Reports to: East York Campus Pastor
Direct Consultant: Director of Worship Leaders
Hours Commitment: Full-time (40-45 hours per week) with regular weekend responsibilities.
Objective: To lead the East York campus to increasing effectiveness at introducing more and more people to Jesus and helping them to fully follow him.
- Have a personal relationship with Jesus and demonstrate ongoing spiritual growth through everyday habits and practices.
- Support LCBC’s mission to introduce people to Jesus and together fully follow him, along with our ministry philosophy, priorities, and beliefs.
- Be a leader who is:
- Focused: Work hard with urgency and intensity
- Collaborative: Bring others into your work, give and ask for feedback
- Growth-minded: Plan for growth and be ready for when God wants to move by pursuing personal, spiritual, and professional development
- Lead the way in LCBC’s values: We run after the one, we pursue excellence, we prioritize relationships, we deploy people for impact, and we are real and relatable.
- Be an LCBC Partner, or willing to become one within 60 days of employment. Regularly attend and participate at LCBC prior to and/or upon employment.
- Commit to leading worship 46-48 weekends per year.
- Carry out the weekend plan on location with excellence, passion, and authenticity.
- Recruit, train and pastor a community of musicians and artists, who are gifted, prepared, connected, healthy and growing.
- Schedule volunteers with consistency and timeliness using Planning Center Online.
- Take initiative to stay up-to-date on all centrally planning elements for weekend gatherings and special events.
- Provide weekly communication to volunteers about weekend gathering information and programming details.
- Intentionally connect with all volunteers on your team at least 3 times a year (1 of the connections will identify goals for growth).
- Assist Worship Department in cultivating a worship culture that is God honoring, engaging, and accessible to those who are far from God, as well as challenging and encouraging to those who are Christ followers.
- Contribute creatively to the Worship Department in the following ways, but not limited to:
- Song Development and Research
- Creative Elements and moments for weekend gatherings
- Special gathering elements (Christmas, Easter, Campaign, etc.)
- Best practices and team management ideas
- Songwriting
- Attend and contribute to Worship Department meetings and projects which include, but are not limited to:
- Weekly Worship Department meetings
- Regional Team meetings
- Worship Department Bible Study
- Music Recordings
- Nights of Worship
- DEVELUP Program
- Outdoor Worship Nights
- The Worship Leader’s primary role is to serve the greater vision of LCBC Church (introducing people to Jesus and together fully following him).
- Be a team player: participate in staff meetings and location-specific events/initiatives such as Growth Track classes, conferences, outdoor worship nights, etc.
- Pastoral ability: participate in pastoral care by serving on the PRT (Pastoral Response Team) rotation, and provide music and programming for weddings and funerals.
- Ability to lead and participate in “All-Church” functions and events such as: All Staff Huddles, All Staff Meetings, LCBC U, Capital Campaigns, Conferences, etc.
- Competitive medical, dental and vision coverage
- Retirement plan contribution and employer match
- Annual counseling benefit
- Flexible schedules
- Generous and immediate paid time-off
- Casual dress
- Quarterly professional and spiritual development days
- Intentional investment in personal and professional development
Evaluation:
The East York Worship Leader will meet regularly with the East York Campus Pastor for planning, goal-setting, progress updates, and general coaching. A formal Action and Development Plan will be completed and reviewed three times throughout the year.
