Director of Worship

Immanuel Anglican Church•Chicago, IL

93d•Onsite

About The Position

The Worship Arts Director lifts high the Son of God in Chicago by leading our worship arts ministry on Sundays and beyond. This role involves providing spiritual leadership, vision, and strategic development for Immanuel’s worship ministry. The Director will serve as Immanuel’s “Chief Musician,” leading Sunday services and delegating leadership to others. Key responsibilities include developing and raising up new worship leaders, facilitating changes to services based on liturgical seasons and sermon series, overseeing administrative support for worship services, and selecting and developing the Immanuel song canon. The Director will also provide oversight for the Music Team & Production, Readers Team, and Liturgical Arts teams, focusing on developing lay leaders and fostering spiritual growth within these teams. Additionally, the role involves providing creative vision and leadership for special seasons and services, collaborating with other leaders, directing the Advent Lessons and Carols service, and overseeing preparations for Holy Week services. The Director will also foster the arts community at Immanuel by seeking out artists, encouraging their growth, and creating avenues for the church community to engage with the arts. This position requires attending weekly staff meetings, adhering to the Staff Handbook, and collaborating with the Immanuel staff to advance the church’s vision.

Requirements

Learn and practice Immanuel’s staff culture & values.
Continual growth as a musician and professional.
Receive feedback on Sunday worship (including playlist, style, and tempo) from Father Aaron.

Responsibilities

Provide spiritual leadership, vision and strategic development of Immanuel’s worship ministry.
Serve as Immanuel’s “Chief Musician” by leading Sunday services (70-75%), and delegating leadership to trusted worship leaders from within and outside Immanuel (25-30%) in a way that expresses Immanuel’s culture & values.
Continue learning and developing as a musician and a spiritual leader walking in step with the Holy Spirit by seeking out mentoring, training and time away in prayer.
Develop and raise up new worship leaders in a way that releases spiritual gifts within our church and enhances the breadth and depth of music at Immanuel.
Facilitate changes to Immanuel’s services in response to the seasons in the liturgical year, sermon series, and focuses of Immanuel.
Oversee or provide administrative support for worship services: create run sheets, update preaching planning document, emails to those serving within the service, production of bulletins.
Lead rehearsals as needed.
Select and develop the Immanuel song canon by monitoring song introduction and retirement, so as to keep a sense of Immanuel’s unique culture while growing into new styles and songs.
Keep Music licensing up-to-date.
Provide oversight for the following teams: Music Team & Production, Readers Team, Liturgical Arts.
Raise up and invest in lay leaders as able. Practice delegation and multiplication through calling forth the gifts and skills of those serving. Build relationships that are developmental, with feedback and collaboration.
Tend to each team throughout the year as needed: recruiting, training, onboarding, connection, support, vision, creative direction, communication, scheduling, and pastoral input.
Vector toward spiritual leadership in leading each team. Look for opportunities to point individuals and teams toward Christ, to cultivate a spirit of worship in the ways they are serving, to connect incarnationally and relationally, and to be in prayer and Scripture together.
Provide creative vision and leadership for special seasons and services.
Collaborate with other leaders at Immanuel to form a cohesive vision for our special seasons.
Direct annual Advent Lessons and Carols service.
Oversee all Worship Arts-related preparations for Holy Week services.
Work with Communications Director (Kelly Ross) and Fr. Aaron to commission artwork for bulletin covers (occasional).
Foster the arts community at Immanuel as time allows.
Seek out those who have artistic skill, and invite them into community and service.
Gather with Immanuel’s artists to encourage their spiritual and theological growth, and deploy their talents toward the building up of church life, and foster a community of faithful artists.
Nurture the collective wonder and creativity of our whole church by creating avenues for participating in, enjoying and learning about the arts as a Christian.
Attend weekly staff meetings and other required staff events.
Honor the conduct and character requirements expressed in our Staff Handbook.
Collaborate with the staff of Immanuel to pray for and carry the vision of our church to lift high the Son of God in the city of Chicago, that all would be drawn to Him.