East York Worship Leader

Job Description

Job Description

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.

Personal Qualifications:

• 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.

Primary Responsibilities:

• 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 

Required Skills:

• 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. 

Benefits We Offer:

• 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.