Worship Leader

The Commons Church

East Lansing, MI

WHO WE ARE

The Commons Church is located in East Lansing, MI, just 4 minutes away from Michigan State University and is part of The Salt Network (thesaltnetwork.com), a network of churches that focuses on planting multigenerational churches in major university centers throughout North America.  The Commons is a 6 year old church that launched in September of 2019. 

 

SNAPSHOT

• 6 years old
• Average Sunday worship attendance: 1500+
• The Salt Company (college ministry) averages 900+ students on Thursday nights
• Staff team is currently 25+ people
• We have network partnerships with the Salt Network, the Send Network, and the Strategic Launch Network.

VISION

Our metro area has 475,000 people and is home to both Michigan State University (51,000 students) and the state capital of Michigan.  East Lansing is a very influential city right in the middle of the state of Michigan that lacks a strong gospel presence.  In addition to that, within a two hour drive there are 12 other significant university centers where we hope to plant churches over the next few years.  This is a dynamic context to serve in. We are passionate about reaching college students and planting churches, which means we are passionate about reaching, raising up and releasing the next generation of leaders!

LINKS

• The Commons Church Website  
• The Commons Church Instagram
• The Salt Company - Michigan State Instagram
• The Salt Network Website

Worship Leader

Job Description

MISSION:

Our mission is to help people take their next step with Jesus

CHURCH ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES: 

THE GOSPEL

Jesus is the main thing and always will be.

We don't mean to over-simplify it, but it's really that simple. If you come to our church, you're going to hear a lot about Jesus. It is His life, death, resurrection and return that sets us free from sin and sets us loose to discover our purpose.

DEPENDENCY 

Our plumbline is God’s Word, our power is God’s Spirit, our posture is prayer, and our practice is to do life together.

NEIGHBORING

We believe God puts us where we are with intentionality, so we want to live where we are with intentionality.

URGENCY

We give and we go sacrificially, boldly and fast.

FOCUS

We want to be great at a few things instead of trying to be good at everything.

THE NEXT GENERATION

Win the campus, win the world.

MULTIPLICATION

God’s mission is multiplication, not addition.  We multiply leaders, connection groups and churches.

STAFF BEHAVIORAL VALUES: 

CULTURE & CHARACTER

• Humble - We want to be like Jesus and Jesus came to serve, not to be served.  We deflect praise, own our mistakes, submit to authority, remain teachable and we lead by serving.

• Hungry - A lot’s at stake and we know it.  We work hard, pursue excellence and we’re not complacent during times of success.

• Healthy - We can’t lead our church well if we’re not leading our families well and we can’t lead our families well if we’re not leading ourselves well.  We want to be healthy spiritually, physically, emotionally, mentally, relationally and maritally.

• Holy - As goes the leadership, so goes the church.  We don’t hide our sin, we confess it.  We take sin seriously and pursue godliness.

• Family - We’re more than just employees, we’re family.  Families spend time with each other, share meals with each other, get real with each other, take care of each other, encourage and challenge each other.

COMPETENCY

• Uniquely skilled to serve the church

CAPACITY

• Special ability to lead, shepherd and contribute to a dynamic and growing context

CHEMISTRY

• Adds joy to the staff culture and health with your presence

CONVICTIONS

• Firm commitment to the Biblical beliefs and practices of The Commons Church

CHURCH MEMBERSHIP:

By joining the The Commons Staff team you and your spouse (if applicable) are automatically approved as Members of The Commons Church.  However we still want you to take Intro to The Commons and Membership at The Commons if you have not done so already.  As staff and members you will be placed under the leadership and shepherding of the Elders of this Church. We will expect and inspect your leadership in faithful attendance, service, and giving.

JOB SUMMARY:

DIRECT SUPERVISOR:

Jacob Russo (Worship & Executive Pastor)

MENTOR: 

Jacob Russo (Worship Director)

JOB TITLE:

Worship Leader (this is a full time staff position)

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Help cultivate, maintain and execute the vision for our worship culture
  • Work with the Worship & Executive Pastor to help execute the vision for our worship culture
  • Help raise up new leaders (empower the gifted & raise up the next generation of worship leaders and team leaders)
  • Define goals for the teams you lead
  • Recruit, train and resource the volunteers on the worship team
  • Be creative w/special events, service design, holidays, stage design, song selection and song writing
  • Work closely with Worship & Executive Pastor on song selection every 6 months (The Commons) & every semester (TSC). 
• Discipleship, Growth, & Development
  • Regularly meet with Noah Brown for discipleship and development as a leader both spiritually and musically
  • Year 1: Go through Noah’s Worship Leader DG (discipleship group)
  • Identify and pour into key leaders to pass on what has been shared with you
    
• Execute and lead the Salt Company music and production teams
  • Function as the primary worship leader while maintaining a culture of  plurality in worship leadership
  • Lead The Salt Company music and production teams
  • Develop musicians and raise up new leaders for the Salt Company
  • Plan and coordinate all worship service components
  • Communicate and resource TSC music teams to provide undistracting excellence in services and growth in volunteer musicianship
  • Work closely with the TSC Director and Worship & Executive pastor to coordinate and plan
• Help execute and lead worship gatherings at The Commons Church
  • Help lead worship for The Commons while maintaining the culture of worship at The Commons
  • Help develop musicians and raise up new leaders 
  • Work closely with the Worship & Executive Pastor, lead pastor, and elder team to coordinate and plan
  • Help develop and raise up worship leaders for The Commons Youth
• Help lead The Commons & TSC Production Team
  • Train and become proficient on all things tech with an emphasis on live sound mixing
  • Help with knowing our tech gear, how it works, how it is used, and where we can make upgrades to further the mission of The Commons Church
• Help shepherd and lead the church to worship
  • Model a heart of worship
  • Lead the church to worship Jesus, not just sing
  • Be lead by the Spirit of God 
  • Be radically Christ, Gospel-centered, and theologically accurate
  • Execute all musical and technical elements with excellence
  • Be authentic,  lead out of strengths and weaknesses
  • Care for your team members
• The Commons Church Staff Member
  • Full participation in The Commons church at large
  • Full participation in staff related meetings/events.
  • Love and disciple people in our community (focusing on leaders and the lost)
  • Other responsibilities assigned by direct supervisor

In a sentence, your responsibility is to help shepherd our church and The Salt Company by using your worship leadership gifts and your heart for discipleship to reach the lost and equip those who are part of our church to be sent out locally, regionally and globally. Our focus is more than just creating and leading a vibrant/healthy worship culture here at The Commons... We want to be a catalyst for raising up and sending out leaders to create and lead vibrant/healthy worship cultures in other contexts as we plant new churches.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree
• A clear call to vocational ministry and that call being affirmed by others
• Some level of previous ministry leadership (i.e. student leadership role in college ministry or greater)
• Can carry the responsibility of leading worship on a Sunday or a Thursday (this includes the musical aspects as well as the team leadership & character aspects)
• High character that is affirmed by others