[Magdalen] M/C - verger - "praise and worship leader"

[Lynn Ronkainen]

remarks on this remarkable Job Summary / Job seeking applicant, I felt the 
*need* to google the church - http://churchofthenativity.org/

I'm still speechless.

...well except for the amazing detail of the summary and this:

Fr Chad came to ministry in the Episcopal Church after over a decade of 
service to our nation. Chad served for four years in the U.S. Marine Corps 
and then worked in the Security Forces of the U.S. Air Force. From 2002-2014 
Chad worked for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

which might hint at authorship...

reminds me of a retired career marine (20 years) who was a priest in our dio 
for a while in the late '90s serving a church and then a large diocesan 
institution who left a swath of 'stuff' in his wake..... and reenlisted 
after 9/11 Sigh.

Lynn

ps. Hi Jo! nice to see you here!
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From: "Jo Craddock" <jocraddock at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2018 10:54 AM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: [Magdalen] M/C - verger - "praise and worship leader"

> Happy new year, friends, and all good wishes for you in 2018, even amidst 
> the sadness of our loss in friends who have gone before us. I still check 
> in regularly, if not daily, to pray and be with you.
>
> I saw this come across my desk this morning, and couldn't resist sharing 
> for info and commentary:
> --------------------------
> Praise and Worship Leader
> Church of the Nativity - Northborough, MA 01532
> Part-time
> Job Summary
>
> Church of the Nativity is an evangelical, sacramental, and charismatic 
> Episcopal church in Northborough, MA. We are seeking a dynamic leader who 
> is able to communicate vision balanced with ability to listen in a team 
> environment while recognizing diverse talents. The ideal candidate would 
> be able to sing, play, and direct our praise team and choir. It is the 
> primary purpose of the Worship Team Leader to develop a worship ministry 
> capable of providing inspiring and engaging worship services that 
> encourages the body to enter into corporate and personal worship to the 
> glory of God.
>
> Responsibilities and Duties
>
> Leads the congregation toward authentic worship, through modeling and 
> teaching such worship. * Leads the worship team to include the singers, 
> instrumentalists, sound techs, and computer techs.
> Provides guidance in the development and implementation of the highest 
> quality worship possible by working to coordinate instrumentalists and 
> vocalists in groups or as individuals. * Meets weekly with the Pastor for 
> planning worship services. * Plans, schedules, leads, and coordinates the 
> operation of corporate worship services. * Prepares for and holds 
> rehearsals for worship team during the week and Sunday morning including 
> the music charts and sound set up. * Ensures worship order for the 
> bulletin is communicated to secretary. * Oversee the recruiting, 
> scheduling, and development of instrumentalists, vocalists, songwriters, 
> sound technicians, and computer technicians. * Finds new songs to 
> introduce in worship and prepares the music charts for them. * Performs 
> other duties assigned by the Pastor.
> Qualifications and Skills
>
> Strong administrative skills
> Ability to delegate responsibility
> Teaching skills that encourage growth of musicians
> Maintains personal, spiritual and professional growth that is steeped in a 
> prayerful life.
> Possess a vibrant growing personal committed relationship with Christ.
> Willing to learn the culture of The Episcopal Church.
> Ability to delegate authority
> Experience leading worship
> ---------------------------------
> Is this what used to be an M/C? A verger? A music director? Or, heaven 
> forbid, a priest?
>
> Peace,
> Jo