What are the responsibilities and job description for the Worship Associate position at CHRISTS CHURCH?
Role Overview & Scope
The primary purpose of the Worship Associate role is to direct and ensure the quality of CC' s worship experiences through musical excellence and pastoral leadership. This role will lead band rehearsals, assist in vocal team direction, and direct both contract and volunteer team members in understanding their individual contributions to both live and online worship experiences. This role will also oversee the planning and execution for Monday Night Worship services. While this role has primary responsibilities pertaining to the Mandarin Campus, it also serves a centralized advisory function to ensure consistency in experiences from a mega, multi, and micro-site perspective as needed.
Responsibilities & Tasks
People
Promote and cultivate a Jesus-centered discipleship culture across all worship teams
Oversee the planning and execution of Monday Night Services
Collaborate with Creative Director to ensure alignment with strategic vision for weekly Sunday worship experiences and special services
Collaborate and assist with song selection and musical arrangement
Collaborate with Technical Associate Director to promote distraction-free worship environments
Collaborate on all media and production elements to manage coordination of set design and implementation
Function as Lead Music Director for band and vocal team members on best practices and rehearsal
Recruit, audition, equip and disciple vocal team, band volunteers and worship contractors
Lead strategically by addressing spiritual, emotional and physical needs
Process
Create consistent weekly communications to equip and encourage band and vocal team members
Assist in song selection and create music tracks for worship experience [Ableton] [Multi-tracks]
[Playback]
Create practice tracks, rehearsal mixes and arrangements for band member rehearsal and Sunday worship via Planning Center
Manage Planning Center assets by coordinating with Campus Worship Pastors to procure mp3s, chord charts, lead sheets and sheet music
Participate in weekly worship planning and other staff meetings as needed
Manage team scheduling via Planning Center for musicians and contractors
Regularly meet and disciple volunteers for spiritual and musical development
Provide insight and ongoing evaluation to promote individual and group improvement
Participate and provide worship service support, on and off platform, as needed
Conduct rehearsals for weekly worship service and other special worship events
Supervise and maintain weekly service flow for each campus
Manage event calendar for worship team, ensuring coverages for all services and special events
Provide support to the Mandarin Campus Student Ministry Worship Team as needed
Systems
Utilize the designated essential tools in ROCK as required
Utilize Planning Center on-line to plan, communicate and execute weekend worship experiences
Utilize Office 365 suite of products, including Outlook, Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint
Follow all established Volunteer Assimilation best practices and guidelines
Utilize Ableton Live and/or Playback by Multi-Tracks creating a platform that is most conducive to our team and needs