Campus Worship Leader

The role of the Campus Worship Leader is to create a distraction free atmosphere that leads others to a transcendent experience of God’s presence during praise and worship. The CWL will be responsible for designing, coordinating, and leading worship services at the Lake Worth campus. As the leader of the worship team at their location, the CWL will work closely with their Campus Pastor to ensure that each service aligns with the church's mission “to interest disinterested people in Jesus Christ and grow together into fully-devoted followers of Him.”. In addition, a Campus Worship Leader will look to add other ministerial value to the staff team they are a part of. This will be further clarified as the interview process unfolds.

Requirements

• Devoted Christ Follower – Follower of Jesus and involvement in a local church. Worshiper’s Heart – Personally connects deeply to God’s presence through music and is passionate to help others experience God’s presence through worship.
• Musically Talented – Creative talents include extensive musical experience with vocals, keys, guitar, and/or other instruments.
• Volunteer Leadership – Possesses the ability to find, train, and keep volunteers.
• Wise Decision Making – Possesses sound judgment regarding worship/musicality content, volunteer staffing, and the ability to make effective decisions.
• Service Coordination – Can effectively manage multiple worship services a week. Administrative – Can utilize time well & work in a fast-paced environment.
• Worship Software – Familiar with Playback, Logic Pro, Planning Center, ProPresenter, or similar planning software. Has extensive multi-media skills.
• Auditory Attention – The ability to listen for single and/or distracting sounds during worship set and has experience using in-ear monitors with backing tracks
• People Developer – Positive culture creator that develops others under their leadership Communication – Possess excellent oral and written communication skills.

POSITION DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Model Biblical Priorities: Responsible for upholding Biblical priorities and core values of Community of Hope. The Campus Worship Leader should represent a growing personal relationship with Christ. The Campus Worship Leader models a strong relationship with his or her spouse (if married) and children (if applicable).

The Campus Worship Leader strives to fulfill his or her purpose in life and ministry while demonstrating integrity in words, relationships, and actions.

These objectives are accomplished by:

• Agreeing with and by God’s grace living into the Ministry Leader Ethos
• Statement (communityofhope.church/partnership-hub)
• Committing to a daily quiet-time with God.
• Participating in a Community of Hope small group on a regular basis.
• Setting appropriate boundaries to protect character and integrity.
• Developing personal evangelism opportunities within and outside the church.
• Commitment to all discipleship expectations of staff members at Community of Hope.

2. Weekly Worship Services - Responsible for planning, preparing, and leading multiple worship services a week, ensuring a spiritually engaging and meaningful experience for the community including weekend Sunday Services and other special events. Leads all activities necessary to facilitate worship in services and events including:

• Serving as primary worship leader at the Lake Worth Campus.
• Designing services prayerfully and strategically with the Campus Pastor by using our “3 Movements” including music selection, pastoral moments, and liturgical elements.
• Organizing services well into the future through Planning Center and other tools.
• Leading rehearsals to ensure full team preparation for all elements (musical and other)
• Playing as a member of the band during said services in key roles.
• Leading additional pastoral care services (i.e., funerals), when requested.

3. Worship Team Leadership – Responsible for recruiting, training, and maintaining the Worship Team. Sets a positive, godly, fun, and Spirit-filled culture as the leader. These are accomplished through:

• Building new relational connections within the church
• Recruiting and auditioning those who express interest in serving
• Executing a well-designed on-boarding process for new members
• Investing in team members' spiritual and musical development
• Scheduling regular team building and training events
• Consistent checking-in with team members for relationship-building
• Soliciting feedback on how to improve the team

4. Collaboration with Production – Works together with and collaborates with Production Department to achieve the goal of creating a distraction-free atmosphere that leads to a transcendent experience of God during praise and worship. Includes consistent, clear, and positive communication around mutual goals and projects like stage design, rehearsal co- leadership, in-service adjustments, service media elements, and more.

5. Administrative Duties - Performs administrative duties of oversight of the worship department including oversight of worship organization including volunteers, church staff, and department budget management.

6. Multisite Alignment - Works in collaboration with the Loxahatchee Director of Worship to ensure multisite alignment, share resources, and connect for broader team training events.

EDUCATIONAL/EXPERIENCE:

• Degree in creative arts and/or at least 2 years of experience as a worship director.
• Proficiency in voice and piano or guitar.
• Formal training in worship, ministry, or theology preferred but not required.

Benefits

This is a full-time position and benefits include paid vacation, group health insurance, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and retirement contributions.