Summer Jobs & Internships
Appalachian Immersion
Appalachian Immersion is a 9-12 month internship with Good Works, Inc. in Athens, Ohio. Interns live in the Good Works Hannah House and serve in several different outreach ministries. Interns are provided with housing (including utilities) and most of their food, as well as a monthly stipend of $300. For more information, please click here.
Posted October 7, 2008
Children's Activity Center
Children’s Activity Center, a.k.a. Walking Faith Ministry, is a faith based inner-city children’s ministry based in Houston TX and modeled after Metro Ministries New York City. The Children’s Activity Center’s main focus is to target at-risk kids in Houston’s toughest neighborhoods and reach them immediately and urgently with the life changing message of Jesus Christ. Interns are needed from August 15-Christmas and Jan 15-May 29. To learn more, please visit www.childrensactivitycenter.com..
Posted June 26, 2008
Camp Judson
Are you still looking for a summer job? If so, Camp Judson may have a place for you, particularly if you are interested in working with horses, have experience cooking for large groups, or want to be a male senior counselor. Camp Judson is Christian summer camp located in North Springfield, PA and has lakefront property along Lake Erie. The majority of its summer program focuses on kids grades 2-12. The camp has various activities and electives ranging from rock climbing to horseback riding and has a zip line and a jet ski. For more information, visit http://www.campjudson.com/ or email Jarrett Acklin at acklinjl1@gcc.edu.
The application on the website is not a staff application, so if you are interested please email either Jarrett or the camp office at judson@velocity.net.
Posted April 23, 2008
Springhill Camps
Springhill Camps in Seymour, Indiana is seeking college students to fill a variety of positions, including counselors, lifeguards, wranglers, boat drivers, and counselor coaches. Please click here for more information.
Posted April 23, 3008
Camp Allegheny
Camp Allegheny in Ellwood City, PA is seeking counselors, lifeguards, maintenance staff, and support staff. Click here for more information.
Posted April 23, 2008
Royal Family Kids' Camp
The mission of Royal Family Kids’ Camp (RFKC) is to help create positive experiences for abused and abandoned children, ages 7-11, selected from Children & Youth Services in Lawrence County, through a healthy, happy summer camping environment that will create positive memories and make a lasting impression. Camp will be held the week of August 10-15 and all staff will be volunteers. If you are interested in volunteering at the camp, click here for more information.
Posted April 23, 2008
Summer's Best Two Weeks
Summer's Best Two Weeks Day Camp is seeking counselors for this summer. This opportunity is different than the commonly known residential camp--the day camp is a circuit of three churches that work together to provide 3 two-week-day-camps over a seven week period, and in three different towns (Sharon, PA; Conway, PA; and Rochester, NY).
Please click here for more information about this opportunity.
Posted April 17, 2008
Hope’s Haven Camp
Hope’s Haven Camp will be holding a week-long camp at Camp Hebron in Halifax, PA, Dauphin County, on June 9 -13, 2008. This new camp invites abused and neglected children to spend a week in the outdoors free of charge. The goal of the camp is to provide a safe and healing environment in a Christian setting.
Volunteers are needed to help with the camp. Volunteers can help by being a counselor, medical staff, lifeguard, or to help on work days.
Learn more on the camp's website (www.hopeshavencamp.org) or contact them at info@hopeshavencamp.org
Applications for volunteers must be in by April 15, 2008.
Posted April 2, 2008
Hope Chapel Internship
Are you a college student or graduate and feel called to full-time vocational ministry? Each year Hope Chapel (Maui, Hawaii) chooses 8 interns for a year-long program which starts August 29, 2008 and continues through August 21, 2009. Our vision is to mentor individuals in hands-on ministry skills and help nurture our interns’ unique spiritual gifts and callings.
Please visit our website at www.hopechapelmaui.com and click the Intern Program tab for more information and to download an application. After filling out an application you can email it to interns@hopechapelmaui.com. Click here for a position description.
Posted Jan 25, 2008
Children's Ministry Summer Intern
Vienna Presbyterian Church is looking for 2-3 full-time summer interns for their Children's Ministry department. Housing provided, if needed.
