SOJOURN COMMUNITY CHURCH Worship Director - East Campus

Welcome to Sojourn Our hope is that this packet will give you some insight into Sojourn’s culture so that you will have a better understanding of who we are and what we are about. The most important thing to know about Sojourn is that we celebrate and proclaim the gospel. Our vision is to see people reached with God’s gospel, built up as his church, and sent out into his world. We have grown from a small bible study to nearly 4,000 people attending four locations. We are humbled and excited by the work we have seen the Lord do over the past few years. As Sojourn continues to grow there is a need for a Worship Director to oversee the music and production for our East Campus. In November 2009, the East Campus was the first campus we planted. Since then the campus has had tremendous growth and has had a huge impact on the east end of Louisville. The Worship Director position is one that requires a strong leader who is ready to step into a large, fast-growing church, who is

committed to being rooted in the community, and has a firm calling to shepherd God’s people. This person will work closely with the campus pastor, Kevin Jamison, the East Campus team, and with the Sojourn Music team.

The History of Sojourn The word “sojourn” can mean several things. It can speak of a long journey or a temporary dwelling place. It has connotations of deliverance and redemption, of journeying from bondage and slavery to freedom. We named our church Sojourn for all of these reasons. If life is a journey, we want our journey to be marked most clearly by our destination–one opened up to us by the grace of God through His Son, Jesus. Our journey is one from death to life, from darkness and shadows into the Light.

in truth, preaching God’s gospel in Louisville and beyond. We’re seeing God work daily to bring gospel transformation to and through our community.

The name reminds us that we are going somewhere. It encourages us to think ahead and look forward with anticipation to the joy of arrival. One day we will finally be with God and see our Lord face to face!

From our Midtown campus we strive to be good neighbors and ministers of reconciliation in Germantown and Shelby Park, as well as a “sending” location to spread the gospel throughout the Louisville area and beyond. From our East campus we share this same gospel message, and same desire to be a good neighbor to those on Louisville’s East End. Sojourn J-Town serves the Jeffersontown area of metro Louisville, and our newest campus, Sojourn New Albany, is reaching people and families just across the river in southern Indiana.

We launched in September 2000 using rented space. Eleven years later, we are a multi-campus, multi-generational movement working together to feed the hungry, restore relationships, celebrate the arts, and above all to worship Jesus in spirit and

We started out as a few kids, hungry for Christ and believing that “Sojourn” is not a destination, but a way of life. God has done more with us than we could ever have imagined. We can’t wait to see where He leads us next.

Sojourn Global Leaders Daniel Montgomery, Lead Pastor Daniel is the founder and Lead Pastor of Sojourn Community Church, a multi-site community with three campuses in Louisville, KY and one in New Albany, IN. He is also founder of Sojourn Network, a church planting network founded in 2012. Pastor Daniel’s first book, Faithmapping, was co-written by Sojourn Pastor Mike Cosper and published by Crossway in January, 2013. His second book, Proof, co-written with Timothy Paul Jones, will be published by Zondervan in 2014.

Mike Cosper, Executive Pastor of Worship & Arts Mike is one of the founding pastors of Sojourn Community Church. He is the founder of Sojourn Music and contributes regularly to the Gospel Coalition blog, where he writes about worship and culture. He is the author of Rhythms of Grace, and coauthor of Faithmapping. His third book, The Stories We Tell, is due out from Crossway in spring 2014. Mike has produced or executive produced all of Sojourn Music’s records since 2001.

Tim Beltz, Executive Pastor Tim is the Executive Pastor of Sojourn Community Church and is a member of the Executive Elder Team. He is the founder of 10 Talents Consulting, a firm helping churches overcome obstacles. Pastor Tim serves on the Board of Directors of Sojourn Network, a church planting network. Previously, Pastor Tim was the Executive Pastor and Pastor of Operations at Mars Hill Church in Seattle and he served 25 years in the U.S. Coast Guard, retiring as a Captain (O-6).

