One of the ways the Great Commission Worship
& Arts Center (GCWAC) and the Ethnic Worship & Arts Focus
(EW&AF) are potentially able to partner with you is through
internships.
We believe this can provide a potentially win-win-win situation
for the people doing the internships, for you as a partnering
ministry/school, etc., and for us as we partner together in order
to move forward in reaching toward the vision of seeing the nations
worshipping Jesus Christ, who deserves all our worship!.
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WHO:
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Internships could be done in conjunction with:
* Church’s worship & arts ministries
* Missionary Training Centers that need someone to help facilitate
some of their internship options
* Christian educators that need someone to help facilitate some
of the internships that they are wanting to provide for their
students regarding music or the arts and it’s relationship (and
their relationship as musicians or artists) to the Great Commission
* Mission agencies that need someone to help facilitate some of
their people
* Individuals who are interested in working with the Great Commission
Worship & Arts Center here in Vancouver
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WHERE:
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All of the above options could potentially be arranged either
as local internships in the city in which the mission, church,
school or missionary training center is; here in Vancouver, BC.,
Canada, working with the Great Commission Worship & Arts Center
in a very multi-cultural city; or overseas in conjunction with
missionaries that are stationed there. We can also consider having
you do an internship in your city or region, depending on the
situation.
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LENGTH:
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Length of the internships could vary - each situation would be
tailor-made on a person to person or situation to situation basis.
Probably the most likely options would consist of internships
that would be the duration of one school semester or a one year
internship.
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WHAT:
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Here are some possible options for you to consider - this is just
to get your prayerful imagination working! Please feel free to
present other options to us as well.
* RESEARCH on particular related topics
* Local SURVEYS about ethnic worship music or arts development
that is occurring in Vancouver, in your city or overseas
* International opportunities
* Assisting church planting teams in developing local desktop
ethnic worship recording studios
* Assisting missionary ethnomusicologists who are assisting local
church plants overseas
* Doing research on some of the more effective ways of helping
multi-cultural churches with their styles of worship music
* Writing articles on related topics
* Develop a children’s or teens program which helps to begin to
encourage young musicians and artists in their biblical foundations
and calling
* Working with the GCWAC in coordinating local Music & the
Arts and Missions Retreats - locally here in Vancouver, in your
city or elsewhere with another partnering ministry
* At the GCWAC in Vancouver - working alongside us in a mentoring
relationship. Following are some possibilities in that kind of
role:
+ administrative help
+ research
+ data entry
+ help with logistics
+ partnership development
+ developing various arms of related ministries
+ coordinating or helping to coordinate local related events
+ special projects
+ graphic design
+ web site development
+ bookkeeping
+ developing local ethnic worship recording teams/partnerships
+ develop fund raising aspect
+ develop prayer partner ministry
+ put together an occasional GCWAC newsletter for interested Greater
Vancouverites
+ do local related surveys
+ develop related resources
+ develop local prayer, fellowship & outreach groups to encourage
local missions minded musicians & artists in their regions
+ do a survey to find out all of the local ministries/churches,
etc. that share similar vision and begin to develop potential
partnerships with them
+ learn to develop reproducible ethnic worship songwriting workshops
+ potential overseas internships with church planting teams
+ Help coordinate local Worship & Arts Conference in partnership
with like-minded ministries/missions/churches
+ Do research re ethnic instruments
+ Do research on ethnic arts
+ Potentially help to develop business plan that is on our agenda
+ Develop seminars/workshops
+ Fundraising
+ Mobilization
+ Match needs with opportunities
ETC.
** SPECIFIC
OPPORTUNITIES
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WHEN:
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Contact us about your interest as soon as possible. We are a young
ministry and so do not yet have many staff, and so will respond
on a first-come, first-served basis and trust God to lead us by
His Spirit as we pray about potential options together.
Our first priority will be to prayerfully consider those that
live here in Vancouver, BC (from whichever culture they are from),
then other Canadians, then internationals.
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WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR in terms of possible
interns?
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Godly musicians, artists or other Great Commission-minded disciples
of Jesus Christ who want to play a vital role in working in conjunction
with us in reaching out into the marketplace in order to see all
nations worshipping Jesus.
