Organist/Pianist/Accompanist
Posted 4/25/26

Overview
The United Methodist Church of Geneva, located at 211 N. Hamilton Street in Geneva, Illinois, is a welcoming and compassionate community of faith. We illuminate our community with God’s grace as we lovingly accept, listen to, and serve all in the Spirit of Jesus. Because we value music as a vital part of worship and congregational life, we are seeking a skilled organist and pianist to help lead music for worship in collaboration with our music and worship staff. This person will support vibrant, meaningful worship and help create an environment in which the congregation can encounter God through music. The ideal candidate is a strong musician, a thoughtful collaborator, and someone who understands music not only as performance, but as ministry.

Primary Responsibilities

  • Provide organ and piano music for Sunday worship services
  • Accompany choirs, soloists, and other musicians in rehearsals and worship
  • Collaborate with the Director of Music, Director of Worship Arts, pastors, and other worship leaders in planning music for services
  • Prepare music appropriate to the seasons of the Christian year, including Advent, Christmas, Lent, Holy Week, and Easter
  • Provide music for special services such as funerals, weddings, and seasonal worship gatherings, as available and arranged in advance
  • Support congregational singing and help foster meaningful participation in worship
  • Attend rehearsals as needed in support of the music ministry

Qualifications

  • Strong proficiency in both organ and piano
  • Experience accompanying choirs and congregational singing
  • Ability to work collaboratively with staff and volunteers
  • Familiarity with church worship, hymnody, and sacred music traditions
  • Ability to prepare thoughtfully and reliably for weekly worship
  • Strong organizational and communication skills
  • Previous church music experience preferred

Personal Qualities
We are looking for someone who:

  • Brings both musical skill and a pastoral sensitivity to worship
  • Values collaboration, flexibility, and creativity
  • Understands the importance of hospitality and inclusion in congregational life
  • Can support worship in a way that is attentive to tradition, excellence, and the movement of the Spirit

Additional Opportunities

  • Provide optional organ concerts or recitals.
  • Other musical groups or leadership possible based on candidate’s skill set.

Compensation and Benefits

  • Compensation commensurate with experience and exact duties as determined.
  • Paid Time Off and 403b retirement savings availability with part-time status.

Interested applicants should reply to umcgjobs@genevaumc.org and submit:

1) CV/Resume

2) One letter of recommendation

3) YouTube links to videos that demonstrate organ performance, hymn/service music playing, and piano accompanying

Applications accepted until position filled. Start date is negotiable.

Organ Information – Specification Document

Organ

AV Tech Assistant, Part Time, Up to 10 Hours Per Week
Posted 5/1/26

Overview: The A/V Tech Team member supports our Worship Ministry by preparing, editing and producing the audio/visual elements and operating the equipment needed for an aesthetic and meaningful audio and visual worship experience for our in-person and digital congregation during worship.  

Responsibilities: 

  • Serve at the direction of Director of Worship Arts.  
  • Produces and edits the weekly worship service in a cohesive and appealing production in coordination with worship pastors, staff and volunteers. This may be done live, pre-recorded and/or post production formats. 
  • Collects, creates and compiles audio, video, graphic components from the various sources needed to produce the video/stream for worship service each week.  
  • Test all A/V equipment being used for the worship services.  
  • Operate the audio/visual equipment for worship services. 
  • Check for successful broadcast operations.  
  • Direct any A/V volunteers that are helping with the service. 
  • Edits and & uploads various videos to websites and social platforms.  
  • Participate in brief monthly worship service planning meetings. 
  • Capture photos and video of church events for use in communications and productions.   
  • Opportunity to produce other videos as time allows 
  • Opportunity to provide for the recording, live-streaming, or other A/V services for events such as weddings and funerals.  

Relationships: 

  • The A/V Tech Team member reports to the Director of Worship Arts who ensures the support and training needed to thrive in this role. 
  • This role serves in a relational community with members of the A/V Tech Team. 

Time Commitment:  

  • Brief monthly planning/coordination touch base meetings. 
  • Goal will be to produce/run livestream for roughly half of our services, scheduled with the Director of Worship Arts. 
  • 3-4 hours of training on equipment and software.   
  • Estimated 2-3 Hours preproduction for Sunday Service 
  • 3-4 Hours Sunday, broadcasting livestream, editing and uploading service and sermon video and excerpts.  
  • Additional training with Amplio Systems with full system is installed. Times TBD. 

Special Talents, Skills Preferred: Attention to detail, Comfort in working with basic electronics, ability to work as both part of a team and independently. Knowledge of ProPresenter, Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Cloud Products a plus. 

Spiritual Gifts Beneficial: serving, discernment,  

Resources and Training Provided: Reports to the Director of Worship Arts for support and resources 

Must be able to climb 4 stairs into the AV booth and sit or stand up to 60 minutes during worship.  

Contact: Scott Stevenson, umcgjobs@genevaumc.org