Worship & Creative Arts Pastor

South Union Christian Church is searching for their next Worship & Creative Arts Pastor.

Here’s a little about us: We are situated in Bloomington, Indiana, the home of the Indiana University Hoosiers. Our church resides just outside of the city which offers us a wide range of activities for families and large population to influence for the kingdom with our access to the urban and rural areas. We are a church with an average attendance 275 people with 5 full time staff members that make up our staff team. We are an elder led church that desires to see people come to know Jesus.

Our current Worship Pastor will be taking a new position in early spring of 2024 and has worked hard to create a culture of excellence in our worship services, which creates engaging worship environments each weekend.

As the Worship and Creative Arts Pastor at South Union Christian Church, you’ll have the support of a staff team that truly feels like family, especially the Sr. Pastor that values how the creative arts contribute to Sunday mornings. It’s our desire for you step into your role confidently and hit the ground running leading our team of volunteers that are already in place.

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TEAM:

• Education and/or experience that have prepared you for this role.
• Commitment to our mission, vision, and values.
• Agreement with our doctinal statements.
• You lead others to follow Jesus out of an overflow of your own growing relationship with Jesus.
• You're passionate about worship and creatively telling the good news of Jesus.
• You're excited about the idea of building not only the worship ministry, but contributing to the growth of the church overall.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Serve as the main point of contact and maintain the "spiritual health" of the Creative Arts teams: Vocalists, Band, Audio/Visual, and Online Church.
• Lead worship weekly during service(s), facilitating an environment coducive to people being able to engage in worship times.
• Lead the planning of all worship services.

- Scheduling volunteer teams using Planning Center Online.

- Choosing songs, leading rehearsals, and preparing for special elements/events (baptisms, communion, Christmas    Eve, etc.)

- Ensure we are "Sunday-Ready" each week.

- Maintain and cultivate excellence in all areas of Creative Arts.

- Work in conjunction with Senior Pastor's yearly teaching calendar.

- Download and incorporate Multi-tracks into worship services.

• Collaborate with our entire church staff on strategic, kingdom-minded, all church initiatives to amplify our impact in the city and reach more people for Jesus.
• Meet regularly with the Sr. Pastor to pursue ongoing spiritual and professional growth opportunities. 
• Oversee stage design resets from concept to completition.
• Identify and invite new team members while developing current team members.
• Continually seeking ways to innovate and make our creative arts better.
• Oversee and develop all social media for South Union.

COMPENSATION:

We do our best to take good care of our people. The salary for this role will align with the education and/or experience of the person who fills this role.

If you are interested in applying for this job please email Senior Pastor, Jeremy Clark, at jeremy.clark@southunioncc.com.