Volunteer Positions on the Services Team
1. Communion Preparation Team:
2. Baking Communion Bread:
- Prepare and arrange communion elements for each service. Clean the trays after the services.
- First Sunday of the month
- 11:30 am, 1:30 pm
- Bake the bread the day before communion and send it to the Communion Team.
- The church will provide the recipe.
3. Instrumentalist:
- Play an instrument (we are open to potentially having any instrument) on the worship team.
- You must pass an audition, demonstrating proficiency on your instrument.
- We read chord sheets and do not use sheet music; you must be able to play by ear/improvise.
- Rehearsal is at 9 am on Sunday, and the commitment is for the 11:30 am and 1:30 pm services.
4. Vocalist:
- Serve as a singer in the worship team.
- Must pass an audition, demonstrating accurate pitch, rhythm, and solid tone. Must be able to sing harmony by ear.
- Rehearsal is at 9 am on Sunday, and the commitment is for the 11:30 am and 1:30 pm services.
5. Worship Co-Leader:
- You must first pass the audition as a vocalist, and after faithfully serving for at least a few months, you can audition to become a worship co-leader.
- Co-leads help select and lead songs.
- Must serve for all services on Sunday.
6. Usher Team:
6. 1 Usher in General:
- The Usher ministry seeks to foster a positive worship experience by welcoming and assisting guests, facilitating offerings and the Holy Communion, maintaining a safe, distraction-free environment, and answering any questions our guests may have or finding an answer for them.
- The candidate loves and follows Jesus; is gracious, caring, enthusiastic, and friendly; is dependent and prompt; is a peacemaker, not argumentative; is well-groomed and properly dressed.
- An usher in-person training session is set up between the candidate and an usher leader to go through the ‘City Church Usher Team Manual.’ Following this, a shadow session is arranged on one Sunday to show the candidate the tasks to be done during the service before officially scheduling the candidate.
- Serve at 11:30 am and 1:30 pm services. Meet 30 min before the service starts.
6.2 Usher Leader:
- Has no assigned position. Floats to support others and deal with emergencies.
- Assign positions and brief roles and responsibilities.
- Lead the team’s beginning and closing prayers.
- Distribute welcome flyers before the MC welcome.
- Count offerings.
- Count the number of attendees, newcomers, and volunteers.
7. Production Team:
- Each new volunteer must pass an interview and an audition process
- Training is provided.
- Training consists of committing two consecutive Sundays from 9 AM Setup to the end of 11:30 AM and 1:30 PM Service.
- During those two weeks, the volunteer will be trained via a shadow method (Following and watching the tasks done) for the first week and a hands-on approach for the second week.
- After two weeks, we will meet and evaluate whether this position is right for you and adjust from there.
7.1 Sound Engineer:
- Live FOH Sound.
- Live Stream Sound.
- Must have Musical sensibilities.
- Able to discern the difference between a balanced and unbalanced sound.
- Knowledge of sound equipment and acoustics is essential but not required.
- Responsible for sound checks, equipment placement, volume, and quality of sound.
- Prior knowledge of the Behringer x32 Sound mixer is a bonus.
7.2 Projection:
- Responsible for the presentation of graphics, motion graphics, and video playback during the services.
- Being proficient in ProPresenter 7 software is a bonus.
- Able to input data into the computer prior to or during the services.
- Multi-task and take directions from others.
7.3 Camera Operator:
- Able to choose, assemble, set up, and tear down Camera equipment.
- Operate the camera for church services (9:30am, 11:30am).
- The ability to frame and compose shots.
- The ability to perform camera moves accurately.
- Interpersonal and communication skills.
- The capacity to multi-task and take directions from others.
7.4 Video (Switcher) Mixer:
- Switches between video sources—such as camera shots and video inserts.
- They also maintain a balance of color and contrast between the studio cameras.
- Responsible for the creative look of a production by selecting which shots to use at any given moment.
- The mixer views the action on the stage through a bank of screens, each linked to one of the cameras, while issuing clear and concise commands to Camera Operators.
7.5 Media Team:
- Consists of Camera operators, video Editors, and Graphic designers.
- Able to create content for use within various ministries.
7.6 Social Media Team:
- The social media team consists of a prayer team, copywriting team, graphics team, proofreading team, and community management team.
- The prayer team provides a prayer and an encouraging phrase each week, as well as prayer points for the nation we’re praying for once a month.
- The copywriting team provides captions for two photos and one graphic each week.
- The graphics team provides graphics for the prayer (weekly), encouraging phrase (weekly), and prayer for nations (monthly).
- The proofreading team proofs all content for graphics before and after they’re created and all captions before they’re posted to our social media accounts.
- The community management team posts all content to our Facebook and Instagram pages and monitors the pages for incoming messages that need to be redirected.
7.7 Producer:
- Responsible for the overall management of the Team at any event.
- To ensure that desired program outcomes and objectives are achieved.
- The person must have adequate knowledge and information about the program, be able to make informed decisions and communicate with the team members regarding the nuances of the program.
If you are interested to serve in any of these capacities, please reach out by clicking on the link here to register or email us worship@bicf.org