Minister of Worship & Community Life (Begins January 2021)

General Summary:  University Ministries (UMin) at Seattle Pacific equips students as they prepare for a lifetime of engaging the culture and changing the world. Our aim is holistic formation in students - spiritually, intellectually, and vocationally.

Comprised of the John Perkins Center (JPC), Campus Ministries (CM) and Church and Community Connections, UMin pastors and staff focus collectively on facilitating worship, discipleship, and reconciliation through ministry events, developing student leaders, and pastoral care relationships. More specifically, Campus Ministries staff cultivate our communal worship life, in addition to developing robust spiritual formation opportunities for both residential and off-campus students.

Within this, the Minister of Worship & Community Life serves as the primary resource for leading & cultivating communal worship on behalf of University Ministries. In this, our theology and practice has led to a distinctly multi-ethnic and multi-cultural approach as we seek to represent and reflect the image of God in the fullness of our student body, as well as the broader Kingdom of God. This includes worship through music and community life, but also involves exploring the many ways to worship God through creative expression of art, literature, dance and other ancient and contemporary forms. Through this, the Minister of Worship will have opportunity to serve as both a worship leader and a liturgist, while also leading as a valued member of our team of campus pastors, speaking into the general spiritual formation of SPU and overseeing opportunities to develop the community of faith. This position will also focus on cultivating the Christian community life on campus under the direction of the Associate Chaplain.

This position begins January, 2021. The Minister of Worship and Community Life position will be an 11 month (July off) staff appointment. Interviews will be conducted in October of 2020.

Position will remain open until filled.

Job Description:

• Responsible for the planning and execution of weekly and special University worship services in collaboration with UMin pastoral staff, graduate assistant(s), and undergraduate student coordinators, for the purpose of faith development and community building. Includes but not limited to, oversight & development of student worship leadership, leading weekly meetings/rehearsals, collaboration with on-campus and off-campus partners, and oversight of all production related administrative duties such as venue and equipment coordination, and collaboration with guest speakers.  
• Cultivates and invests in the undergraduate community life through regular engagement in UMin and campus activities, the creation of community-focused initiatives and long-term partnerships with local churches to minister to our SPU community.
• Teaches/co-teaches one Music/Worship Leadership course per quarter for the purpose of developing student worship leaders and cultivating campus partnerships.
• Serves as a member of the UMin Pastoral team providing pastoral care and programming for our UG students.  Attends UMin meetings, collaborative events, high ceremonies, etc.
• Works with Campus Ministries pastoral staff to plan, coordinate and participate in ministry programs that encourage students to build a maturing, personal faith.