Red Envelope is leading the search for a Worship Director (Mill Run) at Upper Arlington Lutheran Church - Mill Run and Lytham Road campuses.

UALC is an evangelical, Spirit-led, Lutheran church in the northwest suburbs of Columbus, Ohio. We worship in two locations with a combined weekly attendance of 1200. We are part of Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC) and the North American Lutheran Church (NALC).

For more information about who we are and what we believe, visit: https://www.ualc.org/about

Position Summary

The Mill Run Worship Director reports to the Worship Arts Director and works closely with the Mill Run campus staff and UALC worship arts and production staff.

The Mill Run Worship Director will plan weekly worship in coordination with the worship arts team, collaborate with staff leaders, and coordinate and give spiritual leadership to worship team volunteers. The Mill Run Worship Director will also collaborate with the broader worship staff in planning and implementing special worship services for both campuses, including Advent, Christmas Eve, Easter, etc.

Essential Job Functions

This person will plan music sets and service orders in partnership with the Worship Arts Director.

Work collaboratively with production director and campus pastor on details and execution of weekly worship leadership, including:

Planning Center coordination: music team scheduling, music arrangements, notes and rehearsal tracks for band members, technical notes for production volunteers, etc.
ProPresenter slide production for worship songs
Regular meetings with campus staff to discuss service details and logistics
Incorporation and coordination of special elements into worship services, as directed by Worship Arts Director
Coordination of gear in collaboration with the production director

Build and lead music teams to facilitate Christ-centered, spiritually vital music in worship services

Includes communicating, rehearsing, and leading music teams for gathered worship
Special focus on the spiritual development and culture care for worship team volunteers
Collaborate with the Worship Arts Director in the development and implementation of theologically-rich, emotionally-engaging, and spiritually-formative spoken pieces of worship leadership
Continue cultivating richer expressions of musical diversity in services; this likely includes collaborative songwriting and music production
Help UALC to stay fresh in our approach to worship while also highlighting the beauty of tradition. This includes the continual refining and expanding of our worship canon

4. Work collaboratively with the worship arts team to implement a strategy for developing existing and new worship team members

Includes the recruiting of new worship team volunteers
Collaborate with the worship arts team to develop worship team training modules for instrumentalists to grow their skills and ability to play on a team
Equip and raise up youth worshippers: this includes helping develop a youth worship team for youth ministries

5. Collaborate with worship arts team to execute special worship services, including:

Celebration of Advent, Christmas Eve, and Holy Week services
Special nights of worship and prayer for the volunteer teams and the congregation

Education and Experience

The ideal candidate will be a humble leader with a welcoming stage presence and will have a shepherd heart and enjoy relational leadership.
They will be skilled in leading from piano or guitar and will be able to lead worship vocally.
Ideally, the candidate for this role will have three or more years of experience in worship leadership in a large church context.
A relevant degree, Pastoral experience, and/or education in Biblical studies or Theology will be a plus.
The position is open to lay or non-ordained candidates as well as clergy.
The ideal candidate must have a proven track record of effective collaborative leadership, excellent communication skills, a passion for worship and creativity in the church, and a significant personal relationship with Jesus.

Red Envelope Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.

Schedule:

Day shift
Weekend availability

Work Location: In person

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