Job Opportunities
POSITION OPENING: Director of Children’s Ministry, Ascension Lutheran Church, Thousand Oaks, CA
Ascension Lutheran Church in Thousand Oaks is seeking a full-time Director of Children’s Ministry to help nurture faith formation and create meaningful worship experiences for children and families. The position offers $28–$30 per hour, based on experience, with health care and retirement benefits included.
View the full job description HERE for qualifications, responsibilities, and application information.
POSITION OPENING: Part Time Office Manager, St. Luke Lutheran Church, Woodland Hills, CA
Position is 20 hours/week; Tues.- Friday. The St. Luke community is a warm, welcoming faith community, a “Reconciled in Christ” congregation of the ELCA. Candidates may be members of any spiritual or religious community or none.
Preferred candidate will have well-developed and appropriate interpersonal relationship skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills, and be adept at managing social media and computer office applications. The successful candidate will be detail-oriented, open to learning the rhythms of church administration and a strong self-starter.
Compensation will be $20– 23.00/hr. based on experience and skills. Please email office.saint.luke@gmail.com for application information. Or call (818)346-3070.
POSITION OPENING: Director of Music, St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Santa Monica, CA
Part-time: 10-20 Hours per week, varying as church calendar necessitates, one-year renewable contract, no benefits included
Salary range: $32,000 – $45,000 commensurate with education and experience
Start: January 2027
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Santa Monica is a congregation within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), committed to living out our faith through worship, learning, service, and by pursuing justice, reconciliation and wholeness for all. We are an inclusive and intergenerational Christian community in which faith relationships with God are nurtured and deepened. We are also a Reconciling in Christ congregation within the ELCA. "Reconciling in Christ" means that St. Paul's Lutheran Church has adopted an affirmation of welcome for all people, but particularly those who might not feel welcome in other faith communities. We are intentional in our embrace and inclusion of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender individuals.
Worship and outreach are at the heart of all we do. The role of the Director of Music is to ensure that God is glorified, and the gospel proclaimed, through the musical life of the congregation and in select events for the community. The Director of Music works together in ministry with the pastor, staff, and people of St. Paul’s to involve the worshiping community in making high-quality, beautiful music together. Worship services and music videos can be viewed on the church’s YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/@st.paulslutheranchurchofsa5601.
The Director of Music plays the organ and plans and leads the music for all worship; recruits, directs, or otherwise provides for leadership for vocal choirs and instrumental ensembles for all ages; plans worship with the pastor; and provides for the maintenance and care of instruments and choir music files. A complete job description is available on our website at https://www.stpaulsantamonica.org/about/jobs
Candidates should email a cover letter and resume to cantorsearch@stpaulsantamonica.org
or mail the same to St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 958 Lincoln Boulevard Santa Monica, CA 90403 as soon as possible. The search committee will contact those candidates it would like to interview and audition with a view toward hiring for a start date in January 2027.