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Campus Ministry Internships
Campus Ministry Internships available (click link to download .pdf)
The Pennsylvania State University - University Park campus
The Pennsylvania State University - Berks campus
University of Pittsburgh/Carnegie Melon University
Internships Guidelines and Responsibilities
Purpose of Internship:
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- To provide a positive training experience for campus ministry through the development
of a philosophy of ministry, skill for ministry, and personal ministry resources.
- To advance a campus fellowship by involving the intern in supervised pastoral,
evangelistic and discipleship work.
Ministry Focus:
The intern will be involved in a variety of activities within the campus fellowship
but will focus on two specific areas. The first will be that of evangelism/discipleship
and the second will be determined by his/her strengths and gifts.
General Responsibilities:
- Travel
- As an intern with CSFPA you will be required to travel throughout the year with
your campus ministry representing the fellowship and overall ministry of CSFPA.
Public relations with congregations and individuals is extremely important in
building a financial base. The number of times on the road will depend on the
campus minister supervising your internship.
- Fundraising
- Each intern is responsible for raising his/her support for ministry. Depending
upon which campus you decide to minister on, there may be certain stipends that
will help in your overall efforts. Fund raising will involve:
(1) Letter writing followed by a phone call to the prospective donor
(2) Visiting supporting or non-supporting congregations
(3) Anything else determined to be effective in establishing your
financial base.
Any income raised through you efforts will be applied to your “account”.
You may have to secure a part-time job due to the lack of sufficient income.
This will be with the approval of the supervising campus minister and the CSFPA
Board of Directors.
- Finances*
- Living expenses - Depending on which campus you serve, certain living expenses
are covered. An example would be housing provided, but you must cover utilities.
- Professional expenses - The intern does have an allotment for business expenses.
It is important that you keep receipts of all transactions for housing and ministry
expenses. You must also send a copy of ministry expenses and copies of your receipts
with your monthly reports to CSFPA office (IRS regulations). There will be no
city, state, or federal taxes withheld from your twice-a-month paycheck, therefore
you will be responsible to set aside a portion of your income to cover those
taxes. You will need to use a schedule SE as part of your federal tax return.
- Projection of expenses worksheet - The intern will be required to fill
out a financial expense worksheet to determine projected cost of living expenses.
These expenses will include housing, business and personal expenses. The supervising
campus minister will work closely with the intern to determine those projected
expenses.
* Special Note concerning finances - CSFPA Board of Directors has determined
that beginning interns must have 25% of annual income collected and 65% of monthly
pledges secured to start the internship. These are the minimum financial requirements
that must be achieved before actual work with the ministry can begin. After this,
the intern’s amount of work in the ministry will be based on the percentage
of funding that has been raised. For example, if 90% of the income is raised,
the intern should spend 90% of their time working with the fellowship. The remaining
time should be dedicated to raising the remaining funds.
- CSFPA Meetings
- You will be required to attend the CSFPA Board of Directors meetings. These meetings
are opportunities to meet other campus ministers and interns. Other reasons would
be to see how the board functions and raise issues and concerns for interns and
general fellowship.
- Monthly Ministry Reports
- Each month you will be required to submit a ministry report of the activities
of your efforts in furthering the Kingdom of God. These reports should detail
progress of your ministry goals, miles traveled, churches visited, decisions
for Christ, events within the fellowship, and any other facts you deem important
to report on.
CSF Fellowship Responsibilities
Responsibilities within the Fellowship will
depend upon the needs as assessed by the campus minister and staff.
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