Job Details

The Crossing Church
Costa Mesa, California, United States

Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.'” Matthew 22:37-39

Summary of Role

The Worship Leader position at The Crossing is for someone who has a passion for God and a desire to lead a wide variety of people in worship. Someone who brings a creative, fun, heartfelt energy and is as comfortable with non-Christians and new believers as they are with long-time Christians. Their love for Jesus is evident through the ways they love people, whether on stage or off. They are excited about leading a community in worship and equipping others to do the same. They love being on a team and collaborating. The Worship Leader is also an experienced, humble, and healthy leader on and off stage. Finally, they are a hard-working and talented musician who strives for excellence.

Responsibilities

• WORSHIP LEADING
• Plan and execute excellent worship experiences
• Worship leader for Sunday services
• Lead worship for special events as needed
• Collaborate with art staff and teaching pastors
• VOLUNTEER CARE
• Build, develop, and encourage the volunteer worship team
• Provide leadership, communication and healthy teamwork
• Model excellence, teachability, development
• WORSHIP PREPARATION
• Serve the team through proactive preparation of set lists, lyrics, charts, tracks, parts, memorization, and communicating service details
• Schedule worship teams through Planning Center Online
• Lead rehearsals in a timely, fun, supportive environment
• OTHER
• Based on skills and interest, other opportunities could include more involvement in creative programming, series creation, music recording, songwriting, and more. The Crossing is an environment where each staff person is invited to use their gifts and continue to grow.
• BUDGET
• Manage music budget and consult on other creative arts budgets
• ALL CHURCH
• Participate in all staff events and meetings

ROLE SKILLS: Great communicator and worship leader, strong creative game, excellent musician/singer, team-player, experience with chart creation, backing track creation and editing, Abelton, general recording software, familiarity with in-ear monitors, Planning Center Online, Propresenter. Really enjoy being part of a team and enjoying life while serving together.

THE CROSSING STAFF VALUES:

• We do everything with the outsider in mind
• We try new things, learn, and try again
• We collaborate for The Crossing's best
• We value impact over activity
• We lead the way

THE CROSSING MISSION:

To be the place people go to EXPLORE faith and EXPERIENCE the life changing ways of Jesus

The Crossing Church is located in the heart of Southern California and is the place people go to explore faith and experience the life-changing ways of Jesus. Our values are we do everything with the outsider in mind, we collaborate to achieve The Crossing's best, we try new things, learn and then try again, we value impact over activity and we lead the way. If you love seeing God change lives, come be a part of the staff of The Crossing. We are proud to be a certified Best Christian Workplace four years in a row.

We have an average weekly adult attendance of 1100 that is vibrant and growing.