Internships at Harborside
Safety Harbor, FL.
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Welcome to Your Internship
Spend your internship growing spiritually, acquiring career experience, and developing leadership skills with a like-minded Christian community.
"Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity." - 1 Timothy 4:12
Internship Opportunities
Photography, Video, Social Media (Harborside Church)
Aug 31 - Nov 19, 20 hours per week
- Capture, edit, and post ministry content.
- Create and execute within the brand guidelines and expectations.
- Recruit, train, and spiritually shepherd volunteers.
- Requirements: Must have basic photography, video editing, and social media experience/skills, as well as a passion for serving the local church in ministry.
Auto Mechanics (Coast Buick GMC)
Jun 1 - Jul 23, 30 hours per week
- Gain experience working in an auto dealership.
- Learn excellent customer service and car sales.
- Observe and learn basic car mechanics in the service department.
- Serve Harborside Church in ministry needs.
- Requirements: This position is for someone interested in learning the trade of auto mechanics, and also has a passion for serving the local church in ministry.
- Website: coastbuickgmc.com
Banking (Flagship Bank)
Jun 1 - Jul 23, 30 hours per week
- Work and train alongside bankers at Flagship Bank.
- Experience what it takes to be a successful banker.
- Interact with people, meeting the service needs of banking customers.
- Serve Harborside Church in ministry needs.
- Requirements: This position is for someone pursuing a career in finance, accounting, or business, and also has a passion for serving the local church in ministry.
Children's Ministry (Harborside Church)
Jun 1 - Jul 23, 30 hours per week
- Meet and build relationships with kids, parents, and grandparents.
- Recruit, train, and spiritually shepherd volunteers.
- Write and prepare lesson plans.
- Teach kids in classroom settings.
- Host events and Co-direct a kid’s summer camp.
- Requirements: must have a heartto teach and love kids ages 0-11
Café Hospitality (Harborside Church)
Flexible dates, 30 hours per week
- Learn the fundamentals of working in a café, preparing coffee and food.
- Provide ministries with food/beverage needs for services/events.
- Inventory and restocking of paper goods and food/drink products.
- Run errands and grocery shop for weekly needs.
- Recruit, train, and spiritually shepherd volunteers.
- Meet people and build relationships with people in the church and community.
- Requirements: Must enjoy preparing food and serving people, and have a passion for serving the local church in ministry.
Facilities (Harborside Church)
Flexible dates, 30 hours per week
- Prepare spaces for ministry needs.
- Basic maintenance and cleaning of church property, HavenHouse, and the Harborside Chapel.
- Recruit, lead, and spiritually shepherd volunteers.
- Requirements: Must have the ability to work physically (lift 75lbs), and have a passion for serving the local church in ministry.
Graphic Design (Harborside Church)
Aug 31 - Nov 19, 20 hours per week
- Assist in designing brochures, flyers, graphics, and event promotions.
- Work in Adobe InDesign to create layouts that align with brand guidelines.
- Collaborate with the design team.
- Organize and maintain design assets, templates, and project files.
- Recruit, train, and spiritually shepherd volunteers.
- Requirements: Must have basic knowledge of Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Understanding of typography, layout design, and visual hierarchy. Must have a passion for serving the local church in ministry. May be enrolled in classes simultaneously.
Wedding Chapel (Harborside Chapel)
Aug 31 - Nov 19, 30 hours per week
- Assist in Chapel administration, tours, and wedding coordinating.
- Organize/prepare wedding aesthetics and decor.
- Recruit, train, and spiritually shepherd volunteers.
- Manage social media for the Harborside Chapel.
- Requirements: Must have a heart for marriage ministry and passion for weddings. This position requires hour flexibility to accommodate weekend weddings.
- Website: https://harborsidechapel.org
Worship (Harborside Church)
Feb 1 - July 23, 30 hours per week
Jun 1 - July 23, 30 hours per week
- Recruit, train, and spiritually shepherd student and young adult worship teams.
- Assist and collaborate in other worship environments as needed.
- Prepare worship environments (program computers, set-up rooms, schedule volunteers, contribute new ideas, clean, etc).
- Learn the technology, musicianship, and leadership needed to be an effective worship leader.
- Requirements: Must have high musical ability, a passion and anointing to lead worship, and previous training/experience. Be prepared to submit an audition video.
Students / Young Adults (Harborside Church)
Jun 1 - Jul 23, 30 hours per week
- Assistance leading students and young adults.
- Build relationships with and evangelize to ages 11-29 in the church and community.
- Planning, marketing, and execution of services and events.
- Recruit, train, and spiritually shepherd volunteers.
- Collaborate and help with other family ministry areas and events.
- Requirements: Must have a passion for leading young people.
- Gain leadership skills and experience.
- Work within the community and partner with the cty of Safety Harbor.
- Gain basic workforce career experience.
- Train in boldness (2 Timothy 1:7) and grow in your relationship with God.
- Work alongside the Harborside Church ministry staff.
- Love and lead people into encounters with the fullness of God.
Choose the department that initially made you excited. If you need help, ask a parent or close friend which one they recommend for you.
We are closed most Fridays and Saturdays for rest, play, and other work. Paid Interns are considered Harborside staff for summer, so this should be treated as a job position.
There is no tuition cost for the internship program! Interns are paid. Lunch and transportation are not provided.
Sundays, the attire is business casual. Work Days, we ask that you dress according to the department leader's expectations. No pajamas, spaghetti straps, or crop tops allowed.
- Time management
- Basic budgeting
- Event leadership
- Communication
- Working within diversity
- Creativity
- Innovation
- Teamwork
- Leadership
- Kingdom culture
- Hearing God’s voice
Pray first! Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal his plan. Then, seek wise counsel, asking your parents and mentors for advice. Finally, chase peace. When you consider joining the internship program, does peace surround you? If you can say, “yes” to any of these promptings, you should at least apply. Should you be selected, there will be an opportunity for you to accept or decline the offer at a later date.