More specifics of what we are looking for:
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While we recognize that no one has 'arrived',
we are looking for people whose hearts and lives are teachable
and increasingly moving in these directions:
Growing relationship with Jesus Christ
Growing understanding of His Word
Emotional stability - increasingly walking in the truth and increasingly
speaking the truth in love
Some understanding of their spiritual gifts
Related skills/experience
Related Desires, vision
Internship would be part of their larger vision
Willing to take initiative
Willing to take Spirit-led risks
Growing in their walk of faith
Willing to grow in their dependance on God
Responsible - can follow through when asked to do something -
faithful in the small things
Willing to be flexible
Growing in their servant-heart
Growing in humility
Leadership potential
Heart of worship - loves the Lord
Genuine growing relationship with the Lord
Growing in maturity
Possible cross cultural experience
Considering involvement in the aspect of music and/or the arts
as a possible long term option
Have a heart for the lost/heart for missions - do they have a
call to missions?
Willing to work at resolving potential conflicts
Submissive to authority / mutual accountability
Prayer is important to them
Healthy spiritual and emotional life which demonstrates peace
and joy in difficult situations
Growing interpersonal/communication skills
Possible evangelism/disciple-making experience
A growing affinity for making friends in other cultures
Track record of walking with God and a heart of obedience to Him
Teachable spirit and team player - servant heart/mutual loving
accountability
Growing evidence of the fruit of the Spirit
18 or older - depending on the internship
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FOR CREDIT?
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It is up to the partnering ministry whether the internships would
be accredited or not in relation to their program. We are willing
to flex with you and to negotiate on something we can all agree
on.
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COST?
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This will depend on the situation and will need to be discussed.
Most of the possibilities will probably not cost anything except
for personal living expenses, transportation costs, ministry expenses.
Other ministry expenses may be paid by the partnering ministry
or by the GCWAC, depending on the situation.
If some internships (ie. overseas opportunities) require some
fundraising to be done, we will provide the intern with some fund
raising helps/recommendations, etc.
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HOW:
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Steps to take if you are interested in:
* potentially doing an internship
* potentially partnering together to provide internships
1) Find
out More About Us: Read through our vision statement so we know
we’re on the same wavelength; About
Us. /
Bio of Founder/Director
2) Read through
our Statement of Faith and through our Core Valuesso
you know where we stand.
3) Read through our
intro page on Partnership, which is one of our strong values.
4) Read through the
WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU page for future reference.
5) If you feel that we are on the same wavelength, let us know
of your ideas/intentions as soon as possible so that we can begin
to prayerfully consider some possible options together. This applies
both to potentially partnering ministries/schools/missions, etc.
as well as to individuals;
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6) Tell us about yourself:
* IF YOU ARE A POTENTIAL PARTNERING MINISTRY (etc.), please tell
us a bit about your ministry and about the program that you would
like to have us help to facilitate by providing an internship
(or internships) for you. Please include your web site address
if you have it, as well as your email address.
* Tell us about your personal vision that relates to our vision
statement – perhaps there are also other ways in which we can
help to facilitate what’s on your heart.
* Please send us some summary information on what your ministry
is about and how this potential internship possibility would be
related to your ministry and also how you feel it could enhance
your ministry/school program, etc.
* Send us an outline of what you would like to see happen in the
internship (and where you would like to see it take place (here
in Vancouver with the GCWAC, where you are, or internationally)
– please be as clear as you can. Please include your list of requirements
and what your are looking for in terms of accountability and oversight,
etc.
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* IF YOU ARE AN INDIVIDUAL, please tell us about yourself – your
vision, what you are wanting to see happen (and where – ie. here
in Vancouver with the GCWAC, locally where you are, or internationally),
the related skills and experience that you have ‘under your belt’
already and what you would potentially like to see happen through
an internship with us. Please send us a resume if you have one.
We also request the contact information of your pastor or missions
leader, worship leader or ministry leader, etc., so that we can
send them a reference form to see whether they’re supportive of
your involvement in this internship. We prefer to work in conjunction/partnership
with the local sending churches when we are considering possible
interns. We will also request one other character reference that
we can contact.
Whether you’re an individual, ministry or school, etc., we will
also need to know:
* how often you would like to have us send you reports on your
intern’s progress, and we would need to see copies of the reports
you use.
* What are your guidelines? And we will need to work out our guidelines
with you/your intern as well.
* What are your expectations? And we will need to work out our
expectations in the particular scenario as well.
* What your objectives? -ie. one objective for some might be that
they are hoping to ‘scout out’ a potential specific longer term
opportunity overseas for in the future
* Other?
Again, please give us as much time as possible.
We will look forward to hearing from you and to seeing what God
may do through us as we partner together and trust Him to accomplish
His purposes fulfilled through us! We look forward to His doing
FAR MORE than we have asked or imagined! Glory to Jesus!
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