Weekend Ministry Coordinator - The Christian and Missionary Alliance
Portland, OR 97220
About the Job
The Weekend Ministry Coordinator works under the leadership of the Lead Pastor and the Associate Pastor of Worship & Tech Ministries, and has significant worship service logistics and welcome center responsibilities. The Weekend Ministry Coordinator is distinguished from the higher level Associate Pastor of Worship & Tech Ministries position that has responsibility for overall coordination and leadership of worship and tech ministries for the church and supervision of the Department of Worship Ministries and from the lower level of Ministry Assistant position that provides administrative and ministry support.
CORE JOB FUNCTIONS:
1. Weekend Programming & Services
- Organize individual components of weekend services in the worship center ensuring the preaching pastor has everything he/she needs.
- Organize special elements in weekend services including communion, baptism, baby dedications, guest interviews, and more.
- Organize green room hospitality including meals for worship & tech teams
- Schedule & oversee deaf interpretation for weekend services and other special events, by request. Ensure proper compensation for individual interpreters through the RFE process.
- Prepare lobby and welcome center with materials for distribution to the
- congregation, including displays, advertising and registration areas.
- Prepare the green room with supplies and materials for preaching team, worship team and tech volunteers.
- Prepare technology for childcare check-in. Conduct regular maintenance checks to ensure tech is working properly and necessary supplies are in stock.
2. Volunteer Recruiting, Training, & Oversight
- Manage worship center, lobby & welcome center teams, including vision casting, recruiting, training, team care, communication and coordination.
- Manage schedules for lobby hosts, ushers & greeters, and welcome center volunteers.
- Manage volunteer schedules for green room hospitality (worship team meals).
- Ensure green room hospitality volunteers are reimbursed in a timely manner.
- Provide annual training on emergency procedures and evacuations with lobby hosts, ushers and welcome center volunteers.
- Recruit new volunteers for lobby, welcome center and green room hospitality teams.
- Establish a team of volunteers for quarterly Bring & Share events for Saturday night service and Newcomer Connects events for Sunday mornings.
- Recognize volunteers for their contribution through appreciation events or small tokens throughout the year.
3. Liaison & Network Among Staff Teams
- Attend preaching team and weekly tech rehearsal as liaison to coordinate all components in the green room, worship center, lobby and in the welcome center.
- Collaborate with appropriate departmental leaders for special services including
- Good Friday/Easter, Advent, Pentecost and Thanksgiving. Ensure logistical needs for services are identified and communicated as appropriate.
- Communicate with facilities team and parking volunteers as needed.
- Act as primary contact inside the facility in case of emergency, allowing Director of Operations to serve as liaison with outside agencies (first responders, etc).
4. Connect First Time Guests & Newcomers
- Model and promote the importance of welcoming and caring for first time guests and newcomers to Salem Alliance, helping them navigate campus and explore ministries appropriate to their needs.
- Ensure lobby team and welcome center volunteers promote a spirit of hospitality and welcome to newcomers, including training in using translation software or artificial intelligence to communicate effectively with non-English speakers.
- Collaborate with other departments to offer quarterly Bring & Share events on Saturday evenings and Newcomer Comments events on Sunday mornings.
- Manage and organize systems to track and report first-time guest follow-up.
5. Leadership in Administrative Support
- Provide administrative support in scheduling and communication for the Worship Leader.
- Ensure technology components for volunteer recruiting and scheduling (Planning Center) are maintained, updated, and licenses are renewed in a timely manner.
- Ensure technology components for childcare check in, both hardware and software are maintained and updated regularly. Troubleshoot as necessary.
- Collaborate with other ministry departments in reserving and scheduling campus spaces in ESpace as required for weekend programming or special services.
To be considered for this position, please complete the application to include your testimony, resume and other background information related to the position.
If the district office has reviewed your application and they think you may be a potential match for the position, that the hiring manager will reach out to you for next steps.
This position may require licensing with The Christian & Missionary Alliance. To learn more about The Alliance and requirements for licensing, please visit our website
Please do not contact the church directly.