Director of Worship in Airdrie, AB

Director of Worship of Grace Baptist Church in Airdrie, Alberta

 

Objective: The Director of Worship will be responsible for leading congregational worship and directing those involved in the worship service every week.

 Specific Roles

Musically:

1.   Plan the weekly services in conjunction with the Senior Pastor to develop thematically congruent times of corporate worship each Sunday.

2.   Establish teams of musicians and vocalists to serve on a rotational basis under the leadership of the Worship Pastor as primary leader of each team.

3.   Consistently lead musical component of the worship service with excellence using full teams.

4.   Develop and Implement a process of assimilation for those wanting to serve in the worship ministry which includes an application, an audition and integration plan.

5.   Incorporate Instruments as they are available into some of the worship teams.

6.   Incorporate special music into the worship services using soloists, ensembles, and seasonal choirs.

7.   Creative Catalyst – the Worship Pastor will be thinking ahead and will work hard to incorporate creativity into the worship services using video, drama, readings, stage-set-up, lighting to help enhance and create an environment that draws people to focus on God.

 Leadership:

1.   Administrate all aspects of corporate worship.

2.   Responsible to oversee Sound and Computer Personnel.

3.   Stage set-up and aesthetics each week.

4.   Plan and prepare to launch an additional service within the next 18 months which would be unique in its sound and presentation.

5.   Help develop prayer initiatives within Grace.

 Pastoral:

The Director of Worship will fulfill other responsibilities according to giftedness, passion, training and experience. This aspect of his portfolio will be determined in consultation with the Senior and Executive Pastor.

Vision for corporate worship at Grace:

 We envision a worship environment that is dynamic and energized where people anticipate encountering God’s presence each Sunday morning at Grace. We envision people from all nations, backgrounds, and generations worshipping together in Spirit and truth. Our desire is that we could celebrate God’s goodness and grace each week when we meet together for worship, and that this would be realized in an upbeat, celebratory atmosphere to begin each service. We would desire a worship Pastor who is authentic and genuine and who can confidently lead our congregation in worship through song and other corporate worship elements. We want to see the congregation engaged in corporate worship. As such the songs selected will be truly ‘singable’, that is they will be sung in keys that the majority of the congregation can follow and will have melodies that are memorable and repeatable for the average person in our congregation. We envision the front rows full of youth worshipping together with the congregation as our church grows and matures. We anticipate people coming to faith in Christ through the ministries of our church and joining in exuberant worship for what Christ has done in their lives. We pray and ask God that we could see people baptized every quarter and that this would become a regular occurrence in the corporate celebration services of Grace.

We desire that the worship services would be a safe place for us to invite seekers and sojourners who are ‘on the way’ in their faith journey where they can encounter the power and presence of God within the dynamic of corporate worship -  for ‘God inhabits the praises of His people’.

Ultimately our corporate worship services have one main purpose – to glorify God. Through excellence in preparation and leadership we desire that God would be lifted up and exalted and that the servants of the Lord would fade into the background as people connect with God, with one another and with our community when we gather to worship together.

May God direct and guide us toward this vision.