Please click here for a job description and a flyer about the internship.
Posted Jan 16, 2008
Chaplains in the Parks Ministries
The PA Council of Churches Leisure Ministries employs two dozen Chaplains in the Parks each summer for 15 weeks. There are several openings for this summer.
Visit the PA Churches website for more information, including how to apply:http://www.pachurches.org/Opportunities/Employment/employment.htm
or contact Paul Herring, Coordinator for Leisure Ministry, at p.herring@pachurches.org.
Children's Ministry Summer Intern
Vienna Presbyterian Church in Vienna, VA is looking for a summer intern to minister to children ages 3 to 12. This is a full-time position for the duration of the summer.
Go to http://www.viennapres.org/all/InternApp.pdf for more information and to download an application.
Christian Ministry in the National Parks
This ministry allows students to share their faith with others who work and vacation in some of the nation's most beautiful national parks.
More information about this ministry is available at http://www.acmnp.com/.
Deer Run Christian Camps
College students are needed to serve as either Day Camp staff or Overnight Camp staff during the summer.
Check out the Deer Run Christian Camps websites for more information. www.deerrunretreat.org or www.deerruncamps.org.
Hope International: Grow Internship Program
Hope International (HOPE) is a global, faith-based, non-profit organization focused on poverty alleviation through microenterprise development. HOPE currently has openings in their summer, fall, and spring internship programs. For more information, click here.
Also, see HOPE's website for more information about this non-profit organization: http://www.hopeinternational.org
Infinity Sports
Several opportunities are available both in the United States as well as international locations to be involved in this sports ministry. Opportunities are available to play sports, coach, serve as a team trainer, lead a sports camp, design your own internship experience, and much more.
Learn more by visiting their website: http://infinitysports.com/index.php?topic=CurrentOpps.
Josiah Venture
This summer internship opportunity involves leading evangelistic camps for Eastern European young people. Student interns would be responsible for teaching conversational English, building relationships with students, following up with those students, and facilitating a variety of training activities related to youth ministry.
Learn more by visiting http://www.josiahventure.com/opportunities/.
Leadership and Discipleship in the Wilderness (LDW)
Students involved in this program spend six weeks in the wilderness of Wyoming focusing on the discovery areas of LDW's curriculum (spiritual disciplines, community, leadership, knowing, servanthood/Christlikeness, and outdoor living skills). This program is sponsored by the Coalition for Christian Outreach (CCO).
More information is available at http://www.cco-olt.org/LDW/ldw.htm.
Life For Youth Camp
Life For Youth Camp is in need of summer camp missionaries (Counselors) to help minister to youth ages 5 – 16. There are also several support staff positions available working in the kitchen. The 2008 summer camp dates are: May 31 – August 15, 2008. Anyone can apply online and print out all forms from the website. Compensation is $230 per week with housing and meals for the 11 weeks. Kitchen staff pay is $250 per week with housing and meals for the 11 weeks. We are offering a bonus for those who know that the Lord would have them come to L.F.Y.C. this summer as an early commitment bonus. We will pay anyone who signs up with us a $200. bonus if their paper work is in and they sign their covenant by 12.31.07 or $100 bonus if they sign their covenant by 3.15.08. All bonus money will be in the staff member’s last paycheck of the season.
All information is on their website (www.lifeforyouthcamp.com). Contact Tim Bryant at 772.567.2446 or info@lifeforyouthcamp.com with questions.
Lighthouse Foundation
The Lighthouse Foundation is a non-profit Christian outreach center in Butler, PA. The foundation has paid internship opportunities for those interested in youth ministry, public relations, and business in a non-profit environment.
For more information about The Lighthouse and these opportunities, please call Beth at (724) 898-4673, extension 27, or e-mail your resume to her at transhouse@zoominternert.net.
Mountain Lake Bible Camp
Mountain Lake Bible Camp has been a non profit Bible Camp
since 1947 serving children between the ages of 8 to 14. Please visit us on the
web at
www.mtlakebible.org We are searching for Christian
college age students who are dedicated in sharing the word about Jesus with
children in a camp setting.
