Central Associate Worship Leader

Job Description

Job Description

Reports to: Director of Worship Leaders

Hours Commitment: 40-45 hours per week with regular weekend responsibilities

• 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.

• The Associate Worship Leader's primary role is to serve the greater vision of LCBC Church (introducing people to Jesus and together fully following him).
• This will be accomplished by carrying out the weekend plan primarily at a location with excellence, passion, and authenticity.
• Commit to leading worship 46-48 weekends per year.
• Lead in the absence of campus worship leaders due to vacation, illness, etc.
• Co-lead if extra support is needed.
• Assist in recruiting, training, and pastoring a community of musicians and artists, who are gifted, prepared, connected, healthy and growing.
• Assist in cultivating a worship culture that is God-honoring, engaging, growing, accessible to those who are far from God, as well as challenging and encouraging to those who are Christ-followers.
• Assist in the creative process by attending and contributing to music department meetings and projects which include, but are not limited to:
  • Weekly Worship Department meetings
  • Regional Breakouts
  • Set list planning
  • Worship Department Bible Study
  • CD/Music Recordings
  • Nights of Worship
  • DEVELUP Program
  • College Age Connect
• Participate in "All-Church" functions and events such as:
  • All Staff huddle, All Staff meetings, LCBC U, Capital Campaigns and Conferences.
• Assist in shaping the weekend gatherings by searching for and writing the following:
  • Worship songs that adore God, are biblically accurate, artistically excellent, and easy to sing.
• Support songs that engage culture and give voice to tension.
• Support music for videos and roll-ins created by video team.
• Assist Pastoral Care by attending PRT (Pastoral Response Team), meetings, serving on the PRT rotation, and by serving in special campus events such as classes, weddings, funerals, conferences, picnics, etc.

• Associate Worship Leaders must view their role as a selfless role:
  • See the value in multiple styles of music, elements and presentation.
  • Lay down personal preference for the sake of serving the organization, its leaders and their vision.
  • Be diligent in completing creative tasks, projects and roles that you are asked to fulfill.
  • Be willing to give fun, engaging creative tasks and serving opportunities away to others, such as leading songs, specials, events, etc.
• Associate Worship Leaders must view their role as a support role:
  • Assist with various administrative tasks and projects, such as:
  • Taking notes, organizing and documenting decisions made in meetings.
  • Crafting detailed emails, which will communicate important information to campus worship leaders.
  • Keeping worship leaders up-to-date with gathering details and production elements.
  • As needed, and as approved by Director of Worship Leaders: Assist with the DEVELUP Worship Program.
• Regularly research, facilitate, and develop new, fresh ideas that encourage administrative and structural growth.
• Encouraged to present ideas to the Gathering Development Team for further review.
• Expected to honor and support whatever direction is decided upon, whether or not your ideas are utilized or implemented.
• Assist Music Director with production for all campuses.
• Create charts, loops, demos, arranging, and creative ideas for the weekend gatherings.
• Support volunteers by providing the tools they need to succeed on the weekend all campuses.

• 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 Associate Worship Leader will meet regularly with the Director of Worship Leaders and Campus Pastor. A formal Action & Development Plan will be set and reviewed three times throughout the year.

- The Associate Worship Leader will meet regularly with a Regional Breakout Team for creative planning, set list planning, evaluation, and general/spiritual support.