Central Associate Worship Leader

Reports to: Director of Worship Leaders

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

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.

Location Responsibilities

• 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.

Central Responsibilities

• 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.

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 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.