Sojourn Global Leaders Brad House, Executive Pastor of Community & Care Brad is the Executive Pastor of Community and Care Ministries at Sojourn. Brad oversees groups and care ministries from a global level, and he leads them on the ground at our East Campus. He is the author of Community, published by Crossway in 2011. Previously, he served as the pastor of Community Groups at Mars Hill Church in Seattle.

Chad Lewis, Director of Sojourn Network Chad Lewis is the Director of Sojourn Network. Sojourn Network is a network of evangelical, reformed baptistic churches that covenant together to plant more and healthier churches in North America. Prior to this role, Chad has served as the Midtown Campus Pastor, the director of groups, and as a volunteer deacon serving in many different ministries at Sojourn.

Kevin Jamison, East Campus Pastor Kevin Jamison is the Campus Pastor of Sojourn East. He is also a member of the Sojourn council of Executive Elders. Previously, Pastor Kevin was the founding pastor of The Oaks Community Church in Middleton, OH, a current Sojourn Network member church. He serves on Sojourn Network’s leadership board, and is involved with mentoring and equipping church planters and young leaders within Sojourn.

Sojourn East Campus In January 2005, Sojourn had about 300 attendees on Sundays, which maxed out our rented space at Highland Christian Fellowship. The need for permanent space sent us looking high and low in Louisville’s urban corridor, and after many discouraging months of searching, we found the old Isaac Shelby Elementary School at 930 Mary Street. A donor purchased the building for us in October 2005, and our first vision campaign raised over a million dollars to renovate the space and give us a permanent home. Services began there in November 2006, and by the spring of ’07 we were hosting three worship services and 860 people. The 930 Art Center launched from the new facility, hosting exhibitions

and concerts that serve Louisville’s creative community and build bridges for Sojourn. We established SEED in the spring of 2007 and began mobilizing people and resources to bring renewal to Germantown and Shelby Park. Sojourn began popping up in conversations all over the city – conversations about art, mercy, renewal, and the gospel. By the spring of 2008, we added a fourth service, and felt the strain of rapid growth. Burdened to care for our people well, the elders decided to put a one-year hold on any new growth initiatives: no new services, buildings, or locations. This led to a season of investment in leaders,

and has resulted in 68 new deacons, 13 elders, and a Pastor’s School to continue training men for leadership and mission. In the spring of 2009, work began on an East Campus – a second location to further establish a presence in the city. That location launched in August 2009, moved into the old Mother of Good Counsel parish in November, and hosted 340 in gathered worship on Sundays. Now almost four years later, we have witnessed the East Campus continue to grow even during numerous transitions and renovations. This summer, we renovated our gathering place at the former Mother of Good Counsel parish,

which is now known as Portland Christian Academy, to allow 700 seats in the auditorium for our two Sunday gatherings. We have also installed 12 elders in the past four years to help oversee and shepherd.

Sojourn East Leaders Kevin Jamison is the Campus Pastor of Sojourn East. He is also a member of the Sojourn council of Executive Elders. Previously, Pastor Kevin was the founding pastor of The Oaks Community Church in Middleton, OH, a current Sojourn Network member church. He serves on Sojourn Network’s leadership board, and is involved with mentoring and equipping church planters and young leaders within Sojourn. Jeremy Linneman is the Executive Pastor of Sojourn’s East. His primary responsibilities include ministry and leader development, preaching and

pastoral care, and operations. Jeremy is a graduate of the University of Missouri and Southern Seminary, and worked in biomedical research, non-profit administration, and church planting before coming to Sojourn. He and his wife, Jessie, have two young boys and live in the St. Matthews neighborhood. Matt Friend is a regular guy, follower of Jesus, husband of 13 years to his high school sweetheart, and father of

