Serving
We believe that God has given us a vision for multiplication. This is reflected in three main ways:
Multiplying disciples – we have developed a discipleship pathway that we hope will equip and enable everyone to become disciples who make disciples.
Multiplying mission – we are actively involved in serving the poor in our city and we are working into an increasing number of nations by investing in churches and charities demonstrating the gospel to the communities around them.
Multiplying ministry – we have been blessed with significant growth in the number of people coming to our in-person services, and we responded to this by going multi-service.
We hold two services each Sunday. The first will start with worship at 9.15am and the second at 11.15am, with 30 minutes of community time over coffee starting at 10.45am.
Running two services provides many opportunities for people to get involved in serving across a variety of teams and ministries. Below you can find information on our teams, the skills that fit well with each of them, and express an interest in an area of serving.
Do take a look and pray about what part you might play in our exciting adventure with God together.
3D Youth
We are blessed to have a large number of youth in our church family. Sunday mornings provide an opportunity for them to meet together to grow in their faith and to develop their gifting.
Join the team
We are looking for people who are enthusiastic about young people and their faith journey. Key skills are commitment and being team-focused and flexible. We are also interested in people wanting to develop leadership skills.
Opportunities
Sunday Team
Youth Worship Team
Gospel Response
We are looking for those who have a heart for people, have creative ideas, who want to learn how to present and communicate the gospel in a short time frame. You will be someone who is willing to learn, ready to hear from God and has faith that God will use them. Must be aged between 10 and 92. Any sex and any ethnicity.
Opportunities
Gospel presenters.
Able to present the gospel from the stage.First responders.
Take a pack to the person who has responded to the gospel. Help them for about five minutes to understand what has happened and then hand them to the discipleship team.
Ignite! Kids
We are looking for friendly, welcoming and caring people who want to help children move on in their relationship with God and help to equip them to impact their world for God.
Opportunities
Ignite Under 5/Over 5 team member – one Sunday per month.
Role - helping children to connect with God and with one another. Whether it’s setting up toys, providing snacks, chatting through some questions with a small group of children, we have fun as we worship God together and learn more about Him and how much He loves us.
Ignite Support team member – one Sunday per month.
Role – supporting the Ignite team by welcoming new visitors and the registration of the children and families, the setting up of tech equipment in our groups or making the family room a comfortable and welcoming place for those with young families and especially visitors. These are great for those who love meeting new people and chatting with families as they arrive or those who are technically-minded.
Logistics
If you enjoy making those vital things happen behind the scenes, then joining our Logistics Team on a Sunday morning could be just the place for you to help out and serve. We aim to have enough people on the rota, so each one only needs to serving once each month.
Our task-focused team will work closely together providing support in a number of areas to other teams to ensure that they’re able to run smoothly.
Opportunities
Set up – ensuring certain practical aspects (eg equipment and signage) is in place before people start to arrive.
Car park - providing a smiling, welcoming presence in the car park (come rain or shine) to ensure a safe environment for vehicles and people coming or going from the church.
Fire Marshal – providing Fire Marshal cover in the (hopefully, unlikely) event of an alarm or incident.
Re-setting or breaking down - ensuring the auditorium is ready for the next service or left in a good way for those coming to use the building during the week (includes a degree of tidying up).
The key aspects with this role involve arriving early enough to be setting things up beforehand, monitoring and supporting during the meeting, and then breaking down or re-setting at the end. If you think you can help us, we look forward to hearing from you.
Online Sundays
Our focus for NLC Online is to enhance the physically-gathered church service, for when people are not able to attend in-person.
You’ll need to be technically-minded with a strong ability to follow processes and learn. You’ll need to be able to think on your feet and have strong attention to detail.
Full training is provided, including team nights for all roles.
Opportunities
Live-stream engineer (Production Team): This is a technical role with responsibility for the running of our Sunday morning live streams. This includes broadcasting the live stream of our full Sunday service from 9.15am, and adding any extra graphics and videos required during the service.
Camera Operator (Production Team): You will be responsible for setting up and manning the cameras for our live-streamed services. This includes manning the camera to ensure seamless streaming of the sermon. If you have an interest in photography or filming, then this is a great introductory step into working with cameras.
On-stage hosting
The service host and prophetic hosts are key roles in leading our Sunday congregations into deep encounters with Jesus, the Father and the Holy Spirit. Our hosting teams partner with each other to follow the leading of Holy Spirit in prophesying, discipling and communicating to the congregation each Sunday. In the time we are a gathered community together on Sundays, we want to see people transformed to make a kingdom impact in their communities throughout the week.
If you’re personally pursuing Jesus daily, are passionate about leading people to meet with God, hear from him through prophecy, want to encourage people on a corporate level, and feel you are a good communicator, then we’d love to hear from you.
