Assistant Director of Spiritual Life.

The Assistant Director of Spiritual Life will provide administrative, program, pastoral, and logistical support to the Spiritual Life Department. The role assists in organizing and executing spiritual formation activities and events (i.e. Chapel, Ignite Conference, Missions Week, Worship Nights, etc.) while elevating departmental communication, and fostering a welcoming, Christ-centered environment for students, staff, and families.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Project Management:

• Assist the Director of Spiritual Life in the planning and execution of Missions Week including logistics for mission trips and local outreaches and for the Ignite Conference

• Be highly skilled at implementing effective strategies

• Thrive in fast-paced environment that requires multi-tasking and problem-solving skills

• Continually looking to improve processes and a willingness to help

• Present a calm, confident and compassionate demeanor

• Be self-motivated and can determine action steps within ambiguity

• Develop positive relationships with PCS stakeholders, local churches and ministries to support the school’s outreach and mission initiatives

Programming / Discipleship:

• Work with the Director of Spiritual Life and worship leader to plan, organize, and execute weekly chapel services, special events, nights of worship including music, prayer, and series content

• Help to update and ensure presentation elements such as ProPresenter, Planning Center Online, and the space for services are prepared ahead of time

• Work with the Director of Spiritual Life to disciple and lead spiritual growth initiatives such as Bible Bowl,Chapel Crew, Bible Studies, Baptism Classes, Parent Encouragement Nights, etc.

Administrative Coordinator:

• Function as the administrator of the Spiritual Life Department to ensure the systems and operations on the backend meet the needs of the vision and goals on the front end

• Collect and process Spiritual Life Department receipts and work with the Director of Spiritual Life to ensure that we stay within budget

• Add Spiritual Life events to Tandem, the School Calendar

• Work with the Business Office to charge families for Chapel Crew, Bible Bowl, and other spiritual life opportunities that require collecting funds

• Keep things moving!

Communications:

• Oversee all Spiritual Life Department communications both within the school and externally to key stakeholders

• Manage Chapel google classroom pages, Craftdo, and website updates, as needed

• Be the liaison for Spiritual Life to ensure events are represented on the school calendar, school website, and social media, and other departments that need to know

Engagement:

• Learn the names of the students and leaders who you regularly work with

• Pray for and with those in your ministry area

• Look for opportunities to encourage students, teachers, and parents in the Lord

• Bring a positive attitude to create healthy work culture

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

• Agreement and consent to School's Statement of Faith.

• Christian testimony and regular church attendance.

• Loves the Lord and desires to serve Him in this capacity

• Discipleship heart and mindset

• Energetic, self-starter, and people-oriented

• Strong organizational skills

• Works well under pressure and with a sense of urgency

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree preferred

• Proven track record in project management and spiritual leadership

PORTLAND CHRISTIAN SCHOOL'S STATEMENT OF FAITH:

1. We believe the Bible to be the inspired, and only infallible, authoritative, inerrant Word of God (II Timothy3:15; II Peter 1:21)

2. We believe there is one God, eternally existent in three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Genesis 1:1;Matthew 28:19; John 10:30).

3. We believe in the deity of Christ (John 10:33); His virgin birth (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:35); His sinless life (Hebrews 4:15; Hebrews 7:26); His miracles (John 2:11); His vicarious and atoning death (I Corinthians 15:3; Ephesians 1:7; Hebrews 2:9); His resurrection (John 11:25; I Corinthians 15:4); His ascension to the right hand of the Father (Mark 16:19); His personal return in power and glory (Acts 1:11;Revelation 19:11).

4. We believe that all people sin and can be saved only by God’s grace through faith in Christ crucified and raised from the dead (Romans 3:23, Ephesians 2:8-9, I Corinthians 15:1-5), that such are justified freely through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus (Romans 3:24, Ephesians 1:7), that unless one is born again, of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God (John 3:3-7), that repentance is an essential part of true faith (Mark 1:15, Luke 13:3-5, Acts 20:21), that the outward way of demonstrating one’s inward faith and repentance and the union with Christ that results is through immersion in water (Matthew 28:19-20, Acts 2:38, Romans 6:1-4).

5. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, they that are saved unto the resurrection of life,and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation (John 5:28-29).

6. We believe God created the sacrament of marriage to be the union of one man and one woman and is a reflection of Christ's relationship to his church (Ephesians 5:25-27).

7. We believe that God wonderfully created each person as distinctly male or female. These two distinct, complimentary genders together reflect the image and nature of God (Genesis 1:27).

8. We believe that all human life is sacred and created by God in His image. Human life is of inestimable worth in all its dimensions, including pre-born babies, the aged, the physically or mentally challenged, and every other stage or condition from conception through natural death. We are therefore called to defend, protect, and value all human life (Ps. 139).

9. We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 8:9; I Corinthians 12:12-13;Galatians 3:26-28).

10. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life (Romans 8:13-14; I Corinthians 3:16; I Corinthians 6:19-20; Ephesians 4:30; Ephesians 5:18).

11. We believe that Christians' top priorities are the Great Commandment and the Great Commission: that we should seek for ourselves and our students that we love the Lord with all our being and love our neighbor as ourselves and seek to make disciples of the Lord Jesus in all the world (Matthew22:36-40; Matthew 28:18-20).

Final Authority for Matters of Belief and Conduct

This Statement of Faith does not exhaust the extent of our beliefs. The Bible itself, as the inspired and infallible Word of God that speaks with final authority concerning truth, morality and the proper conduct of mankind, is the sole and final source of all that we believe. For purposes of Portland Christian School’s faith, doctrine, practice, policy and discipline, our Board of Directors is the final interpretive authority on the Bible’s application.

STATE LAW AUTHORIZES THIS SCHOOL TO REQUIRE A CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECK AND A LETTER, PROVIDED BY THE INDIVIDUAL, FROM THE CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES STATING THE APPLICANT HAS NO ADMINISTRATIVE FINDINGS OF CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT FOUND THROUGH A BACKGROUND CHECK OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT RECORDS MAINTAINED BY THE CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES.