Minister of Music

SABC’s One Priority:

Our Priority is to worship and serve God by connecting people to Jesus and each other.

The major goal of this position:

To own the entire worship experience as his/her place of focused leadership, while partnering with the pastor and other worship leaders to plan and lead excellent worship services, programs, and emphasis, which enables SABC to accomplish our One Priority.

PLANNING

1. Meet with the senior pastor to plan upcoming worship services.
2. Attend weekly staff meetings for calendaring and discussing ways in which the worship/music ministries cooperate with the pastor and other staff in promoting mutual interest activities in the total church ministry.
3. Coordinate worship plans with other ministers, instrumentalists, choirs, soloists, readers, dramatists, the AV tech team members, ushers, and any others who might have an impact on each worship service.
4. Recruit, train as needed, and schedule instrumentalists, soloists, and musical groups to practice and perform during our worship services.
5. Organize and direct the operation of the church music library.
6. Manage all music materials, supplies, instruments, and any other music related equipment.
7. Cooperate with the appropriate persons (including nominating committee) in selecting, training, and counseling leaders and others for all aspects of our music ministry.
8. Direct the use of planning and evaluation guides for the total music ministry.
9. Plan and coordinate with the Ministers of Discipleship, Children, Youth, and mission activities for ways to include the music ministry in their activities.

WORSHIP SERVICES

1. Direct congregational singing, choirs, and other music.
2. Coordinate with the arrangement and scheduling of and provide for special worship services such as weddings, funerals, and other church related activities.
3. Seek new and creative ways to use the worship leadership talents of SABC members and guests to add depth and variety to our worship services and attract other gifted worship leaders who want to use/share their talents in diverse ways.
4. Prepare and deliver the Sunday morning sermon in the absence of or at the request of the Pastor.

DISCIPLESHIP/OUTREACH

1. Direct the music ministry’s plan of visitation and enlistment.
2. Lead members of our congregation who are involved with any part of our music ministries to be actively engaged in some form of outreach.
3. Assist the pastor, staff, and lay leaders in the total outreach of SABC.

PASTORAL CARE

1. Assist the pastor in offering crisis support and pastoral care.
2. Be available for counseling and assistance to our members as needed.

DENOMINATIONAL RELATIONS

1. Respect and support both the SBC & CBF and support the right of each member to choose a channel of mission support, embracing all.
2. Stay informed of denominational goals, traditions, publications, materials, policies, and plan for employing them as they relate to our church and its welfare.
3. Cooperate with Columbia Metro Association, state convention, SBC & CBF leaders in promoting mutual interest activities of the denomination and the church.

COMMUNITY RELATIONS

1. Cooperate with other area churches in offering community wide music and worship services.

PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL GROWTH DEVELOPMENT

1. Stay informed on current music methods, materials promotion, administrative best practices, and leadership skills.
2. Complete and submit to the Pastor and the Personnel Committee an annual plan for continuing education.

Columbia is located in the center of South Carolina at the junctions of Interstates 20, 26 and 77. It is South Carolina’s most populated city and the state capital. Columbia is home to the University of South Carolina, the state’s flagship public university and the largest in the state. The area has benefited from Congressional support for Southern military installations. Columbia is the site of Fort Jackson, the largest United States Army installation for Basic Combat Training.

Although it received its name from Christopher Columbus, it is affectionately known as the “Soda City” by locals, but not because any soda was invented or manufactured here. Instead, the nickname comes from an old abbreviation of Columbia to “Cola”.

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