Musical Worship Leader

Worship ministry
Part time

Beacon Community Church

Goddard, KS
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Job Description

Summary

Oversight of Beacon Community Church’s Musical Worship Ministry (under the lead pastor’s leadership), for both the music and tech teams.

  1. Position Part-time worship leader at Beacon Community Church, Goddard, Kansas

  2. Musical Skills/Experiences

    • Able to lead both full band and vocal team
    • Strong vocal abilities (pitch, vocal production, overall quality)
    • 2 -years worship leading experience (preferred but not required)
    • Basic music theory understanding and background helpful (but not required)
  3. Requirements
    A. Must be a male follower of Jesus.
    B. Must be committed to the Mission: "Helping people become committed followers of Jesus," and ministry philosophy of Beacon Community Church.
    C. Must become a part of the Beacon Community Church spiritual family. The musical worship leader must model healthy church involvement. This includes church membership which models buy-in to the heartbeat, philosophy and doctrinal statement of the church. It also includes involvement in various activities that model participation in the church life and seeking to arrange the musical worship schedule to encourage musical worship team members to participate in these activities.
    D. Must be committed to the worship philosophy of Beacon Community Church.

  4. Responsibilities

  • General responsibilities

    1. Maintain an authentic and growing walk with Jesus Christ as seen in BCC’s description of a disciple.
    2. Develop & lead a growing, effective worship ministry in light of gifted personnel God has given us and in accordance with those Beacon is reaching / hoping to reach.
    3. Help (or oversee) musically with all aspects of various Beacon services (Sunday mornings, holidays, special services) as needed, and oversee the tech team.
    4. Develop aspects of community and care among the members of the worship team.
    5. Seek to raise up and develop new worship leaders within Beacon.
    6. Coordinate leadership when not leading on Sunday.
    7. Willingness to grow spiritually and in their craft, and be held accountable.
  • Annual responsibilities

    1. Set annual goals for the musical worship ministry that are in line with Beacon’s overall vision and then evaluate how those goals were attained or modified over the course of the year.
    2. Prepare an annual budget for the musical worship ministry.
    3. Audition potential musicians.
    4. Train potential tech team members.
    5. Choose new songs to introduce following the “New Song Filters Worksheet.”
  • Weekly responsibilities

    1. Lead the musical worship weekly.
    2. Meet weekly with the pastor for planning, development and to help craft the service(s).
    3. Choose music for the weekly service(s).
    4. Prepare necessary resources for musical worship team for rehearsal(s) and service(s).
    5. Lead a weekly rehearsal that will prepare the worship team with confidence, freedom and excellence.
    6. Maintain timely and regular communication with musical worship team members, the pastor and Beacon Admin.
    7. Communicate with ushers responsibilities they have.

Reports to: The Lead Pastor
Time: Part-time 10-12 hours a week

Evaluation:
• Weekly review previous services with pastor
• Annual review of position

Compensation: Paid

To Apply:

Fill out the Application Page below and return it to eric@beaconlife.org

Beacon (Part Time) Musical Worship Leader Application
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  • My Testimony

  • Please share your story of how you came to faith in Jesus and what your life has been like since (use a separate page if necessary).

  • Describe some of the differences your relationship with Christ is making in your everyday life.

  • How long have you been leading (or a part of leading) musical worship? Are you currently leading somewhere else?

  • What are 3 - 5 of your favorite songs to lead congregational singing in right now?