Worship Assistant

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Job summary

Maranatha Christian Reformed Church in Edmonton is seeking a Worship Assistant for 8 hours per week to help plan and coordinate Sunday Worship Services. The role involves coordinating musicians and volunteers, managing music resources, and supporting the worship team with documentation and communications.

The position runs part-time with an hourly wage of 21.32 USD per hour. Start date: as soon as possible; closing date for application is 12/07/2026.

Qualifications

• Experience leading worship and coordinating volunteers.
• Ability to plan weekly worship services and manage schedules.
• Strong administrative and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and schedule musical accompanists, teams, choirs, and individuals for worship.
• Create and share documents with participants using Google Docs.
• Attend worship committee meetings and provide reports.
• Assist in selecting music with pastors and musicians.
• Notify sound/media volunteers and manage practice schedules.
• Ensure song lists and lyrics are updated and organized.

Skills

Worship planning

Coordination

Administration

Tools

Google Docs

CCLI database

Job description

Do you have experience with leading musical worship and skills or interest in administration? Maranatha is looking to hire a Worship Assistant for 8 hrs a week to help plan and coordinate weekly Sunday Worship Services. Please see Worship Assistant Description below or view. The link below goes to our YouTube channel if it would be helpful to better understand what our Sunday Services look like each week.

Worship Assistant Job Description

• Coordinate and schedule musical accompanists, Worship Praise Teams, Church
  Choirs, and any other group or individuals involved in leading worship and enter details
  into the Worship Planning page. Make new Google Docs, put the link in the worship
  planner and share with necessary participants.
• Strive to have a variety of singers and musicians involved, and to try to encourage
  growth of members, especially our youth and those of various ethnic groups who may
  not all be familiar with all the music being led.
• Manage a collection of music and other resources, within the worship committee
  budget, for the benefit and use of participants and planners. Attend worship committee
  meetings and provide committee with a Worship Assistant Report.
• Work with the Pastor (or visiting pastor) to carefully choose music using old and familiar
  hymns/song as well as striving to introduce and have new music taught, allowing input
  from the Pianists that will play them.
• Contact the sound and media technicians as needed, notifying them of any mid-week
  and Sunday morning praise team practices. Maintain and Provide Schedule to Pianist,
  Sound and Media volunteers.
• Use the CCLI database and our hymnals to locate music. Input correct lyrics and verses
  to be sung into the Google Doc by Friday at noon, 10 days prior to the service.
  (2024-review and make sure it is all correct in the google doc by Wednesday-5 days
  before).
• Send songs, YouTube links and sheet music to all praise team participants, as needed,
  so they can hear and learn the songs.
• Set up stands, find or photocopy music and the order of worship for praise team
  practice and attend practices if requested by the pianist.
• At the conclusion of the service, ensure all music has been put back into the song
  binders, and all required clean up is done.
• Ensure the songs used in each service are entered into the Song List so as to keep our
  music database updated.
• Attend staff meetings as scheduled. Typically once a month.

This is an 8 hour per service planned, paid position with up to 6 designated Sundays off in the year. The hourly wage is $21.32 per hour. Position to begin as soon as possible.

Details

Employer: Maranatha Christian Reformed Church

Location: 11905 47 Street Northwest, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Edmonton , Alberta

Job Type: part time

Closing Date: 12/07/2026

Contact Info: 7804794526 Email

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