POSITION OPENING: MUSIC DIRECTOR
ANKENY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Summary
The Music Director will lead and direct the church choir and lead the congregation in song. The Director will have strong leadership and communication skills, be firm and creative, able to motivate and inspire the group, making a vocal performance stand out. This position requires the skills to create a unified choral body, which seeks to glorify God through music. The APC Music Director is a part-time position requiring approximately eight hours a week.

Qualifications
• Degree in music/choral conducting preferred.
• Experience in choral directing strongly preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills required.
• Ability to work in a team environment required.
• Knowledge of a variety of musical styles with proficiency in teaching those to the choir preferred.
• A heart for worship and dedication to Jesus Christ.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Direct the Adult Choir.
• Organize, plan, implement and communicate scheduled rehearsals of the choir.
• Maintain a schedule of music to ensure adequate preparation time.
• Coordinate musicians and ensembles and facilitate their integration into a quality worship experience.
• Consult with the Pastor and/or Worship Committee regarding special events or future worship themes.
• Actively assist with worship services by recruiting choir members and consulting with Pastor, Organist, and Worship Ministry regarding music needs.
• Organize and maintain the choral music library.
• Submit an annual budget for requested music to Worship Ministry.
• Arrange for piano tuning as needed.
• Arrange for or personally provide vocal leadership during all worship services.
• Attend Worship Team Meetings.
• Keep informed on current music methods, materials, promotions, and administration, utilizing them where appropriate.
• Coordinate the summer special music schedule.

Terms of Employment
Salary will be commensurate with education and experience. Benefits include paid vacation and holidays.

Contact:
Pastor Eric Pasanchin
Ankeny Presbyterian Church
317 SE Trilein Drive
Ankeny IA 50021
515-964-0264

Title: Coordinator of Outreach
First Presbyterian Church, Grinnell, IA

Job Description
First Presbyterian Church, a member of the Presbyterian Church, USA, is a progressive church in rural Iowa, committed to bring God’s good news of love, compassion, justice, grace and hope to those who most need it.

We seek a quarter time staff person who will help coordinate people and programs in order to spread this good news and help us invite and welcome people not yet in our church to participate in our ministries.

For us, part of being a progressive church means we have been designated as a Matthew 25 church, and this position will help us live into that vision. The three goals of a Matthew 25 church are: 1. Build congregational vitality, 2. Dismantle structural racism, and 3. Eradicate systemic poverty.

For full job description and how to apply, click here or email the chairs of the personnel committee:

• Jack Gustafson
• Chris Day

Applications open until May 31st, 2023

Salem UCC in Alleman, Iowa is actively searching for a minister(s). Over the last 4 years we have thrived with an atypical interim pastoral leadership model and are open to all possibilities, from full-time to part-time ministry, open to any denomination. We see ourselves as a community led by the Spirit of Christ to serve both our congregation and our neighbors through active participation and ministry. We are seeking an energetic minister(s) to inspire, motivate, teach and guide us on our journey of faith, as individuals, Church, and community.

If interested, please contact Ashlea Lem.

The First Presbyterian Church of Mt Pleasant, Iowa is currently accepting job applications for two positions: Church Organist and Church Choir Director. Complete job descriptions for each position and the application are available here.

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CROSS Outreach Mission: To provide financial assistance and other basic survival needs to people in crisis in central Iowa; to advocate for changing social, economic and political systems which perpetuate poverty and oppression; to create a vision of justice and provide educational opportunities to churches, organizations, and the community concerning the plight of the poor. 

CROSS Executive Director Job Description

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