Once you have flagged your interest in the role, we’ll have a chat to you personally. If we feel you’ll be a good fit for the team we’d love to buddy you up with our existing team for a few Sundays to develop into the role from behind the scenes before being straight up on stage.
Opportunities
Prophetic Host – hearing from God for our service, fielding prophetic words and pictures from the congregation and working alongside the meeting host to determine where the Holy Spirit is leading. Sometimes sharing corporate encouragements and ministry from the stage.
Service Host – working with the prophetic host and worship leader to take the congregation through the service following the leading of the Holy Spirit, communicating notices and church communications, and leading through times of ministry from the stage.
Baptism Host - you will play a vital role in the discipleship journey of those being baptised, help their understanding of what to expect on the day leading up to their baptism and how they can continue their journey.
Prayer Ministry
We believe prayer is a foundational part of our worship and ministry here at New Life Church. It is a privilege to follow the leading of Holy Spirit in prophesying, discipling and loving those in our community. We have seen and have faith that we will continue to see lives transformed through the power of God. The Prayer Minister Team here at New Life Church is set up to partner with God’s work in this way.
If you love God, love people and love to see them released into all that God has for them then the Prayer Ministry Team could be for you!
Opportunities
Prayer Team Member - prays with those who need it
Prayer Team Leader - leads the team during the service, directs those needing prayer, provides support/backup for the team as required
Prayer Team Administrator - organisation support for the team, eg rotas, communication, badges
Production
The Production Team is a team for those that are passionate about glorifying God through enabling distraction-free encounters and clear communication throughout the service. Those who are personally pursuing Jesus daily, who are skilled (or willing to become skilled) in their technical craft, who are patient, have a good eye for detail, are committed, teachable and servant-hearted.
We provide full hands-on training and support for all roles, including team nights, no past experience is necessary.
Opportunities
Audio operator – the opportunity to be challenged and learn new things and to share your creativity through your mix. You will be responsible for helping people on stage to communicate clearly by:
Building a front-of-house audio mix of our worship bands during midweek and Sunday rehearsals
Enabling the worship team to build their in-ear monitor mixes to hear themselves during midweek and Sunday rehearsals
Ensuring all the microphones work for hosts, preachers and the worship team
PC operator – the opportunity to use your technical and creative skills to help lead people in worship - computer literacy is a key skill here. You will be responsible for helping people on stage communicate clearly by:
Displaying visual content on our projection screen at just the right time, including notice slides, song lyrics, Bible verses and videos
Using your creativity to suggest new ways of displaying things without losing clarity of communication.
Stage manager – the opportunity to learn about technical equipment and provide invaluable support to the whole Worship and Production Team, without having to serve during a service. This is a good first step into the Production Team if you have no knowledge but would love to learn. You will be responsible for the presentation of the stage including:
Setting up hardware like mic stands and music stands
Running cables for microphones and instruments
Providing a line list for the sound operator
Welcome
If you enjoy chatting and meeting new faces on a Sunday morning, then come and join the Welcome Team. We want to make sure everyone feels at home at New Life and that they are in a safe place, welcomed and encouraged. Plus, you get to wear a super cool green T-shirt!
Or, if you prefer being more behind the scenes, then preparing and serving our refreshments might be right up your street. If you want to serve in the area of hospitality and be a warm, friendly face while serving up a hot beverage, then we have the perfect role for you here too.
Opportunities
Welcome – the opportunity to welcome everyone who arrives at church at the entrance doors and be on hand to answer any questions and show people to their seats.
Refreshments – preparing and serving refreshments during the cross-over time of the two services.
Welcome Hub - making newcomers feel extra special and welcomed by introducing yourself to them, helping answer their questions and being on hand at the Welcome Hub area.
Worship
The Worship Team is a team for those that are passionate about glorifying God and enabling people to encounter him through music and sung worship. We are seeking those who love to worship and do so from a position of understanding their identity in Christ, who are personally pursuing Jesus daily, who are skilled in their musical craft, and who are committed, teachable and servant-hearted.
Once you have flagged your interest in the role, you will be asked to fill in an application form. If your form suggests you might be a good fit for the team, you will be invited for an audition with our house band where we will listen to you play/sing and decide whether to invite you onto the team.
Opportunities
Worship musicians – leading the congregation in worship by providing a skilled and reliable musical base for other team members and the congregation to follow. This includes being sensitive to where the worship leader and the Spirit are leading, the ability to play to a click track, and attendance at rehearsals and team nights.
Worship vocalists – leading the congregation in worship by providing strong melody and harmony lines that complement the worship leader and other backing vocalists, whilst worshipping in a way that enables and encourages worship from the congregation, without being distracting. (You must be able to sing harmonies by ear). Attendance at rehearsals and team nights are included in this role.