Our schedule this season is running from June 29th through August 9th, 2008.
We are in the recruiting stages for our summer months. Please click here for
more information.
Mustard Seeds & Mountains
Several internship positions are available for students to work with the disadvantaged families of Appalachia. More information is available at www.mustardseeds.org.
Click here for a Microsoft Word document with available positions with Mustard Seeds & Mountains.
Ocean City Beach Project
Students working with this organization gain valuable skills in leadership, evangelism, and Bible study training while also working in Ocean City, New Jersey.
More information is available at http://www.beachproject.org/.
Ocean City Tabernacle
This summer internship involves developing a youth ministry program and giving on-site direction of programs and activities.
Information about Ocean City Tabernacle is available at http://www.octabernacle.org/.
Oxfam America CHANGE Initiative
College students interested in social justice issues, such as global issues related to mining, Fair Trade coffee, hunger, and international trade, can apply for this program. Students accepted into the program can take advantage of Oxfam America's leadership training and become skilled and knowledgeable agents of change. Leaders will then use their new skills and insights to run Oxfam campaigns on their campuses and in their local communities.
More information is available at www.oxfamamerica.org/change.
Pittsburgh Semester at the Pittsburgh Project
This internship opportunity is available to juniors and seniors from Christian colleges. Students take classes, do an internship, and participate in a service project each week.
More information is available at http://www.pittsburghproject.org/pittsburghsemester.htm
Prison Fellowship Internships
Internships encompass a variety of fields of study including marketing, business administration, events, liberal arts, public policy, criminal justice, research, political science, and information technology. All interns will have the opportunity to participate in various events, such as visits to Capitol Hill, meeting with Christian political leaders, and worldview Bible studies.
See the Prison Fellowship website for more information.
Interested candidates should e-mail their cover letter and resume to internresumes@pfm.org.
The Rock Internships & Volunteer Opportunities
The Rock ministry exists to provide a safe, Christian environment for recreation, learning, and strengthening relationships for youth and their families in Oakdale, PA (20 minutes outside of downtown Pittsburgh) and its surrounding communities. Interns and volunteers are needed to help with this ministry.
Read more about internship & volunteer opportunities by clicking here.
Learn more about The Rock ministry by clicking here.
Summer Projects (offered through Campus Crusade)
Summer projects "offer an incredible, life-changing experience that will shape your character and focus your life's mission. Share the gospel at a resort location in the United States, reach the lost in a foreign land, or stretch your faith on any number of specially designed summer projects." (taken from the Summer Projects website)
More information is available at http://summerprojects.campuscrusadeforchrist.com/
Young Disciples Teams
We are looking for Catholic adults (must be at least 18 years old) who love Jesus, who love being Catholic and who would consider being a part of a summer mission team. Our website is www.fargodiocese.org/youngdisciples. he commitment is for 10 weeks, beginning May 15 through July 29, 2008.
Team members receive stipends from sponsors along with room, board and training. Team members might also be able to receive college credit or intern credit depending on their universities. Please click here for more information.
Youth Ministry Summer Internship Program
Mitchell Road Presbyterian Church in Greenville, South Carolina is seeking 4 college students (2 male and 2 female) to serve on their summer youth ministry staff. They will provide students tangible ministry experience while also providing them with in-depth training throughout the summer. The students will receive a stipend of $2400.00 with other expenses being covered, housing is included as well.
For more information, please view the documents below. Applications are also available in the Career Services Office.
Youth Ministry & Day Camp Summer Internship Program
The Plum Creek Presbyterian Church is looking for 2 qualified applicants for their summer internship program. Please see the position description to learn more about this internship program and for contact information.
YouthWorks
YouthWorks is looking for individuals who are ready for an adventure. Summer staff are needed to serve at 85 mission sites throughout the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. Join 375 Christian men and women in leading life-changing, short-term mission opportunities for youth groups.
More information and applications are available at http://www.youthworks.com/summerstaff.aspx.
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