Job Overview

The Position

We are seeking a qualified candidate to be River City's part-time Worship Leader for our Sunday worship gatherings. Our current worship leaders are all volunteers, but we've grown to the point that we need to hire a specialist for our team.

Hours and Compensation

This part time-position will average 10 hours per week over 40 weeks per year (1 week off per month). Candidates will receive a monthly stipend of $800/month

About River City Church

River City is part of the Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA) and was planted in 2016 with the vision of growing in the gospel, making disciples, and planting churches. People in our church are mostly in their 20's or 30's and, by God's grace, we are characterized by being a gospel-centered, missional, and emotionally healthy church that's focused on living out our vision in the Dubuque area. You can find more information about River City HERE.

Furthermore, we have a track record of training and developing young/emerging leaders. Many young worship leaders are eager to learn how to become well-rounded and more dynamically involved in gospel ministry than only leading worship. Therefore, a qualified candidate for this position will be also be interested in being developed in some or all of the following areas by River City leaders:

• • Gospel-centered Theology (Cohort-based)
  • Foundations of Biblical Counseling (Cohort-based)
  • Missional Small Group Leadership (Training & Practicum)
  • Foundations of Discipling People (Training & Practicum)
  • Preaching Training (Training & Practicum, if applicable)

Job Description

Responsibilities

Weekly

• • • Plan all aspects of musical worship for Sunday gatherings in a way that:
      • Creates an environment in the gathering, and on the worship team, that reflects our core values.
      • Connects with the sermon passage/themes.
    • Communicate with worship team members.
    • Adequately prepare to lead worship.
    • Meet weekly with Pastor/Elder to discuss sermon themes and receive coaching.

Sundays

• • • Lead Worship Team Rehearsal (7:45-8:45)
    • Lead Worship for both Sunday Services (9:00 & 10:30)

Quarterly/As Needed

• • • Collaborate with volunteer worship leaders to:
      • select and introduce new songs.
      • audition and train new worship team volunteers.
    • Lead worship at various special events.

Tasks this Position is NOT Responsible For

• • • Scheduling/recruiting worship and tech team volunteers.
    • Leading/managing sound/technology equipment and volunteers.

Qualifications

Internal and external life characterized by submission to Christ

It's important for the Worship Leader to authentically set an example of being characterized by worshiping with their whole life and not just in a compartmentalized or hypocritical way.

Alignment with River City's vision, mission, and core values

Read an in-depth description of our vision, mission, and core values HERE.

Alignment with River City's worship ministry core values and principles for leadership

We believe that the regular corporate gathering of River City Church plays a unique and indispensable role in carrying out the vision and mission of our church. Since musical worship is an important part of those gatherings, it's important for candidates to be aligned with our theology and practice as it relates to musical worship and how it connects to our vision and mission. Read about River City's worship ministry core values and principles for leadership HERE.

Regular involvement with a River City small group

Since small groups are the mission of our church, it's important that those in visible roles of leadership in our church be examples of living out our collective mission.

Affirms and practices River City's principles for "collective witness"

Please listen to the audio clip linked in THIS document from our membership class session about "Collective Witness."

Willing to become a member of River City Church

This is not a requirement for being on the worship team but it is for being a Worship Leader. That's because the more visible you are as a leader in the church, the more important it is that you've formally committed yourself to the vision and mission of the church as well as coming under the leadership and direction of the Elders.

Characterized by humility, teachability, and a desire to learn

A qualified candidate should have an attitude and posture of humility and teachability in their relationship with their supervisor. They should not only desire to lead others, but should eagerly desire to be led.

Characterized by leading with gentleness and respect

Volunteers on the worship team should, in general, actually enjoy being led by you. Certainly there are extreme examples where a volunteer doesn't want to be led by anyone, which is certainly a problem. But generally, if you're leading with authentic character that's shaped by the gospel then everyone will likely have a life-giving experience on the team because you're treating them with gentleness and respect.

Characterized by consistency and responsibility

No one is perfect and we certainly don't expect you to be flawless. However, a qualified candidate needs to be willing and able to: be the most prepared person on the team, meet deadlines throughout the week, and communicate in a timely manner with their supervisor and volunteers.

Possesses the necessary skills and experience to effectively lead musical worship

We're not expecting candidates to be professional musicians, but they need to be sufficiently skilled and experienced to lead the church in musical worship. A qualified candidate will be able to lead vocally as well as instrumentally from guitar and/or piano.