligible to work in the UK as we will have to verify this before you can start work.


How to apply

To apply for this role, download and complete the Woodlands Church Family application form:

Please send your completed application to our HR Team at hr@woodlandschurch.net.

If you would like an informal conversation to discuss questions about the role please contact the Lead Recruiter, Rachel Riddall, at rachel.riddall@woodlandschurch.net

The closing date for applications is midnight on Tuesday 29th July 2025. However, this vacancy will close once we have sufficient applications.

If shortlisted, interviews will take place on the afternoon of Monday 4th August 2025.

Navigating Life with the Psalms Series

Navigating Life with the Psalms Series

Our emotions can be mystifying. Science struggles to fully explain their origin and for Christians, they can be both life enhancing and seriously undermining! God created us to experience emotions, but wants to give us godly ways to manage them.

The Psalms—ancient Jewish poems of prayer and praise— can give voice to some of our deepest emotions. They are timeless, profoundly human, and deeply spiritual prayers that can help us process life. One aspect of the Psalms is how they can help move us along when we get stuck! They guide us on journeys from sorrow to joy, fear to faith, longing to fulfilment, despair to hope.

Over the next few weeks we will be enlisting the help of the Psalms to help us process some of our most common emotions. As we take the opportunity that summer brings to recharge our relationship with God, we want to dig into the literary and psychological genius of these three thousand year old prayers.

Our talks in this series at Woodlands Central will look at:

  • An Attitude of Gratitude - 6th July

  • Overcoming Fear - 13th July

  • Navigating Uncertainty - 20th July

  • Contending for Contentment - 27th July

Download our discussion notes to go deeper with the topics each week.

See you on Sundays or catchup on the livesteam!


MESSAGES FROM THIS SERIES

An Attitude of Gratitude
6 July at 11am with Rachel Riddall

Overcoming Fear
13 July at 11am with Dave Mitchell

Navigating Uncertainty
20 July at 11am with Jake Perrins

An Attitude of Gratitude
6 July at 6:30pm with Ruth Morgans

Overcoming Fear
13 July at 6:30pm with Nigel Savage

Navigating Uncertainty
20 July at 6:30pm with Dave Mitchell

The Holy Spirit for Everyone Series

The Holy Spirit for Everyone Series

As a church, we want to be empowered by the Holy Spirit. As Pentecost Sunday approaches on the 8th June, we will be thinking about the gift of the Holy Spirit. But there’s more to it than that.

Living the Christian life is impossible without the help of the Spirit. Our character growth depends on the fruit of the Spirit. Our prayer life depends on the unction of the Spirit. Our ministry depends on the power of the Spirit.

On the day of Pentecost the promise of the Spirit was for everyone (Acts 2:39). This series looks at some of the aspects of the work of the Holy Spirit - for everyone.

Our talks in this series at Woodlands Central will look at:

  • Everyone’s Invited – 1st June

  • Good News for Everyone – 8th June (Pentecost and Global Partners Weekend)

  • Generosity for Everyone – 15th June

  • Freedom for Everyone – 22nd June

  • Worship for Everyone – 29th June

Download our discussion notes to go deeper with the topics each week.

See you on Sundays or catchup on the livesteam!


MESSAGES FROM THIS SERIES

Everyone’s Invited:
1 June at 11am with Clare Thompson

Good News for Everyone:
8 June at 11am with Johnny Walker

Freedom for Everyone:
22 June at 11am with Clare Thompson

Worship for Everyone:
29 June at 11am with Dave Mitchell

Everyone’s Invited:
1 June at 6.30pm with Dave Mitchell

Good News for Everyone:
8 June at 6.30pm with Dave Mitchell

Freedom for Everyone:
22 June at 6.30pm with Matt Dobson

Worship for Everyone:
29 June at 6.30pm with Ed Marsh

Our Culture Series

Our Culture Series

This May and June, all of our congregations across the Woodlands Church Family are sharing a preaching series called Our Culture where we’ll be looking at four values that shape our life together.

