Westminster Presbyterian Church seeks a Praise Band
Director to direct all music activity at its 9 a.m. contemporary
worship service each Sunday. Skills include singing and playing
an instrument. Candidate must have a vibrant faith along with
experience singing, playing an instrument (preferably piano) and
directing singers and musicians in worship. This is a part-time
position, up to 10 hours a week. Salary commensurate with
experience. Please send resume to Pastor Wes Nordman at
pastor@wesminsac.org
Rev. Wes Nordman joined Westminster Presbyterian as Pastor and
Head of Staff in January, 2012. He most recently served Woodland
Park Presbyterian in Seattle, Washington as Senior Pastor. Prior,
Wes served in churches in California and Utah. Wes graduated with
his Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and
was ordained in the PC(USA) in 1993.
As a proud Lebanese, Rola Al Ashkar comes to us with a
Multicultural Ministry background. Rola had previously served
Parkview Presbyterian Church, as well as the national office of
Vital Congregations. She now sits on the Presbyterian Mission
Agency’s board.
Her passion for community building, church ministry and yoga have
led her to Westminster, where she serves in Outreach and
Christian education. Her goal in the next two years is to create
and sustain a New Worshipping Community that uses yoga and
Christian spirituality as a means of healing.
Brad Slocum is a native Californian, a Magna Cum Laude music
graduate of San Francisco State University, and a published
choral arranger. He relocated to Sacramento in 2002 after
retiring from the De Anza College Music Department in Cupertino,
California, where he was Staff Accompanist, Director of the
De Anza Chorale, and Voice Coach and Instructor for 17 years.
Portia Njoku is a local musician in the Sacramento region. She
plays tuba, composes music, teaches private lessons, and teaches
college courses at Folsom Lake College. Ms. Njoku also enjoys the
field of Commercial Music and is happy to be providing quality
sound to Westminster’s church services and events. When she is
not busy making music, she likes to cook, play tennis, and hang
out with friends and family.
Rebecca is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of our
beautiful historic building, coordinating contractors, volunteers
and all kinds of needed experts. In her spare time (ha!) she also
handles monetary pledges, payments, monthly parking spaces and
any other items that need attention.
Samantha handles room rentals & weddings, as well as the weekly
bulletin, parking, and whatever else comes flying her way in the
course of a typical weekday. She is also the publisher of
the monthly Westminster newsletter and maintains the website and
Facebook page.
If you need to talk to Samantha, she’s in the office
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.- 3 p.m.
