Colombia Internship Details

Travel across the world this Summer to work alongside a team of missionaries in various parts of their church and community outreach programs that serve the Bogotá area. Our partner missionaries will be launching a new MANNA project focused on serving their community through providing meals, Bible classes, English classes, academic tutoring, and much more. This is a great opportunity to get in on the ground floor and help our partners launch a brand new ministry intended for both community and kingdom impact. In addition to helping launch a brand new ministry, interns will also be given the opportunity to leverage their passions for youth ministry, children’s ministry, or worship ministry and serve in the local church.

Use your unique gifts and calling to children’s ministry, youth ministry, or worship ministry to make an impact that will outlast your Summer. You will have an opportunity to work alongside experienced missionaries and learn first-hand what it takes to lead a thriving children’s, youth, and worship ministry that creates long-term spiritual and community impact.

Each intern will also have the opportunity to plan community outreach events through the church’s partnership with local public schools. Interns will help organize and host weekly classes, giving local students the opportunity to learn English, sports, music, art, or whatever skills the intern may have. This is a great way to build bridges between the Church and the community and a great opportunity for interns to gain leadership, planning, and inter-cultural communication experience.

Notice: We will be monitoring Colombia’s Covid-19 statistics very closely. The safety of the people we serve, work with, and send as interns are our top priority.

Potential Responsibilities

Urban Ministry Responsibilities:

• Serve in marginalized areas of the city through building relationships with locals, helping missionaries identify needs, and developing solutions.

• Travel to more remote villages to build relationships with locals and help missionaries identify needs in those communities as well as solutions to help meet those spiritual and physical needs

• Organize, plan and help lead work for mission trip teams visiting in the Summer

• Help missionaries identify ways to connect the new MANNA Urban ministry project to the local Church

• Identify efficient ways to make this program more accessible to the community

• Assist in the new MANNA project through tutoring, teaching English, Bible classes, etc.

Youth Ministry Responsibilities:

• Work in the development of the youth group

• Help develop partnerships with local public schools

• And other duties as assigned

Children’s Ministry Responsibilities Include:

• Work alongside children’s director to learn how to:

  • Organize, plan, and run community outreach events for children and families

• Help develop partnerships with local public schools

• Organize a team building event for volunteers

• And other duties as assigned
  
  

Worship Ministry Responsibilities Include:

• Grow to understand the culture of the church, identify the spiritual needs, and create plans to incorporate how to meet those needs through corporate worship

• Work alongside worship pastor to learn the day-to-day preparation and work-life

• Serve within the worship team

• And other duties as assigned

Specific Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in or recently graduated from a college or university

• Must be at least 18 years of age

• Must speak Spanish or have a good foundation of Spanish

• Must have strong communication skills, and be able to work effectively and build relationships with others

• Must have good organization and planning skills, and be able to demonstrate effective project coordination, facilitation, and implementation

• Must be able to collaborate with a team, as well as have the initiative to work well individually.

• Have a passion and experience in worship ministry, youth ministry, or children’s ministry
  

• You are someone who is:

  • Living a life in Christ and desiring to grow in their walk with the Lord

  • A critical thinker and a self-starter

  • Willing to try new things (including foods while visiting homes)

  • Eager to learn and connect with people

  • Flexible and adaptable

  • Willing to raise support

  • Eager to tackle new projects

  • Able to work well with a team

Interns will be responsible for raising money for airfare, food, lodging, and other additional costs (all will be planned and organized by MANNA for the interns). MANNA will provide interns with resources and tools to help raise support, and accepted applicants can also apply for a scholarship if necessary.

All interested applicants are required to submit the Internship Application. A select group of applicants will be chosen for the interview process. After the interview process is complete, applicants will be notified if they have been chosen for the Internship Program.