Our talks in this series will look at how we aim to be:

  • Welcoming

  • Authentic

  • Empowered

  • Expectant

As a church family spread out over eight sites, we're increasingly trying to call together the distinctives that help us understand the shared mission and journey that we're on. It's difficult to boil all of our culture and values down into simple, memorable phrases, but we're going to do our best in this series.

A particular distinctive about the Woodlands Church Family is the ‘both/and’ idea and concept that runs through so much of what we do in our theology and our practice. And you'll find it running through this sermon series as well.

We want to unpack some key things that you'll find and experience if you come into any of our celebrations, gatherings and communities around the city and region.

Download our discussion notes to go deeper with the topics each week. We hope you find the questions useful to help you look at these values in more detail.

See you on Sundays or catchup on the livesteam!


MESSAGES FROM THIS SERIES

Our Culture: Welcoming
4 May at 11am with Tim Dobson

Our Culture: Authentic
11 May at 11am with Hazel Askew

Our Culture: Empowered
18 May at 11am with Rachel Riddall

Our Culture: Expectant
25 May at 6.30pm with Clare Thompson

Our Culture: Welcoming
4 May at 6.30pm with Dave Roderick

Our Culture: Authentic
11 May at 6.30pm with Nigel Savage

Our Culture: Expectant
25 May at 11am with Dave Mitchell

Our Culture: Empowered
1 June at 6.30pm with Dave Mitchell

Dinner with Jesus Series

Dinner with Jesus Series

As we lead up to Easter we are looking at Jesus in the gospels through the lens of meals he shared with people. We get to see Jesus’ heart toward others and how He used meals to minister to those around Him. Meals welcome others into our lives and help others feel invited and included.

This seven week series will help us see how we can use meals, like Jesus did, to reach out and connect to those around us. In our discussion notes below, we’ve included a handful of questions for you to discuss as a group as well as a challenge to apply the teaching in a practical way each week.

Our talks in this series will look at the following topics:

  • 16th March – Supper with Sinners

  • 23rd March – Would you like a fish sandwich?

  • 30th March – The Uninvited Guest

  • 6th April – Who’s coming to the dinner party?

  • 13th April – One Last Meal Together

  • 20th April – Easter Sunday

  • 27th April – Breakfast on the Beach 

Download our discussion notes to go deeper with the topics each week.

See you on Sundays or catchup on the livesteam!


MESSAGES FROM THIS SERIES

Supper with Sinners
16 March at 11am: Dave Mitchell

Supper with Sinners
16 March at 6.30pm: Tim Dobson & Ella Harbord

Would you like a fish sandwich?
23 March at 11am: Rachel Riddall

The Uninvited Guest
30 March at 11am: Hazel Askew

Who’s coming to the dinner party?
6 April at 11am: Rachel Riddall

One Last Meal Together
13 April at 11am: Nigel Savage

Easter Sunday
20th April at 11am: Nigel Savage

Would you like a fish sandwich?
23 March at 6.30pm: Rachel Riddall

The Uninvited Guest
30 March at 6.30pm: Dave Mitchell

Who’s coming to the dinner party?
6 April at 6.30pm: Matt Dobson

One Last Meal Together
13 April at 6.30pm: Dave Mitchell

Easter Sunday
20th April at 6.30pm: Rachel Riddall

Prophecy Mini-Series

Prophecy Mini-Series

As a charismatic church, from time to time we press in on teaching around our values on the work of the Spirit and the kingdom of God. Last year, we focused on healing and this March we are looking at prophecy.

We are a prophetic people and we are all encouraged to pursue the gift of prophecy. Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 14 - “...eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy."

This mini-series over two weeks will explore the prophetic:

  • What do we mean when we talk about prophecy?

  • How do we discern and weigh prophecy?

We hope that these talks will help us find our way forward as individuals and as a community.

Talks in this mini-series are titled:

  • 2nd March: The water we swim in

  • 9th March: Test everything

Watch this 90-second video with Dave Mitchell explaining the vision for the series.

Download our discussion notes to go deeper with the topics each week.

See you on Sundays or catchup on the livesteam!


MESSAGES FROM THIS SERIES

Clare Thompson | 2 March 2025 at 11am

Nigel Savage | 2 March 2025 at 6.30pm