Job Postings

Organist

Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Salt Lake City · Beginning January 2027

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• Position: Regular/Permanent Organist
• Instrument: Schantz pipe organ
• Location: 1165 Foothill Dr, Salt Lake City, UT 84108
• Compensation: Competitive and commensurate with experience

Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Salt Lake City is seeking an experienced and dependable organist for a regular, permanent position providing music for Sunday services and Wednesday evening testimony meetings. The church is seeking an organist who enjoys contributing thoughtfully and professionally to Christian worship.

Sunday Service

Arrival 9:45–10:00 a.m.; service ends at 11:30 a.m.

• Providing appropriate prelude, offertory, and postlude music
• Accompanying congregational hymns
• Accompanying a professional vocal soloist
• Providing other organ music appropriate to the order of service

Wednesday Testimony Meeting

Arrival 6:45–7:00 p.m.; service ends at 8:30 p.m.

• Providing appropriate prelude and postlude music
• Accompanying congregational hymns and other music included in the service

Qualifications

Strong organ and keyboard skills, experience accompanying vocalists, and the ability to select music appropriate for a Christian worship service. Reliability and availability for both the Sunday and Wednesday services are important.

To Apply

Send a brief résumé or summary of your organ and church-music experience, along with your contact information, to Lisa Mietchen at llhansen@xmission.com to learn more and arrange an interview and audition.

Music Director

Cottonwood Presbyterian Church, Murray · Salaried (exempt) part-time position

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The Music Director plans, coordinates, and executes all the music ministry in the life of the congregation by directing the various musical groups, providing accompaniment during the worship services, and planning services with the Pastor and Worship Committee.

Qualifications

• Personal faith life that is expressed appropriately through music and worship
• Musical ability to play the organ and piano, and to direct choir and handbells
• Ability to organize and prioritize, be personable, pay attention to detail, and follow up when needed
• Effective communication skills both inside and outside the congregation, and an ability to communicate with people of different ages, backgrounds, and cultures
• Support for the mission, values, and ministry of Cottonwood Presbyterian Church

Responsibilities

Provide music direction and accompaniment

• Act as the accompanist for congregational singing on the organ or piano as appropriate
• Direct the Choir and Handbell Choir (weekly rehearsals September–May)
• Support the Praise Band and Children's Choir
• Be available for special services such as Christmas Eve, Holy Week, and funerals
• Prepare and practice weekly for scheduled music in services

Serve as a partner in shaping the role of music in Sunday services

• Assist the Pastor and Worship Committee in preparing and planning Sunday worship, with special attention to the role of music in the service
• Select anthems that encourage, uplift, and connect with the liturgical year or current sermon series

Foster a community of church musicians

• Create space for varying levels of musical ability, and a sense of belonging and community
• Engage the congregation in sharing their musical gifts and abilities when appropriate
• Recruit and invite special musicians as needed, including for funerals

Music administration

• Attend Worship Committee meetings and staff meetings monthly
• Review and provide PowerPoint and bulletin information to the Office Manager and Pastor in a timely fashion each week
• Recruit and organize a substitute accompanist and director when unable to attend worship
• Recruit and supervise the choir section leaders and any other music staff
• Oversee the tuning and maintenance of all musical instruments

Supervision and Compensation

• Works under the supervision of the Pastor/Head of Staff
• Works with the Worship Committee and cooperates with the Administration Committee on performance evaluations and other matters of employment
• This is a salaried (exempt) part-time position

While we would love to find a single candidate to fit this description, we're also open to the possibility of different musical gifts or a split role. If you don't fit all of the qualifications listed above but feel called, please apply anyway.

To Apply

Contact Pastor Nathan Sautter at pastor@cottonwoodpres.org. For questions about the position, contact Kathy Fisher, the current Director of Music, at coolcanadianeh@yahoo.com.