Job Description
Contemporary Worship Musician
Position Information
$300 to $500 per weekend
401k with 4% Employer Match
Part Time
No Guaranteed Hours
Summary of Position
The Contemporary Music Staff brings their instrumental or vocal gifts, abilities and skills to create a worship environment that glorifies God and builds up the Church. They will participate in weekly worship and special events.
Essential Functions
- Model worship for the Contemporary team and congregation through attitude and actions.
- Come musically and spiritually prepared to rehearsal and worship. Engage with the tools and resources provided by staff.
- Attend scheduled rehearsal, service and ministry events punctually.
Other Key Responsibilities
- Engage in ongoing personal and professional development through training, reading, coaching or mentoring, in order to grow as a leader and servant of Christ.
- Demonstrate and model Christ Church’s core values in daily work, relationships and service to others.
- Maintain a posture of flexibility by assisting with projects or assignments outside the immediate scope of the role when needed.
- Contribute to a culture of grace, care and prayer by being available to support, encourage and pray with staff and volunteers and congregants as appropriate.
Required Qualifications
Education: High School Diploma or equivalent experience
Experience: 2-5 years | Church and secular environments
Providing own instruments when appropriate
Spiritual Development
- Support and model individual spiritual formation i.e. Worship, Grow and Serve. (Weekly worship, prayer, scripture reading, small group, volunteering/service, etc.).
- Regularly attends worship and participates in ministry events at Christ Church or a Christ Church campus unless exempted by Christ Church leadership.
- Seeks opportunities and participates in authentic worship, exalting and enjoying God as one of life’s greatest purposes and pleasures.
- Lives as an attractive witness, living to draw others to Christ in personal, daily mission.
- Intentionally seeks to become like Jesus, growing purposefully and intentionally.
- Values and contributes to genuine community, doing life together with colleagues and congregation.
- Enrolls in genuine service, living a life of service, humility and generosity.
- Engages fully in life-changing love by loving people extravagantly
Ministry Traits
- Detail-oriented with high capacity to manage multiple projects at high level of detail and organization.
- Desire to continuously learn and serve others.
- Honest and trustworthy.
- Integrity for work habits and results.
- Ability to discern needs and respond appropriately, sensitively and proactively.
- Appreciation for own and others’ giftedness.
- Ongoing desire and effort to grow more Christ-like in character.
- Able to keep high degree of confidentiality.
- High degree of professionalism.
- Approachable and accessible.
Core Competencies
- Musical Proficiency – Strong vocal and/or instrumental skill, solid sense of rhythm and pitch, and the ability to learn and execute music accurately across contemporary worship styles.
- Team Collaboration – Ability to work well under leadership, follow direction, communicate clearly, and function cohesively within a worship band and production environment.
- Congregational Leadership – Skill in engaging and guiding the congregation through confident presence, expressive worship, and appropriate use of dynamics and cues.
- Spiritual Maturity and Reliability – Demonstrates a growing faith, servant-hearted attitude, consistency in preparation and punctuality, and alignment with the church’s mission and values.
- Communicates with clarity and warmth across diverse audiences
- Demonstrates integrity, humility, and alignment with Christ Church’s values
- Collaborates effectively across teams and ministries
- Organizes and prioritizes work to meet goals with excellence
- Learns quickly and adapts to new tools, systems, and challenges
- Coaches and develops others, bringing out the best in people
- Resolves conflicts constructively and maintains healthy relationships
- Innovates and improves ministry systems to better serve people
Job Tags
Contract work, Part time, Casual work, Immediate start, Weekend work