Internships

At Immanuel, interns are a vital component of our ministry team. Interns get “hands-on” experience by serving-in and leading various aspects of ministry, and by providing valuable support for our pastors, deacons, and staff.  

Internship Opportunities 

Pastoral Internship

• Provide assistance and get hands experience in the various aspects of pastoral ministry.

  • This internship will uniquely involve being mentored and discipled by a staff pastor and will include reading assignments.

    • Do research for upcoming sermons/series

    • Write and/or edit blogs and sermon-based discussion questions

    • Participate in sermon preparation think-tanks and discussions

    • Teach and/or preach

    • Participate in elder meetings and staff meetings

    • Participate in liturgy planning

    • Observe and provide support support in situations of pastoral care, counseling, and coaching situations

Immanuel Kids Internship

• Work alongside our Children’s Director to provide operational and ministry support

  • Assist in other areas as needed

    • Process volunteer applications and background checks

    • Assist with writing and distribution of Immanuel Kids newsletter

    • Maintain supplies and inventory lists in Immanuel Kids (snacks, water, sign-in sheets, materials, printer labels, tissues, etc)

    • Assist with set-up for Immanuel Kids area for Sunday mornings

    • Fill in for Sunday coordinator role when needed

    • Teach Bible lessons in various Immanuel Kids settings

Administrative Internship

• Work alongside our Administrative Assistant to provide administrative, operational, and ministry support

  • Help with church-wide communication (emails, social media, etc)

    • Create graphics for social media postings, upcoming events, announcements, etc

  • Help maintain inventory for office/church supplies

  • Courier

• Assist pastoral staff with programing church-wide events and local outreach efforts

  • Help facilitate partnerships with other churches and volunteer teams

  • Plan and organize local missions opportunities

A/V & Tech Internship

• Work alongside worship team and A/V and tech teams to provide support and content

  • Help on Sundays with running sound and ProPresenter (candidate would preferably have a general knowledge of equalizing sound through a sound board)

  • Assist worship team in Sunday set up, entering information from liturgy planning into Planning Center Online, assist staff in non-worship service events at the church that require A/V to be set up.

• Create, edit, and implement graphics, videos, and other multimedia projects

  • Assist with concept, development and execution (pre-production, production, and post-production) of video content to support church communications

  • Help the administrative team with graphics for church social media accounts, newsletters, and website

  • Work alongside pastoral and elder teams to implement new ideas of digitally communicating and capturing member testimonies

For more information about internship commitments and expectations, download the full Immanuel Internship Program document.