Summer Ministry Intern - Family Ministries

Summary

As part of a congregation staff team at the Austin Stone Community Church, the Summer Ministry Intern (SMI) will use the summer to provide discipleship by capitalizing on contact work, relational ministry, and showing ministry participants the love of Jesus. The SMI will share Spirit led truth and love to ministry participants through an 8-week, 10-week, or 12-week summer internship program. The SMI will report to the Ministry Director.
Essential Responsibilities

• Perform contact work by pursuing and spending time with ministry participants.
• Shepherd and disciple Congregation ministry participants, as well as supporting ministry participants across all congregations when needed.
• Assist with planning, coordinating, communicating, leading, and executing summer events and trips, including worship nights, bible studies, hangout days, camps, etc.
• Respond to and execute tasks and assignments in a timely manner.
• Participate in your ongoing development including a summer reading plan, accountability, and discipleship by your supervisor.
• Attend Sunday Church Services.
• Attend weekly meetings including congregation team, department team, specific ministry team, and all staff meetings.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Previous experience shepherding people in the gospel
• Be willing, flexible, and open-minded to unexpected events and responsibilities

Competencies

Administration - Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, and implement ministry programming. Integrate multiple perspectives and synthesize them into a cohesive plan. Strong ability to support multiple projects simultaneously, with dependability and excellence.

Communication - Has clarity of speech and proper use of grammar. Demonstrated capacity to inspire, instruct, and encourage through effective communication in various settings. Able to communicate and work within a complex organizational structure with multiple layers of input. Ability to engage, interact with, teach, equip, and train ministry participants in a large group setting.

Detail Oriented & Organizational Skills - Proven skills in creating, implementing, maintaining, and following through on processes that ensure people are engaged, cared for, informed and connected. Ability to coordinate multiple projects and tasks simultaneously. Able to successfully develop new and better ways to work and promote a continuous improvement mentality.

Collaboration - Collaborate across the organization and with various ministry partners. Ability to integrate multiple perspectives and synthesize them into a cohesive plan.
Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Occasional lifting of objects, up to 30 pounds.
• Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, kneeling, pushing and pulling.
• Manual dexterity and coordination are required over 50% of the work period while operating equipment such as a computer keyboard, mouse, and similar machines.

Disclaimer

The information presented indicates the general nature and level of work expected of employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain, nor to be interpreted as, a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and objectives required of employees assigned to this job.
Culture and Character

Employees of The Austin Stone are expected to become Partners (our term for members) of the church, fully embracing the values, mission, and purpose of our church. Additionally, all employees of The Austin Stone are expected to understand, affirm and adhere to our Affirmation of Faith, Bylaws, Culture Map, and other documents defining the beliefs, culture, and mission of The Austin Stone Community Church.

Employees also possess the character qualifications of biblical leadership in the church. At a minimum, each employee must agree and aspire to maturity in these qualifications, invite the authority of church community and leaders as a means of growth in them, and pursue them humbly and faithfully by the power of the Holy Spirit.

As part of our child safety program, employees in this role will be required to participate in a child safety screening and training process upon hire.

Please read Attributes of Leaders as Employees at The Austin Stone for a greater description of cultural, character, and other aspects of joining our team at The Austin Stone.

The Austin Stone Community Church is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Women, Minorities, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities.