Oakland, California, United States
Early Career (2-5 years)
Compensation Depending On Experience
Church Attendance: Under 100
On-site
Part-Time
Worship Pastor
Posted: 2 weeks ago
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Closes: 20 Feb, 2025
Job description

General Description

The Worship Director is a part time position (8-10 hours per week) responsible for helping plan and lead worship services under the leadership of the Pastor. The Worship Director will be responsible for cultivating a congregational culture of worship through song and liturgy, rooted in traditional, contemporary, and global styles of worship.

 

Qualified applicants will have 3-5 years of previous worship leadership. They will be experienced in both traditional and contemporary styles of worship. They will have musical proficiency, a robust theology of worship, and a deeply committed faith in the way of Jesus.

 

Accountability

Reports to Pastor

 

Responsibilities and Duties

  1. Work with the Senior Pastor in the preparation and planning of Sunday morning worship. Attend and contribute at weekly worship planning meeting. Choose songs for Sunday worship that fit with the overall theme and liturgy for that service and submit no later than Wednesday.
  2. Update weekly slides with song lyrics and liturgy. Provide other worship aids as needed.
  3. Practice and learn any songs in preparation for Sunday morning. Lead worship rehearsal before service on Sunday or another day as planned.
  4. Keep track of songs sung and ensure we have a healthy “song diet.”Actively search for new songs to be added to our song diet.
  5. Actively lead the congregation in worship in song and praise. Teach new songs in worship when presented to congregation.
  6. Recruit, coordinate, and schedule volunteer musicians and singers. Schedule contract musicians and/or worship leaders for special services or as needed.
  7. Provide worship leadership for special services or memorials on an as needed basis.
  8. Oversee the maintenance and usage of all A/V equipment.

 

Schedule

(8-10 hours a week)

Monday-Friday: Varies.

Sunday: 9:00am-11:30am

 

Compensation

Based upon experience

 

We are looking for a start date no later than April 20, 2025. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the role is filled.

 

How to Apply

  1. Send a cover letter, resume, statement of faith, and three references (1 professional, 1 personal, and 1 pastor/faith leader) to pastor@pbpc.org. Please provide best form of contact for follow up.
  2. With the above documents, please answer the following questions;
    1. Please provide a brief description of how you came to faith in Christ and how you became a worship leader? What is your background and sense of calling?
    2. What is your theology of worship? What is worship, why is it important, and what does it mean to lead others in worship?
    3. Share three to five worship songs that have deeply impacted your life and faith.

 

Experience: Early Career (2-5 years)

Work Place: On-site

Job Types: Worship Pastor

Employment Type: Part-Time

Denomination: Presbyterian - PCUSA

Location: Oakland, California, United States

Zip Code: 94602

Hours Per Week: 10

Employer Details
Park Boulevard Presbyterian Church (PBPC) seeks to glorify God by engaging minds and guiding hearts into a life changing relationship with Jesus Christ. We are located on the corner of Park and Hampel in the Glenview neighborhood and have a rich 100+ year history in Oakland. We are a small, intergenerational, and diverse congregation that is committed to living life in the way of Jesus and to being instruments of peace in Oakland and beyond.
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