two daughters. He has been in fulltime church leadership for 10 years and serves as the Director of Kids & Families at Sojourn East. He loves to run, eat Louisville food, and listen to any southern guitar. There are more than a dozen non-staff Elders at East Campus, including Dr. Rob Plummer and Dr. Gregg Allison, two noted scholars who teach at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Sojourn Music Since our inception in 2000, Sojourn Music has drawn from many musical traditions to craft original songs for congregational singing. Our hope and desire for the body of Christ is a reinvigorated emphasis on music for worship, like others who’ve gone before us who strove to create theologically-sound, thought-provoking, and musically compelling songs for Christian worship. To this end, we pray that Christians and churches everywhere will benefit from these songs, but also that they will “go and do the same,” learning the value of nurturing and raising up songwriters and musicians to create music for their own communities, glorifying God out of their own culture and speaking through the experiences of their own congregation.

Over the years, Sojourn Music has recorded and produced eight albums that include Before The Throne, The Water and the Blood, and Come Ye Sinners. Sojourn Music has also recently partnered with The Gospel Coalition to help produce and record Songs for the Book of Luke, an album featuring songwriters and musicians from churches all over the country, which was released April 2013.

plan to record a new full-length album of brand new Sojourn songs this winter.

We have recently started the process of recording a new Sojourn EP of songs that we have sung in our gatherings for years, but have never recorded. In addition, we

We are humbled and excited by the work we have seen the Lord do over the past few years, and we pray that God would continue to use our music to celebrate the glory of our Lord.

Sojourn Music has also just announced its new residency program and Worship School. God has gifted us with great musicians and songwriters so our desire is to be good stewards of God’s people by training and equipping them with a biblical framework of why we do what we do at Sunday Gatherings.

Sojourn Music Leaders Brooks Ritter is the Worship Pastor of Sojourn Midtown Campus. Brooks was born and raised in Louisville, KY and has released two solo albums, The Horse Fell Lame and Gather Round. He has performed on stage with artists like Derek Webb, Sandra McCracken, and Sara Watkins. You can hear Brooks’ vocals and songwriting on many of the Sojourn Music albums including The War, The Water and the Blood, and Before the Throne. He lives down the street from Sojourn Midtown with his wife, Lauren, and their son, Samuel. Chad Watson is the Worship Pastor of Sojourn J-Town Campus. He grew up in Alabama and then relocated to Memphis, TN to work as the Director of Worship for a church in Memphis where he met his wife, Lauren. Chad then moved his family to Louisville, KY to attend Southern Seminary to pursue his Master’s of Divinity. He served for years

as a part of Sojourn Music’s volunteer team before taking on his role at J-Town. Recently, Chad has been installed as an elder at our J-Town campus where he helps oversees Sunday gatherings, care and counseling, and community groups. Justin Shaffer is the Worship Director of our New Albany Campus. Justin and his wife, Megan, were born and raised in Louisville, KY and are high school sweethearts. They both have a great love and respect for music. Justin and Megan both attended Belmont University in Nashville to pursue music degrees. After graduation, they moved back to Louisville and began serving in Sojourn Music. They have both used their amazing talents on Sojourn Music albums and Justin was hired as the Worship Director to help launch Sojourn New Albany in 2011. Justin and Megan have two daughters, Ireland and Luna.

Eddy Morris is the Production Director for Sojourn Church. Eddy brings to our team years of experience with sound engineering and production. He provides an immense amount of wisdom and plays a significant role in the recording process for Sojourn Music. Not only is Eddy a gifted Production Director and sound engineer, but he is an incredible musician that serves on Sojourn Music’s volunteer team too. Ben Terry is the Executive Assistant to Mike Cosper. Ben serves alongside Pastor Mike to help coordinate, manage, and execute Sojourn Music initiatives. Originally from Athens, GA, Ben moved to Louisville three years ago to attend Sojourn and was later hired as Sojourn’s IT Director. Ben attends the Midtown campus, leads a community group, and helps in care and counseling.

