Worship Director

Worship Director at Winder First Baptist

Winder First Baptist is growing. Our weekend services are currently a mix of blended worship (a mix of hymns with contemporary) at our 9:30am service and contemporary music only 're looking for a Worship Director who can lead the worship ministry through building teams, raising up leaders, and creating Sunday experiences where the congregation encounters God and the Word lands with power.

Our 9:30am service is slowing being transitioned to more mirror our 11am contemporary service.

We currently have a sound engineer that our Worship Director will work with which will help with the responsibilities of recruiting, training and running our AV /lighting aspects of each service.

We currently have in place a solid, committed group of musicians, vocalists and AV/Lighting volunteers ready to welcome and work with the Worship Director that God leads to Winder FBC. You would not be building from the ground up, but already have in place a team to shepherd and lead in this area of ministry.

This is a full-time, on-staff role reporting to the Senior Pastor.

We believe in the transformative power of the Gospel of Christ, uniting us as a diverse body of believers. Our church community desires meaningful relationships, with our Life Groups at the heart of this bond — groups where members discuss truth, care for one another, fellowship, and serve in unity. We are very much a multi-generational church that is growing (currently averaging around 600 in worship attendance) in a growing county of Georgia.

Serve as the primary worship leader and develop others to lead alongside you.

• Lead worship at all weekend services, with vocal and instrumental proficiency on guitar or keyboard
• Be present and prepared for all services, arriving no later than 90 minutes before the first service for sound check and pre-service prayer
• Communicate any planned absence to the Senior Pastor no less than 2 weeks in advance, with a qualified substitute leader already in place
• Pursue ongoing growth in musicianship, vocal health, and worship leadership through training, conferences, or coaching
• Oversee the overall aspects of church-wide worship ministry; including recruiting leadership for children and youth worship opportunities as to develop future leaders.
• (Psalm 95:1-2; 2 Timothy 2:2)

Recruit, develop, and pastorally lead the people who serve in worship and tech ministry.

• Actively recruit new musicians, vocalists, and tech volunteers on an ongoing basis, with a goal of 2-4 new team members onboarded per year
• Lead weekly rehearsals of at least 1.5 hours, including both musical preparation for the week with new, upcoming music in mind as well.
• Maintain a current schedule in Planning Center, with all positions filled no later than 2 weeks before each service
• Coordinate substitutes and fill-ins when team members are unavailable, never leaving a service understaffed
• (Ephesians 4:11-12; 1 Peter 4:10; Romans 12:1)

Partner with the Senior Pastor to design services where music and Word work together.

• Plan upcoming services, with set lists finalized no later than 10 days before each Sunday
• Select songs that are biblically sound and congregationally singable
• Prepare and distribute charts, lyrics, and arrangements to team members no later than 5 days before rehearsal
• Maintain current CCLI licensing and report song usage as required by law
• Ensure all lyrics and visual elements displayed in service are accurate, theologically sound, and free of error
• Plan special services (Easter, Christmas Eve, Maundy Thursday, etc.) with additional lead time and coordination as needed
• (Colossians 3:16; Isaiah 55:10-11)

Own the technical environment of services and the resources of the worship ministry.

• Recruit, train, and schedule a tech team covering sound, lighting, projection, and livestream
• Personally maintain working knowledge of all worship tech systems sufficient to troubleshoot in the absence of volunteers
• Conduct routine equipment checks and maintenance, and report needed repairs or…