Helping People Know God, Live in Freedom, Discover Purpose and Deliver Hope
How We
Do Community
Lifesong YTH
Youth Group is a MUST for students, and Lifesong YTH is adamant about helping students fall in love with Jesus before the world convinces them not to. With an environment designed for students, we hang out on Wednesday nights every week. Students get to have a ton of fun of course, but live messages, small group conversations and even live worship nights move your students forward in their faith!
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Our Pastors
David & Ginelle Payne
Pastor David and Ginelle, married in 1992 right out of college, have spent their lives in the local church! Ginelle is the daughter of pioneers of faith in New England, Ernie and Randa Frye, and David, a transplant from Kansas City, was raised by parents David & Nancy Payne who were deeply involved in leading and building the local church there. After years of serving her father’s ministry, and David’s corporate work, God called them to full-time ministry in 1999. Seven years later, they, and their three children, Ashton, Kelsie & Dakota, invited forty people to be part of launching a new, relevant, life-giving, church plant called Lifesong Church.
While meeting for an entire year praying, preparing and planning the launch of Lifesong, the prayer-bathed dream of a church community relevant to the lives of people, presenting the truth of scripture in a relevant way, caring for its community, and endeavoring to be a place where the Love of God is known and felt took shape; but there was no place to meet. After visiting the movie theater in Millbury with some friends, Pastor David was prompted to pursue it as our first church home! God opened doors and accelerated connections and with just a few months of final preparation to launch, Lifesong was able to open its doors at the Blackstone Valley Cinema in Millbury with 394 people showing up to worship, connect and pursue Jesus!
Since the very beginning, the whole family have given their best to honor Jesus with their lives through the local church! Now with two grandsons running around the church, their lives are more full than ever and they continue to lead our church, in the pursuit of reaching 2% of Metro-Worcester, helping them Know God, Live in Freedom, Discover Purpose, and Deliver Hope!
Role Title: Music Director
Purpose
The Music Director will be responsible for supporting the leadership and development of Lifesong’s youth and young adult worship teams to foster engaging and anointed worship experiences that help the students and young adults we serve connect with God and know Him more fully.
Reports To
Worship Arts Director
Responsibilities
- Help build, train, and lead youth and young adult worship teams.
- Support the Next Gen Worship Team Leader in leading and directing the youth and young adult worship teams through weeknight rehearsals, team training, services, and special events.
- Ensure the youth and young adult worship teams are appropriately equipped with all music-related requirements and assets needed for applicable rehearsals, services, and events.
- Serve as a member of the worship team for the main service environment seven to eight weekends per quarter as well as for special events.
Qualifications & Skills
- Ability to build and lead teams
- Ability to think strategically and creatively
- Self motivated and able to work independently
- Strong project management skills
- A thorough understanding of and ability to communicate musical logistics such as arrangements, dynamics, key transposition, song form, tempo, enter/exit points, life sound elements, etc.
- A thorough understanding of Ableton Live Daw Software, including its operation and how to troubleshoot technical issues
- Ability to lead a worship team through spontaneous transitions through a talk back microphone
- Ability to play keyboard and/or guitar
- A minimum of five years applicable experience (in either a staff or volunteer capacity) in a high production environment (does not have to be church related)
- Bachelor’s degree preferred