Summer Impact Internship

Internship Opportunities

We believe the next generation of church leaders have gifts to share, spirits to nurture, and dreams to fulfill. Summer Impact provides an 8 week summer internship experience in Cincinnati, Ohio for 3 to 5 young adults. As a way to deepen your love and understanding of God while exploring God’s call on your life, interns will lead groups in serving, worship, and reflection. The goal is that this experience will further your discipleship of Jesus, deepen your leadership abilities, and encourage meaningful Christian service throughout your life. You will be mentored, challenged, and motivated throughout the summer

Interns need to be at least 18 years old and one year out of high school.

Important Information

  • A love of God and others
  • A heart for service
  • Desire to build relationships
  • Thrives working on a team
  • Willingness to be challenged and stretched in areas of faith, leadership, service, and relationships
  • Teachable spirit
  • Humility
  • Adaptability
  • Patience
  • Self-starter
  • Help create and lead meaningful morning Bible studies and evening worship services
  • Lead team in morning/evening meal preparation and clean up
  • Build relationships with teams, facilitating small as well as larger group bonding
  • Facilitate and guide any team downtime (generally in the evenings). Be present with the teams.
  • Facilitate shower time (when needed)
  • Lead assigned team in daily service opportunity with one (or two) of our ministry partners
  • Leading by example in order to encourage each person to serve with an open heart to meet the needs of others and to try and find opportunities for service in any given situation
  • Answer any questions that teams may have about what to expect while serving, or what they will need to prepare/bring with them
  • Communicate any changes in scheduling to teams
  • Partner with leaders from team to handle any issues that arise
  • Serve as the contact liaison between your team and Kate, office staff, maintenance, etc.

The work is demanding. The days are long. The pace is fast. The conditions are far from luxurious. But, the rewards are truly life-changing. You will see the lives changed and the hearts transformed. Best of all, you will know that for one entire summer, you did all you could and gave everything you had to serve alongside others and serve God.

While groups are present (Sunday afternoon – Friday afternoon) the days will start early and end late. When the team leaves on Friday, interns have that evening through Sunday afternoon (before groups arrive) as time off. Attending church (at Hyde Park Community UMC, The Warehouse, or another faith community) is expected as a way to continue to grow as a disciple.

$2,500 – $3,500* stipend PLUS housing at the church for the entire summer program, food when teams are on campus, and up to 1o Summer Impact t-shirts.  Interns are required to live on site for the duration of training, Summer Program, and debriefing.

*Compensation will be determined when the position is offered.

Dates of program to be determined. If you have any questions, please contact Rev. Kate Smith at ksmith@hpcumc.org

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Rev. Kate Smith

Pastor of Mission & Outreach

If you have more questions about Summer impact, please contact Rev. Kate Smith, our pastor of mission and outreach.

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