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Creative Team

Thank you for your desire to serve on the CREATIVE team this season.

Below, we want to clarify the vision and expectations of serving at Church of the City on the Creative Team. We have found that clarity around vision and expectations is a form of good stewardship and kindness. The aim of this document is to love our community well.

Vision + Mission

Church of the City exists to see the fame and deeds of God renewed and known in our time (Habakkuk 3:2).

We exist to see lost New Yorkers, far from God, transformed into Compelling Missional Disciples.

OUR Aim

To tell the story of what God is doing in New York City through Church of the City, so every piece of content invites someone closer to following Jesus/ helps them along their journey to becoming a compelling missional disciple. 

We will not hide them from their children,
    but tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the Lord, and His might,
    and the wonders that He has done.

Psalm 78:4

TEAM STRUCTURE

  • Yohaan Philip | @yohaan

    • Casts vision for how the church's story gets told each week — overseeing photography, video, story, social, and design so every piece feels consistent across gathering.

    • Leads the team of volunteers and staff through weekly planning, Sunday logistics, and feedback, keeping quality high under tight Sunday-to-Sunday turnaround. 

    • Works closely with the Senior Leadership Team to ensure creative output stays aligned with the church's mission.

  • Led by Paolo Hugo | @paoloethugo

    • Capture moments across sunday gatherings and locations that show a community of New Yorkers meeting with God - worship, teaching, prayer and  community connection

    • Deliver photographs for use on socials, website and other communication platforms 

    • Discreet, not becoming a distraction.

  • Led Josh Adriano | @josh_adriano

    • Films main-stage content, interviews, and B-roll used for weekly recap videos, sermon clips, and storytelling

    • Edits/color grades footage

    • Involved with end video delivery

  • Led Josh Dunn | @joshuajdunn

    • Captures stories of God being found in New York City that get turned into video, photo or written features

    • Leads execution of capture medium (text, photo, video)

  • Led Alexa Whaley | @alexa_whaley

    • Writes compelling copy for sermon recaps and titles, social captions and email communications — shaping how the church's voice comes across in words, the same way Design shapes it visually.

    • Ensures messaging stays consistent and on-mission across every platform, so no piece of content feels off-brand or out of step.

    • Helps translate raw stories and announcements into language that reflects our voice — rooted in the way of Jesus, clear rather than clever, and always pointing back to what God is doing in the city.

  • Led Jordan Deen | @jordandeen

    • Produces sermon series branding, slide decks, event promo graphics, and print/digital signage consistent with Church of the City branding and aesthetic

    • Creates assets for Church of the City ministries and events.

  • Led by Josh Adriano

    • Plans and publishes the weekly content calendar — sermon clips, quote graphics, event promos, and behind-the-scenes stories — tailored to each platform's format. 

    • Involved with content creation on Sundays

  • Led Josh Dunn | @joshuajdunn

    • Designs and builds physical installations, signage, and creative touches throughout the Sunday service venues — helping the room itself communicate the vision and tone of the series or season.

    • Transforms functional spaces (lobbies, stages, hallways) into environments that feel intentional and alive, so guests sense care and creativity the moment they walk in.

    • Partners with Design Team to translate a series' visual identity into three-dimensional, in-room experience — making the church's story tangible.

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.

Colossians 3:23

INFORMATION

    • Your team leader will reach out to you and arrange a time to connect. They’ll run you through expectations, scheduling, logistics and answer any questions you may have.

    • We’ll book you in for a trail Sunday so you can experience what it’s like to serve on a Sunday. This gives you an opportunity to help with your decision about joining the Creative Team.

    • When you join the Creative Team, you'll be paired with a buddy — an experienced volunteer who'll walk alongside you for your first few Sundays. They're there to show you the ropes and help you feel confident and connected faster.

    • Enjoy participation!

    • Lives into 9 Distinctives

    • A part of a Community Group and/or CORE Group

    • Dress in dark clothing so your presence during the service is not distracting.

