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Impacting our community for God's glory through creative, compassionate ministry and outreach Staff Position: Worship Pastor 2023 Purpose: This is a full time staff position of 40 hours per week. This position exists to oversee, administer, and direct the Worship Ministry of Joy Community Church. The Worship Pastor would be required to represent this ministry at a staff level and facilitate a... connection between this ministry and other ministries Impacting our community for God's glory through creative, compassionate ministry and outreach
Staff Position: Worship Pastor 2023
Purpose: This is a full time staff position of 40 hours per week. This position exists to oversee, administer, and direct the Worship Ministry of Joy Community Church. The Worship Pastor would be required to represent this ministry at a staff level and facilitate a... connection between this ministry and other ministries of Joy Community Church in a spirit of unity. They are to ensure safe, creative, relevant and effective programs that foster Christ like discipleship.
Some of the requirements:
To be responsible to recruit, equip, and develop leaders who have the character, spiritual gifts, and abilities to minister effectively on our worship ministry team and to lead them to reach their full potential.

To assist the Lead pastor in directing the weekend services while creating the best possible musical and spiritual atmosphere for the congregation to worship and experience the Lord's presence.

To shepherd our musicians, singers, tech team, and creative arts team to help them live a Christ surrendered life. To have the spiritual, emotional and moral pulse of those involved in our worship ministry.

To be responsible for upholding and creating relationships, programs, activities, and classes that support Joy Community Church's mission: "To Make Devoted Followers of Jesus who are transformed by God's hope, love and purpose."

The position of Worship Pastor is viewed as a critical leadership role and you are encouraged to be a good example to all and to live a life worthy of your calling, representing Christ and His church well in all environments.

Expectations and Responsibilities:
1. Oversee and coordinate all aspects of Worship, Tech, and Creative Arts Ministries, being conscious of keeping current with best practices and connected to those involved in all the ministries.
2. Lead, recruit, communicate, provide pastoral care, train, equip, and build worship, tech, and creative arts teams.
3. Understand elements of the weekend service, special events, and outreaches to lead and provide oversight of teams.
4. Equip team members to use Planning Center, Easy Worship, Igniter Media, Ipads and new media resources.
5. Choose song sets, musical arrangements, chord charts, and provide oversight to rehearsals.
6. Be responsible to develop budgets and manage the disbursement of funds for supplies, resources, equipment, and projects.
7. Plan and lead worship in a God centered, contemporary style for weekend services, special occasions, leadership meetings, conferences, prayer weekends, and outreaches.
8. Provide oversight of upgrades and maintenance of house equipment/instruments / sound systems/ monitors/ ipads, and projector installations.
9. Develop various aspects of a vibrant music department including: praying for our worship ministry, maintaining current song lists, ensuring compliance with copyright laws, scheduling and directing weekly and special rehearsals, selecting music, special groups and soloists, and those offering other artistic elements (dance, drama, video).
10. The Worship Pastor will be responsible to meet weekly with the Lead Pastor who will provide guidance, reviews and supervision for this position.

Qualifications:
This position requires the following set of qualifications; however, it is also understood that a complete meeting of these standards may not always be possible.
1. Spiritual
The candidate should:
a) Confess salvation and an ongoing relationship with Jesus Christ through personal devotion, worship and prayer.
b) Confess an experience of baptism by water and baptism in the Holy Spirit.
c) Be a mature believer with an understanding of and agreement with Joy Community Church's doctrines.
d) Possess some of these Spiritual Gifts: Leadership, Pastor/Shepherd, Service, Encouragement, Administration, and Teaching.

2. Education amp;amp; Experience
The candidate should:
a) Have completed High School or equivalent
b) College focus or training related to Worship / Creative Arts / and Technical Ministries
c) Have experience with worship leading, creative arts, audio and video production, communications in a church environment.
d) Display skills in some of these areas: voice, musicianship, arrangement, writing, directing, communication, administration, and team building.
e) Possess a personal desire to be a life long learner and to maintain a teachable spirit.

