Chaplain
The Middle School & High School Chaplain seeks to glorify God in all things making worship our highest goal. To know God vs merely knowing about God. To inspire among students intimate relationships with Jesus Christ. To model Christ’s use of discipleship.
To glorify God in all things, tangible and intangible, making worship our highest goal. (Rom. 12:1)
To establish and nurture spiritual vitality through experiential understanding of God; knowing God vs. merely knowing about God. (Col. 1:9)
To inspire among students intimate relationships with Jesus Christ through regeneration, personal and corporate communion with Him (in prayer and Bible study), and expressions of that association to others, appropriate to their position in Christ. This ensures the focus to be on the person of Jesus Christ, rather than mode, method, mechanics, program, or policy. (Col. 1: 10-14)
To model Christ’s use of discipleship (investing of time and self) as the primary method of accomplishing the above goals. (Mar 3: 13-15)
To identify and address the distinctive attributes of the Faith Academy community as they relate to the above objectives.
Essential Duties of the job
高中部
- 高中部 Chapel meets on the assigned period of the block schedule. These are the major responsibilities involved:
- Prepare the weekly message or secure special speakers.
- Oversee the music and the worship teams
- MC announcements and other activities in chapels.
- Oversee student and staff participants.
- Coordinating chapels with the school calendar.
- Spiritual Emphasis Week (SEW) is an annual week of chapel programs focusing on spiritual renewal and vitality. These are the duties of the chaplain:
- Make all arrangements necessary for the week
- Contact and schedule the speaker and see to his/her housing and daily hospitality.
- Coordinate the week’s events with the Activities Coordinator.
- Work with the Bible Department lead teacher to organize participation in Bible classes.
- Talk with the Boarding Administrator to schedule evening meals and activities in the dorms.
- Arrange other special activities (e.g., one-on-one counseling and speaking in MSD or ESD). See the SEW Info Sheet for more details.
初中部
- Partner with the middle school chaplain as needed for major events such as the all-school chapel.
- Offer self as a guest speaker for Middle School chapel, which meets once a week.
- Participate as needed Middle School Outdoor Education Week (Outdoor Ed). This is an annual week of education and spiritual emphasis outside the classroom setting for the entire middle school.
- Offer assistance in coordinating the spiritual emphasis of Outdoor Ed.
- Offer self as speaker for any of the locations as decided by the middle school administration.
All School
- Maintain informal contact with students as time and opportunities allow.
- Remember that counseling opportunities develop as a result of the trust established through informal contact work.
- Contact work can be done over lunch, through coaching/directing in the halls between classes, at sporting events, in boarding homes, in family homes, informal invites to the Chaplain’s house, etc.
- Since this is the backbone of youth work, it must be guarded and not allowed to suffer at the hands of more “structured” responsibilities.
- Provide counseling as requested or as needs arise.
Additional responsibilities
- Set yearly goals in consultation with the high school principal.
- Keep abreast of current thinking and theory in youth ministry.
- Follow a personal reading and/or professional development program to maintain skills in teaching, youth ministry, and outreach.
- Be on the alert for learning and outreach opportunities that will help meet the spiritual needs of students.
Job specifications
- Recent and successful ministry experience with teenagers.
- Training in Biblical exposition.
- Training in counseling.
- Training and experience in teaching or public speaking.
- Training or experience in outreach.
- Experience organizing major events.
- Preferred but not mandatory:
- Training in worship leading.
- Training in instrumental or vocal music.
- Experience working or living cross-culturally.
- Experience learning a foreign or second language.
For SchooL Year:
- 2025-2026
Term of Service:
2 year minimum commitment preferred
Type of Position:
- Critical Position, Full Time
Division:
- 高中部, 初中部
Supervisor:
Director of Student Life
Subject Area:
- N/A
Chinese 
English 