    • Prepare technically, mentally, and spiritually for, and arrive promptly at call time.

    • Open to feedback and actively takes steps to grow and develop

    • Is available to serve at least once a month

    • Attends All Team Nights

    • Stays through the entire service. 

    • Is fully present and engaged for the entire duration of the commitment.

    • The aim is to schedule everyone on the team once in three weeks.

    • Frequency is based on how many people are serving within your specific position (e.g. photographer, video, social media etc.)

    • Please keep blockout dates and schedule preferences up to date in Planning Center Services.

    • When you have scheduling suggestions or conflicts please let us know.

    • We will aim to schedule two months in advance.

    • Please respond to Planning Center requests within a week or we may need to find someone else to fill the spot on the schedule.

    • All scheduling is optional. We care about your personal health, discipleship, and life rhythms more than your involvement in serving. Please feel free to decline whenever you need to.

  • You will be added to our Creative Team GroupMe and we ask that you check it weekly for any updates from the team!

    • 4 times a year, the entire Church of the City serving community gathers for a time of connection and vision casting. These are usually in January (All Teams Night), April (All Teams Night), September (Church Con) and December (Christmas Party). We hope you would want to be at all 4 events!

    • Once a term, the entire Creative Team gathers together. Dates TBC,

Through love serve one another.

Galatians 5:13

TEAM COMMITMENT

As the staff shepherding the Creative Team at Church of the City, here are our commitments to you:

  • We will live with integrity making our own discipleship to Jesus, personal growth, and maturity a priority—recognizing that we give who we are away.

  • We will embody the 9 Distinctives.

  • We will be transparent about what we are doing and why.

  • We will walk in financial integrity, carefully stewarding the generosity of the church.

  • We will make decisions with the first priority being the good of the church.

  • We will seek to care for team members’ own discipleship to Jesus and health above their serving involvement.

  • We will be open to feedback on how we can better serve the church and team members.

As a part of the Creative Team, we ask that you commit to the following:

  • Live into the above-listed expectations in relationship to Church of the City and Leadership.

  • We ask that you commit to the team on a 6 month basis

  • We live lives that are consistent with the teachings of the Bible.Our hearts and actions are undivided, honoring God in both public and private life. 

  • We expect that each person on the Creative team is investing in a relationship with Christ above all else. We desire that each one of us grows in our understanding of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit as we become increasingly transformed into the image of Jesus. We also ask that you continue to find ways to grow in your skill. We want to increase our technical competency in order to better tell stories of how God is being found in our city.

  • We commit to gracefully abstain from all sexual relationships outside of the historic vision of Christian Marriage expressed in whole life covenant union between a man and a woman.

    We will avoid pornography, or inappropriate relationships that compromise our witness. We will not live together with a partner that we are not married to, in order to protect our sexual integrity. We desire to pursue life giving holiness by the grace of God.

  • We desire to pursue a culture of honor. We commit to speaking of others in honoring ways, championing one another, celebrating other’s successes and approaching conflict Biblically. Working together creatively is much easier and more productive if we all have a spirit of unity. We commit to respect and follow the spiritual authority of Church of the City staff and the volunteer creative leadership teams (1 Thessalonians 5:12–13). We want to recognize the value of everyone on the team.(Romans 12). We will communicate clearly and honestly with all other team members, and urge you to bring your thoughts, questions, and input to the right person.

  • We live in the light. When we stumble, we confess our sins and repent. Remembering that we have been forgiven much,  we forgive those who confess to us. This is the way of Jesus.

Commitment Form (UPDATE)

The Most Important Thing

More than anything, your own discipleship to Jesus and personal health is what matters most. It matters more than serving. We serve out of who we are not just out of what we do. Our hope is that we’d be people who spend more time with Jesus in our private life than in public. We lead from where we have been, and our biggest ministry is the person we are becoming, not just the things we are accomplishing.