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New Vision Urban Mission Internships

An internship is all about the experience… that chance to get into the trenches and dig into the kind of work or ministry to which you aspire. We want your time with us to be all that and more. We want to give you a boost to help launch you strongly into God’s vision for your life. We offer both academic and non-academic internships at New Vision.

A foundation of service is our platform for almost every ministry. A strong current of community outreach flows out of every initiative we undertake. We regularly collaborate with other churches, ministries, businesses, and schools to accomplish Kingdom work. Above all… we love the people of our community, our congregation, and each other and embrace the “glorious mess” we make as do Kingdom work together.

You will spend your summer interacting with people from a fascinating variety of ethnicities, life circumstance, and personalities in an urban ministry setting. New Vision sits astride a crossroads of some of the most diverse communities in San Diego. Our focus is clearly urban with an emphasis on outreach to the low-income segment of our community.

Where

San Diego, CA

Intern fees are $275/week for non-academic internships and $300/week for formal academic internships. Internship fees help cover the hard cash expense of your food, housing, and transportation to intern-related activities. It also covers the time that our staff will take to invest ourselves in you so that you leave inspired, encouraged, experienced, and connected to God’s vision for your life.

You also get:

free use of onsite gym and fitness classes through our athletics ministry
may receive formal leadership training, assessment, opportunities to attend urban leadership conferences
have access to a talented and experienced team of urban pastors
incredible summer of serving the marginalized and disenfranchised urban community of San Diego

When

Summer internships are available from early May through late August

What We Will Do

Interns serve alongside New Vision ministry and program staff in a variety of capacities.

Our internships focus on four things:

1) Discipleship: not the kind you get in a class or a book that we are going to hand you. You will have a mentor for the summer who will make a generous investment into your spiritual development.

2) Leadership development: Good leaders are in short supply. Knowing your strengths, weaknesses, vision, and blind spots is crucial to become someone who others will follow.

2) Program/Ministry development: Stuff that you just can’t learn in a classroom AND which will be aligned with your vision for your future ministry or program.

4) Ministry Experience: You will have a role and responsibilities that will matter and which will help us accomplish Kingdom work here in our community.