Worship Leader

River Valley Church; Mound (MN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

River Valley Church in Minnesota is seeking a Campus Worship Leader to execute worship experiences for weekend services and campus events, collaborating with the Worship and Campus teams. You will lead worship for weekend and youth services, coordinate experiences, schedule musicians in advance, run rehearsals, and ensure excellence in sound, video, and lighting.

This role includes recruiting and training campus musicians, attending planning meetings, and supporting church-wide events as needed

Qualifications

• Proficient in Ableton and music production.
• Proficient in chord charts and music notation.
• Strong skills with G-Suite and Planning Center Online.
• Education: ministerial credentials preferred or in progress (Assemblies of God).
• Minimum 2 years related experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead worship for weekend and youth services.
• Coordinate worship experiences and schedule musicians in advance.
• Run rehearsals and ensure service execution with excellence.
• Oversee sound, video, and lighting as needed.
• Prepare and print chord charts.
• Recruit and train campus musicians.
• Attend weekly staff and planning meetings.
• Collaborate with Campus Pastor and Production Lead.
• Assist with church-wide events and campus opportunities.

Skills

Ableton

Music production

Chord charts

G-Suite

Planning Center Online

Education

Ministerial credentials preferred

Pursuing credentials (Assemblies of God)

Job description

Position Summary

As a part of the Worship team and the campus team, the Campus Worship Leader is responsible for executing all worship experiences for services and events at the campus level.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The Campus Worship Leader is required to perform a range of duties including, but not limited to:

• Lead worship for weekend and youth services

• Coordinate worship experiences

  • Schedule musicians and songs at least 1 week in advance

  • Work with Campus Pastor and Production Lead to aggregate service information from Central and finalize service formats

  • Run rehearsal/run-through and work with Campus Production Lead to ensure services are executed with excellence

    • Provide oversight on Sound, Video and Lighting elements as necessary

    • Prepare and print chord charts as necessary

  • Work with drummer or MD to prepare Ableton set

• Participate in weekly campus staff meetings

• Attend weekly service planning meetings

• Regularly meet one-on-one with Campus Pastor to discuss the worship experience at the campus and any applicable wins, adjustments, or changes.

• Actively work to recruit & train musicians for the campus

• Oversee production responsibilities if there is no production lead at your campus

• Assist with worship leading for church-wide events/conferences as necessary

Applicable as schedule allows:

• Assist with worship leading for any outside opportunities (youth conventions, etc.) as necessary

• Assist with any song-writing/recording projects as deemed necessary by Pastor of Local Creative Ministry and Central Ministries Worship Pastor

• Any other campus-specific responsibilities as determined by Campus Pastor

Qualifications

• Basic proficiencies in Ableton and music production

• Proficient in chording, charting and number system

• Proficient in G-Suite

• Proficient at Planning Center Online

Education

Any combination of education and training which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties and responsibilities as described. Preferred candidates hold ministerial credentials or are actively pursuing credentials. Greater emphasis given to candidates with or pursuing credentials with the Assemblies of God.

Experience

Successful candidate should have at least 2 years related experience.