Worship & Creative Arts Pastor

South-Shore-Community-Church; Sarasota (FL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

South Shore Community Church seeks a Creative Arts Pastor to oversee worship, production, and creative elements of weekend services, aligning with the church’s vision, mission, and values. The role will recruit, train, and shepherd musicians and technicians, develop a pipelines for future leaders, and partner with the Lead Pastor to shape worship experiences across stages, streaming, lighting, and media.

Strong communication and leadership are essential to cultivate an engaging, God-glorifying

Qualifications

• Must demonstrate love and care for all generations in the church.
• Committed to the Vision, Mission and Values of South Shore
• Deep devotion to God and love for His Word
• Gifted leadership skills on and off the platform
• Highly relational and personable
• Articulate on the platform
• Disciplined with strong work ethic
• Innovative and creative
• High musical competency at a professional level
• Able to lead worship over performance
• Able to attract others to worship ministry
• Develop a team culture through training and mentoring
• Engage with others in accountable relationships
• General understanding of video and tech
• Exceptional organization and communication skills
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Maintain confidentiality
• Strong attention to detail
• Commitment to excellence
• Capable to handle multiple projects
• Theologically aligned with South Shore
• College degree desired or commensurate experience

Responsibilities

• Oversee worship, production, and creative elements of services.
• Serve as a pastoral leader: model spiritual maturity and shepherd the entrusted.
• Build healthy volunteer teams and establish clear expectations and processes across worship and production.
• Oversee production and creative service content.
• Provide leadership for sound, lighting, video, stage design, and sermon series bumpers.
• Build and maintain teams in worship and tech including streaming, sound, lights, and ProPresenter.
• Shape the weekend service experience and special events.
• Partner with Lead Pastor to coordinate worship, creative elements, transitions, and moments.
• Plan and lead worship services, oversee song selection and rehearsals.
• Recruit, develop, and shepherd musicians and vocalists.
• Function as primary worship leader for weekend services.
• Create a pipeline for future worship and tech leaders.
• Ableton track preparation and band communication.
• Oversee creation and implementation of the budget.
• Develop systems that create a healthy worship ministry culture.
• Oversee online ministries.

Skills

Leadership

Relational skills

Communication

Disciplined

Humility

Creativity

Musical ability

Worship leadership

Team development

Public speaking

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Confidentiality handling

Multitasking

Theological alignment

Education

College degree preferred

Tools

Ableton Live

Propresenter

Streaming tech

Sound system

Video equipment

Job description

South Shore Community Church seeks a Creative Arts Pastor to oversee worship, production, and creative elements of weekend services, aligning with the church’s vision, mission, and values. The role will recruit, train, and shepherd musicians and technicians, develop a pipelines for future leaders, and partner with the Lead Pastor to shape worship experiences across stages, streaming, lighting, and media.

Strong communication and leadership are essential to cultivate an engaging, God-glorifying