Our Mission
The staff at MACC is excited to offer college students with the opportunity to serve with us during the summer. Some of our interns may be sensing a call to vocational ministry, and this internship will allow them to test the waters for the affirmation of God’s call and for their aptitude and personal fulfillment with serving in this capacity. Other interns will just want to invest a summer in ministry to enhance their spiritual growth and to sharpen their ministry skills. In both cases, our mission as a staff is to disciple our college students, entrusting what we have learned to young people who can invest in others (2 Tim. 2:2) and to prepare them “for works of service” (Eph. 4:12). There are 6 objectives for the internship: maturing, mingling, mentoring, ministry, missions, and mystery.
Maturing
Above all else, we desire that our interns grow spiritually while they are with us. We foster this growth by: 1) holding them accountable to daily quiet times; 2) having group morning devotions; 3) giving instruction on who God is and how to walk in intimacy with Him.
Mingling
By bringing to our campus a number of college students, we are hoping to form a community of young adults, wherein genuine and lifelong friendships can be formed. We all need a band of brothers or sisters, and no season of life requires this more than the years spent in college.
Mentoring
Each intern is assigned a staff mentor. They will meet together at least one time per week. This time will be for ministry oversight as well as pouring into the interns for spiritual growth. Each student is also expected to spend time discipling two to three other students.
Ministry
Interns will choose an area of interest in which to serve. Most of their week will be spent in that ministry. They will be expected to set goals and to strive to meet them. At times, the team will join hands to serve a common goal in ministry (e.g., working together in our big summer children’s program KICK). Each intern will be expected to develop and complete a summer project.
Missions
Opportunities will be given for our interns to stretch themselves outside of their comfort zone to share the gospel verbally and to demonstrate the gospel through serving in the community, both on the MACC campus and in the area around us.
Mystery
We are trusting God to do something in each intern’s life that is unexpected and unanticipated. What we do know is that God wants to do a work in them that will forever change them. Only He knows what that work is, but by summer’s end, they will know the mystery also, and our prayer is that the fingerprint of God’s change in their lives from the internship will stay with them forever.
Compensation
Interns are expected to work approximately 40 hours per week. We understand that college students often need to earn income and may have opportunities elsewhere that offer higher pay. However, we believe this internship provides significant value through intentional mentoring, hands on ministry experience, and leadership development that extends beyond a typical paycheck.
In addition to this investment in their growth, each intern will receive a stipend of $2,000 for the 10-week internship, which runs from May 24 through August 2.