Worship Director

Expected Time Commitment:
10-20 hours weekly (including the following):

• Leading worship team during Sunday worship gatherings: Approx. 3.5 hour commitment (arrive at 8:45am, conclude at end of Sunday worship gathering)
• Lead worship team practice
• Attend weekly staff meeting (via Zoom if needed): Approx. 1.5 hours weekly
• Take part in weekly worship planning meeting with lead pastor: Approx. 30 minutes
• Attend monthly coaching sessions with lead pastor: Approx. 2 hours
• Coach/disciple assigned worship team members: One meeting per team member per quarter, approx. 30-60 min each

Helpful Spiritual Gifts:
Administration, Leadership

Helpful Talents/Skills:
Instrumental Music, Singing, Technology, Strategic Planning, Coaching/Managing People

Helpful Personality Traits:
D (task-oriented, extroverted). Secondarily, C (task-oriented, introverted)
Other DiSC types can thrive on the people side, but may struggle with the high degree of organization needed for this role.

Background:

The worship director is a vital role at Bethel Community Church, acting as a key figure in leading the church in praise and worship. The primary responsibilities for the worship coordinator are focused on planning and management of a worship team. While musical skill is a prerequisite, the worship coordinator must have first-rate leadership skills to handle the responsibilities that are not directly related to playing/singing at a worship service.

Responsibilities:

• Lead worship team during weekly Sunday gathering (10:15 a.m.)
• Lead band practice
• Work with lead pastor, A/V Team Leader and staff to plan weekly worship gatherings and strategize to continually enhance the Sunday gathering of BCC
• Plan events (like Easter, baptism, child dedication, etc.) and introducing new songs and creative elements
• Assist in selecting songs and planning worship services
• Maintain a collaborative relationship with staff
• Oversee and coach the A/V Team Leader
• Disciple, Coach and maintain schedule for assigned worship team members
• Help discover and develop new worship team members and leaders

Provided Training/Resources:

• Monthly coaching check-in’s with lead-pastor
• Church-wide leadership training events as announced
• Ongoing education through conferences and/or other informal means, such as reading and discussing books, to develop theological, musical and leadership skills
• Personal laptop for BCC use
• Church-owned guitar, keyboard, etc. available as needed

Core Competencies:

L3 - Ministry Overseer
Integrity - Able to hold others accountable for personal commitments and/or convictions.
Godly - Able to model fruits of the Spirit and look for evidence of these in other ministry partners.
Servant-Hearted - Actively modeling humility to others.
Communicative - Able to give authentic feedback, communicate vision and facilitate meaningful discussion.
EQ - Emotional Intelligence - Able to empathize, reframe or redirect the emotions of others.
Problem-Solving/Strategic - Able to remain level-headed, determine the level of the problem and provide solutions or bring to proper staff personnel.
Bible Knowledge - Able to communicate biblical principles.