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Choir Director

Trinity Lutheran Church
Galesburg, IL Part Time
POSTED ON 12/11/2024 CLOSED ON 1/22/2025

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Choir Director position at Trinity Lutheran Church?

Position: Choir Director

Status: part-time (estimated 5-12 hours a week, 10 month position, August through May)

Reports to: Pastor

Purpose: The Choir Director is responsible for directing all vocal, and hand-bell choirs at Trinity Lutheran Church.

Responsibilities:

  • Direct all vocal, handbell choirs, and other musical ensembles.
  • Help maintain resource libraries of educational music.
  • Work with the Pastor, Worship committee, and organist in the planning of worship including selection of music related to the lectionary and liturgical seasons.
  • Communicate with choir members, and parents regarding practices and worship schedule.
  • Assist in recruiting members to the choirs.
  • Report to Congregational Council.
  • Maintain schedules of the music programs
  • Order musical resources for the choir.
  • Comply with the Safe Church Policy

About Trinity Lutheran Church:

Trinity Lutheran Church is an Evangelical Lutheran Church in America congregation founded in 1906 by Swedish lutherans who desired to form an English-speaking congregations to connect with a new generation, in their own language. Since that time, Trinity Lutheran Church has continued to hold in tension a dedication to tradition and the spiritual needs of the community they service as we seek to create a space that is truly welcoming to all. This commitment is reflected in our mission, vision, welcome statement, and guiding principles.

Vision: Developing Disciples - Connecting to Christ

Mission Statement: Led by the Spirit, we receive Christ’s love, share God’s forgiving grace, and reach out to welcome, encourage and serve all.

Welcome Statement: Members of Trinity Lutheran Church are freed by the Gospel to seek reconciliation and wholeness in a world that is frequently an unloving place. We extend welcome to all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions, whether believer, doubter, or seeker. In Christ’s love we invite you, so that led but he power of the Holy Spirit we will join together to strive for racial equity, justice, and love in all the earth.

Guiding Principles: 1. Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior. 2. We faithfully worship through Word and Sacrament. 3. We invite and welcome everyone. 4. We engage all generations in education and ministry. 5. We serve local and global communities.

General Description:

Trinity Lutheran Church is seeking a team member who will assist in worship leadership though various musical groups within the congregations. This includes both vocal and handbell choirs of various ages. The Director of Choirs will work with Pastor, Worship Committee, and the Organist to plan choir pieces, lead practices, and direct the choirs during worship. Additionally, the Director of Choirs will coordinate with the Christian Education Committee to find rehearsal times that fit well with the programming schedule.

Program Scope:

We are planning for one adult vocal choir, which will provide worship leadership twice a month, including special festivals, and will rehearse weekly (typically Wednesday evenings). In addition, we will have one handbell choir and one children/youth choir, both of which will offer worship leadership quarterly, with rehearsals scheduled as needed (typically Sunday mornings after worship). It is our hope that with time and creativity the bell program and children’s music program will be able to expand.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $6,000.00 per year

Schedule:

  • Holidays
  • Weekends as needed

Work Location: In person

Salary : $6,000

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