Job Description The East Campus Worship Director will take primary responsibility for leading Sunday Gatherings, lead campus-specific music ministry, develop and recruit music volunteers, and champion Sojourn Community Church’s vision for worship, liturgy, and church gatherings. The East Campus Worship Director will work with the East Campus Pastor to help cast and implement the vision for gospel-centered and excellent music at all of our services, including Member Meetings, Prayer Meetings, Classes, and Sojourn Kids. They will also provide leadership and direction for all visual arts and aesthetic projects for our campus. This is a role that demands a high level of creative, organizational, and leadership skills, working in a growing campus (currently about 1,000/ Sunday) in a ministry with a national profile.

Qualifications ›› Fulfill the duties required of Sojourn Community Church members as outlined in the membership covenant. ›› Fulfill the character qualifications of a deacon as taught in the Scriptures. ›› Philosophical alignment with church leadership. ›› A charismatic, joyful leader. High energy, someone who knows how to lead people well in song. ›› Embrace and own Sunday Gatherings. This candidate must not be content with simply leading worship, but must have a vision and passion for our gatherings as a whole. ›› Passionate about casting vision and developing leaders. ›› Demonstrated musical skill and theological discernment. ›› Proven track record in ministry and biblical discipleship of others at a deacon or elder level. ›› Strength in leadership for the church and bands. ›› Possess pastoral influence, verbal communication skills, and cultural awareness. ›› A vision to help take East Campus to 2000 people and helps lead us through a building campaign.

Called To Be A Christian ›› Personal - Spending time in the word, prayer, and solitude. Your job is an outflow of your personal relationship with God. ›› Family - Prioritizing your family and children in your life and holding your volunteers accountable to doing the same. ›› Community - Committed to being involved in the church community. Serve as a leader at Sojourn East and as an active member of the East ›› Campus staff. Must be involved or lead a community group.

Called To Be A Church Musician Sunday Executions ›› Oversee leading worship for Sunday Services. This involves leading 42-46 times a year. ›› Oversee all areas of production (audio, light, service management). ›› Collaborate with other campus leaders to carry out the overall vision of corporate worship at your campus. Preparing throughout the week by completing admin work and practicing liturgy and singing. Repertoire ›› Collaborate with Sojourn Music staff to select songs and arrangements for weekend and midweek services ›› Weekly service planning, writing liturgy, and preparing songs to be used in our context. ›› Knowing the hymnal better and current trends of what churches are singing.

Skills ›› Practicing and sharpening your skills as a musician. ›› Spending time pushing your skills in new directions. ›› Participate in Sojourn Music recording projects.

Called To Be A Church Musician Care ›› Actively pursuing music volunteers to care for their souls and know whats going on in their lives. ›› Willing to pursue and confront members in grace to seek reconciliation with one another and God. ›› Potentially involved in 1-2 counseling cases at any given time. Develop ›› Create systems and structures to identify music and production volunteers that need developing. ›› Invest in developing good players to become great players. ›› Spending time training potential worship leaders at your campus. ›› Cultivate and nurture the musicians in our midst, as well as recruiting and developing new talent. Recruit ›› Be available to find and connect with new musicians at your campus. ›› Pursue recruiting, training, and organizing music and production volunteers.

Recommended Resources The following resources could be useful ways of getting to know us and our culture better. Kevin Jamison Campus Pastor of Sojourn East A Haunting Question from the Ecclesiastes sermon series

Books written by Sojourn Church Pastors: Faithmapping by Daniel Montgomery and Mike Cosper

Grace and Truth from the John sermon series

Rhythms of Grace by Mike Cosper Redeeming His Bride by Robert Cheong

Daniel Montgomery Lead Pastor of Sojourn Church

Community by Brad House

Planned Grace from the PROOF sermon series Experience the Gospel from the John sermon series

Sojourners and Strangers by Gregg Allison 40 Questions About Interpreting the Bible by Rob Plummer

Sojourn Music albums: Before The Throne The Water and the Blood Come Ye Sinners Sojourn Community Church Beliefs Our Church Constitution