Adult Sports, Marketing or Accounting Summer Internship

Catholic Sports's internships are a great way to gain experience, build relationships and learn about the Catholic faith. These opportunities can lead to bigger roles. When hiring full-time staff, the first invitations we make are to our interns.

Overview

Catholic Sports is a Denver-based, nationally growing young adult recreational sports outreach ministry. According to a 2018 Cigna Health research study, Generation Z (18-25 year-olds) is the loneliest generation of our time. In response, we have made it our mission to build an authentic community for young adults through recreational sports. Our leagues expose players to this authentic community, through which they will be invited into our Bible Studies and enabled to grow in a personal relationship with Jesus.

We have seen incredible fruit in our apostolate. God is using us to provide a community of belonging - a family within the family of God for young adults. Numerous marriages, re-conversions, and conversions have occurred as the Holy Spirit blesses our efforts. Is God inviting you to the harvest through Catholic Sports?

Mission

To build authentic community through recreational sports

Vision

Authentic Young adult community everywhere

Core Values

• Catholic Orthodoxy
• Hospitable Outreach
• Vulnerable Intimacy
  
  

Requirements

• Sports Missionary Interns are preferred to be Practicing Catholics (living out the precepts of the Church), for other roles this preference is waived. All applicants are considered seriously.
• Interpersonal skills, including:
• Exercising our core values
• Ability to cast vision, disciple, and lead others
  

Responsibilities

• The internship will start and end dates will vary depending on which internship timeframe you select. It will take place in Denver, CO (specific start and end dates of the internship may vary depending on the intern's school schedule and our staff schedule). PLEASE LET US KNOW WHICH INTERNSHIP TIME FRAME YOU'RE MOST INTERESTED IN.
• Attend weekly staff meetings, bi-weekly staff formations, bi-weekly staff workouts, and the end-of-summer staff retreat.
  
  

Sports Missionary Interns

• Reading The God Ask by Steve Shadrack & completing the in-book Bible studies/reflections preferably before the official start of the internship. You will have until the end of the second week of the internship to complete these tasks.
• Raising $2,500 to fund the mission of CATHOLIC SPORTS and to cover your room, boarding, and food that will be provided by your host family/household (Applicable for Summer Internships Only)
• Setting up appointments with clients. In these meetings, you will give your testimony, explain the mission and vision of CATHOLIC SPORTS, and ask for a donation. (Applicable for Summer Internships Only)
• Completing MPD (Missionary Partnership Development) Training. This will include training for phone calls, giving a 3 minute testimony, setting up an appointment, and going through the appointment process with a potential donor.
• Shadowing a CATHOLIC SPORTS missionary, and helping run and manage our various leagues and tournaments. After a handful of weeks of practice, you will be given the responsibility of running and managing a league and tournament on your own. This process will include marketing and promoting the event(s), creating the league/tournament schedule, documenting scores, emailing league members, attending post-game socials, and more.
• Attending, aiding, and creating a social event. This will include promoting the social, helping with prep and set up, ensuring the event runs smoothly, and helping with clean up.
• Attend a Bible study every week in which you will meet all of our volunteer leaders and experience their different studies. Upon completion of attending all of the studies, you will then coordinate with a leader of your choice and lead his/her study.
• Attend a Bible study every week in which you will meet all of our volunteer leaders and experience their different studies. Upon completion of attending all of the studies, you will then coordinate with a leader of your choice and lead his/her study.
  
  

Accounting/Finance Internship

• Work with the Board finance committee and President to prepare reports and do financial analysis
• Fine tune the Catholic Sports pricing model and research competitors in the sports industry
• Learn about budgeting, payroll, and fundraising for non-profits
• Actually do some bookkeeping and financial work for our mission
  
  

Marketing Internship

• Lead our marketing efforts on social media
• Work under the direction of a professional marketing coach to create processes for Catholic Sports marketing
• Do graphic design work with Canva and Other tools for Catholic Sports
• Learn about Brand packets and implement the Catholic Sports brand identity
• Research and purchase Catholic Sports swag and brand promotion items
• Help Catholic Sports recruit future talent by marketing our job opportunities
  
  

Further Details

• Flexible work schedule
• Frequent nights & weekends
• Will occasionally work 50 hours per week
• This is an unpaid internship. Room and board are included, as well as a shareable car for local transportation.
• You will have the opportunity to hike and see Colorado.
• No relocation, vacation, or out of city travel expenses will be reimbursed for this role.
  
  

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.

Please note, to be eligible for the $5000 internship scholarship, interns must fundraise $2,000 in living expenses for the summer. This is required for interns doing the missionary internship, as we want them to have a full missionary experience and go through a shortened fundraising training. This is optional for all other unpaid internships.