3. General
The candidate should:
a) Exhibit a dependable, expressive, compassionate, consistent personality that is comfortable in public and social settings.
b) Have a passion for exalting God, and influencing the lost through worship and the Word.
c) Embrace the Joy Community Church family and be a vital part of it.
d) Be passionate about influencing/affecting the congregation with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
e) The Worship Pastor should be both excellent in communication
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via Church Jobs schedule_type: Part-timesalary: 20K–30K a year
MUSIC DIRECTOR, JACOB'S CHURCH 8373 Kings Highway, New Tripoli, PA 18066 www.jacobschurch.org ... Introduction: The Church Board of Jacob's Church appreciates the incorporation into our worship services of time honored hymns with traditional church instruments and vocals for inspiration, edification and convention. We also value the inclusion of contemporary songs with various instruments and vocal arrangements that appeal to a diverse and youthful MUSIC DIRECTOR, JACOB'S CHURCH
8373 Kings Highway, New Tripoli, PA 18066 www.jacobschurch.org
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Introduction: The Church Board of Jacob's Church appreciates the incorporation into our worship services of time honored hymns with traditional church instruments and vocals for inspiration, edification and convention. We also value the inclusion of contemporary songs with various instruments and vocal arrangements that appeal to a diverse and youthful audience. Accordingly, we expect a "blended" approach to music that regularly incorporates the traditional and the modern in a cohesive yet creative manner. And, regardless of the choice of genre, the Board expects all music to be grounded in scripture, true to biblical theology and worthy of expression in a holy environment.

Position Purpose: The Music Director will oversee the music program of Jacob's Church with the purpose of leading the congregation in praising God in worship. The music program includes, but is not limited to, music for Sunday Blended Worship and special services, senior choir and musical assistance for the Sunday School program and drama/dance program.

Candidate Characteristics: A deeply committed Christian with a growing faith in Jesus Christ, striving to live according to the Jacob's Church Code of Conduct, and who is continually being renewed by the grace of God; Committed to working with a team and raising up other leaders in the music ministry

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Establish an enthusiastic positive environment where the suggestions of others are respectfully considered;

Provide the instrumental music (organ, piano, keyboard, etc.) at all Sunday Blended Worship Services throughout the year and at special worship occasions as determined in conjunction with the Pastor;

Rehearse and direct the Senior Choir to sing at all Blended Sunday Worship Services September through June and arrange and schedule special music July through August;

Rehearse and direct the Praise Band to play at all Sunday Blended Worship Services;

Select music for all traditional Sunday Worship Services in conjunction with the Music Committee including hymns, choir anthems amp;amp; cantatas and praise songs;

Secure vocalists and/or instrumentalists for special music, overseeing utilizing the talents and abilities of congregational members whenever possible;

Maintain a current list of congregational musical abilities and develop strategies to identify, encourage, and utilize these music talents in the worship life of Jacob's Church;

Enthusiastically recruit vocalists and instrumentalists for the music ministry of the church; nurture an atmosphere of learning support, mutual care, and joy;

Provide for qualified substitutes for all absences;

Provide for significant visibility for the music ministry of the congregation through newsletter articles, posters, bulletin announcements, etc.;

Choose and purchase music within the approved budgetary parameters;

Participate when possible in weddings, funerals and special community services;

Submit budget requests for the music program each fall as part of the budgetary process;

Must be willing to attend workshops, seminars, etc. to further their musical expertise and to enhance the worship experience;

Submit a report each year for the Annual Report of the Congregation;

An annual performance review will be done with the Pastor and Church Board;

Work with all staff and musicians of the congregation so that the music ministry is enhanced within the life of the church;

Other responsibilities as assigned.

The starting salary is negotiable based on experience.

The Church Board prefers to hire one individual to perform all the job duties listed above but will consider multiple people if no single candidate is identified who can fulfill all the desired responsibilities
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