Gateway Fellowship Internship Program

At Gateway Fellowship Church, our passion is to become friends with the unconvinced through relational discipleship. With that vision, we will multiply disciples and train church planting teams to start churches in San Antonio and other strategic communities. Since Labor Day weekend 2007, God has grown our church from 8 adults meeting in a living room to now an average weekend attendance of 450 people meeting in a movie theatre. We are excited to offer the GFC Internship Program to provide students with the opportunity of becoming a healthy follower of Christ who knows how to disciple others, learn the nuts and bolts of ministry, and actively serve others.

God continues to bless us, and we want you to consider being involved this summer with what God is doing here in San Antonio! Be warned however, church planting is contagious and Jesus may ruin you by calling you to a church planting team too.

Seth Henderson
Director of GFC Internship Program

Details
• 8 students passionate about Jesus and His Kingdom
• Dates of Internship - 10 Weeks: May 21 – July 30, 2010
• What We Provide – Host home for the summer, $40 per week stipend, Scholarship toward your books in the fall semester

Internship Goals
• Spiritual Development: Becoming a healthy disciple of Christ who multiplies by making other disciples. We must get this right. Interns will be challenged to develop spiritual disciplines, engage in relational discipleship, and serve our community.
• Self Discovery: Knowing your values, strengths, and calling are imperative to making a long-term difference for the Kingdom. God has called you to a specific work. Opportunity and teaching will take place for students to know who God has called them to be and how that translates to serving Him.
• Servant Leadership: Serving others out of response to God’s work in you is the key to personal growth and spiritual leadership. Interns will be asked to serve in various capacities and model a servant’s heart. This is attitude and mindset should grow over the course of the internship.

Core Activities
• Weekend Worship Experiences
• Intern Camping Trip at E-Rock
• Fellowship Teams
• Ministry Involvement
• Love in Action Projects
• Personal growth: Required books to be purchased by the Intern

• Pre-Read: Transformation - Bob Roberts
• Journal
• Bible Study - Matthew, Acts, Titus
• Greatest Thing in the World – Henry Drummond
• Never Eat Alone – Keth Ferrazzi
• Starting from Scratch – Nelson Searcy

Weekly Schedule
• Sunday - Gateway Worship Experience
• Monday - Prayer/ Staff Meeting/ Relational Discipleship Time
• Tuesday - Staff Meeting/ Personal Growth Study Time
• Wednesday - Ministry Teaching and Assignments
• Thursday - Internship Development/ Relational Discipleship Time
• Friday - Personal Time
• Saturday - Missional Projects in Helotes and the inner city of San Antonio/ Personal Time

Student Ministry Internship
• Objective: To learn the hands on and behind the scenes aspects of student ministry and how student ministry works in conjunction with the entire church.
• Activities/ Responsibilities:

Relationally invest and disciple students
Execute Major Projects
Weekly Service Programming and Involvement
Summer Discipleship

Kidz Ministry Internship
• Objective: To give a well rounded experience in all aspects of children’s ministry
• Activities/ Responsibilities:

Kidz Rock Camp Leader
Service Programming
Weekend service assistant and small group leader

Church Planting Internship
• Objective: To give exposure to the various stages of the church planting process
• Activities/ Responsibilities

Fellowship Teams
Serve on Volunteer Team
Love in Action Projects

Worship/ Production Internship
• Objective: To develop an understanding and gain experience in the role of worship ministry and production in the worship experience
• Activities/ Responsibilities

Video and Graphic Production
Creative Arts
Service Programming
Worship Practice Attendance
Worship Team Involvement

Next Steps
• Submit Completed GFC Application and Background Check for Consideration
• Phone Interview
• Complete Pre-Reading Prior to Arrival – Transformation by Bob Roberts