Director of Traditional Music

Director of Traditional Worship will be a musically-gifted, spiritually-mature, biblically-grounded Christian to lead all
traditional worship ministries at our church under the direction of the Executive Director. The ideal candidate has experience
leading worship at a similar sized church and experience shepherding worship teams.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with the Senior Pastor to plan the traditional worship services.
• Lead the musical portion of traditional worship services.
• Develop a process to regularly identify and deploy new volunteers in the church’s traditional worship ministry.
• Shepherd, train, manage, and care for the volunteer traditional worship teams.
• Develop an annual worship ministry budget and be able to work within that budget.
• Look for ways to inspire non-musical worship experiences for the church body.
• Collaborate well with the church’s worship tech ministry.
• Work with youth and children’s ministry leaders to find worship leaders for age-graded worship experiences within the
church.
• Oversee the maintenance of all musical instruments owned by the church.

REQUIREMENTS

• 5 years experience leading worship in a similar church setting.
• Significant skill as a vocalist and instrumentalist.
• Broad knowledge of Christian worship music across multiple styles and generational tastes.
• Proficiency in reading music.
• Proven experience leading and managing teams.
• Bachelor’s degree. Some formal training in music (and specifically church music) is preferred.
• A lifestyle congruent with the biblical requirements for leaders (1 Tim. 3:1-13; 2 Tim. 2; Titus 1:5-9).
• Carry out other duties as assigned.

Director of Contemporary Music

DIRECTOR OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
The Director of Contemporary Music will be a musically-gifted, spiritually-mature, biblically-grounded Christian leader
responsible for all contemporary worship ministries at Advent under the direction of the Executive Director. The ideal
candidate has experience leading creative contemporary worship at a similar sized church and experience with shepherding
worship teams.

RESPONSIBILITIES
• Work with the pastoral team to plan the Contemporary Worship Services.
• Collaborate regularly with the Director of Traditional Music Ministry and team to develop and implement creative
worship.
• Lead the planning, creation and execution of contemporary musical portion of worship services.
• Lead all contemporary music ministries in the church and implement contemporary worship best practices.
• Develop a process to regularly identify and deploy new volunteers in the church’s music ministry.
• Shepherd, train, manage, and care for the volunteer worship teams. Develop worship leaders.
• Develop an annual contemporary music ministry budget and be able to work within that budget.
• Look for ways to inspire non-musical worship experiences for the church body.
• Work together with the church’s worship tech ministry.
• Work with student ministry leaders to identify and develop musicians, vocalists, and worship leaders for age-graded
worship experiences within the church.
• Maintain high standards of excellence with the spiritual and musical development of all team members.
• Oversee the maintenance of all musical instruments owned by the church.

REQUIREMENTS
• Loves creating authentic worship experiences with an engaging atmosphere. It is a passion and fuels your fire!
• 5 years of experience leading worship in a similar church setting.
• Significant skill as a vocalist, instrumentalist and in the technology components of music ministries.
• Broad knowledge of contemporary Christian worship music.
• Proficient in reading music.
• Excellence in relational, communication and administrative skills.
• Competent experience with building, leading and managing volunteer teams.
• Bachelor’s degree. Some formal training in music (and specifically church music) is preferred.
• A lifestyle congruent with the biblical requirements for leaders (1 Tim. 3:1-13; 2 Tim. 2; Titus 1:5-9).
• A calling to ministry which models servant leadership.
• Carry out other duties as assigned.

Executive Director

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Executive Director must be a Christ-led and business-minded ministry leader who can lead our staff and execute the
vision of our church. The ideal candidate is a committed Christian with experience leading organizations by creating
systems and processes. Candidate will be proficient at building and fortifying high performance teams for the
accomplishment of Advent’s goals.

RESPONSIBILITIES
• Support and execute the vision of the Senior Pastor and Church Leadership Team.
• Manage and lead the everyday activities of the church staff under the authority of the Senior Pastor.
• Play an integral role in all personnel decisions within the church staff.
• Supervise staff in a way that maximizes ministry effectiveness and maintaining healthy culture.
• Create systems and processes that further the church’s ministry objectives.
• Align the ministries and departments of the church around the church’s core vision.
• Facilitate an annual strategic planning process to evaluate the ministry effectiveness of the church that
concludes in a strategic plan.
• Structure and facilitate Stewardship and Financial Generosity Initiatives to support ministry and
operations.
• Lead the church’s budgeting and financial planning processes.
• Serve as part of the church’s leadership team, helping to set the long-term objectives and strategies of
the church.
• Maintain an awareness of current trends and best practices within ministries of comparable size.
• Work with the Facilities Team to manage the church’s property.

REQUIREMENTS
• Proven and Successful experience managing large teams in either the church or business world.
• Excellent verbal communicator: Comfortable speaking before large groups of people.
• Able to speak the truth in love and deal wisely with conflict amongst the staff and the broader church.
• A growing personal relationship with Christ.
• Stated willingness to operate within our church’s statement of beliefs.
• Willingness to use technology to help the church further its ministry goals.
• Ability to engage people of all generations in the ministry of the church.
• A lifestyle congruent with the biblical requirements for leaders (1 Tim. 3:1-13; 2 Tim. 2; Titus 1:5-9).
• Ability to cultivate and nurture a healthy culture with staff and leadership committees.