Director of Worship Arts - Christ Community Church, Rochester, MN

About the role

Christ Community Church in Rochester, Minnesota seeks a dedicated leader to join their worship ministries. The primary responsibility is to engage people in following Jesus through music, media, and artistic expression. The Director of Worship & Arts (DWA) will oversee all aspects of worship and production, recruit and develop other leaders, and ensure effective worship services.

Responsibilities

• Champion the mission and vision of Christ Community Church.
• Lead the Worship & Arts Ministry to increasing engagement and excellence.
• Develop other worship leaders for the stage.
• Recruit, train, schedule, and coordinate necessary teams and team leaders for all services.
• Schedule and oversee rehearsals for all teams.
• Lead worship service planning process.
• Meet regularly with worship, tech, and arts teams for discipleship, relationship building, planning, and troubleshooting.
• Provide leadership, mentorship, and guidance for kidcity and Impact worship leaders and teams.
• Assist in additional services held on campus (weddings, funerals, seasonal events).
• Maintain and upgrade sound, music, and video equipment.
• Create short and long-term plans for maintenance and improvements for all technical equipment.

Requirements

• An undergraduate degree in worship ministries or other creative field is preferred.
• Strategic and creative leader with 3-5 years of relevant leadership experience.
• Excellent leadership, organizational, and communication skills.
• Effective team builder with high emotional intelligence.
• Experience in a larger church is strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to design effective worship services that are relevant, excellent, intentional, and effective in helping CCC accomplish its mission.
• Alignment with the Christian & Missionary Alliance and a willingness to pursue licensing.

Qualifications

• Have a strong, mature, and growing faith in Jesus.
• Be passionate for and believe in the local church.
• “Above reproach” in character and conduct of life.
• Care deeply about people who do not know Jesus being introduced to Him.
• Demonstrate humility and curiosity where answers are unknown or uncertain.
• Be able to lead worship from an instrument.
• Be able to read music and direct musicians.
• Have high emotional intelligence.
• Genuinely love people.
• Have a sense of humor.
• Develop processes and systems so that things run smoothly (and so that there is margin for when they don’t).
• Be a team player.
• Have a creative eye and be able to develop and strategize new creative initiatives for the well-being of the ministry.
• Possess strong change-leadership and change-management skills.

Skills

• Proficient vocally and on at least one instrument.
• Working knowledge of AV tech for trouble-shooting and problem-solving purposes.
• Experience with ProPresenter, Ableton, Lightkey, and ProLogic.

Benefits

Christ Community Church offers a positive working environment and a healthy team atmosphere. The hiring manager will reach out to you for next steps if the district office thinks you may be a potential match for the position. This position may require licensing with The Christian & Missionary Alliance. To learn more about The Alliance and requirements for licensing, please visit our website.

Pay

Commensurate with experience.

Schedule

TBD.