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Internships
Are you up for an adventure?
What would it look like if you gave up one year of your life and dedicated it to going on an adventure with Jesus? Crawley has been and will continue to be hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, we are loving and serving the local community at this time, seeing God move in amazing ways and would love for you to join us on this adventure. This is an intentional year to develop your faith in God, your call to lead like Jesus and your gifts to serve the church through the Holy Spirit.
Throughout the gospels, you see Jesus come alongside so many different people saying ‘follow me, learn my ways’. You’ll learn more about who you are, what He’s calling you into and how to thrive in a ministry environment. You will be stretched, challenged and encouraged - emotionally and spiritually - and we firmly believe when people step out in faith, Jesus moves through them!
Our internship programme gives you an inside view of church life by running ministries and serving on teams. It's aimed at 18-25 year olds, but anyone is welcome to apply. We are looking for people who are passionate about being a disciple of Jesus and seeing others become disciples of Jesus. We want to invest in you as you discover your gifts and the unique call on your life.
Find out more about our available internships within these different ministries —
Communications & Media
Kids
Youth
YOUng Adults
Production
Worship
Operations
Love Your Neighbour
Applications for September 2021 are now open!
Email us expressing interest before 18th July here.About you:
You will:
- Represent Jesus and live a life fully committed to Him
- Fully support the vision of St John’s Crawley
- Be ready and willing to do whatever it takes, exciting and mundane, to build the local church
What’s the time commitment?- Half a day – Training with St Peter's Brighton as part of their LDY (Leadership Development Year) scheme.
- One and a half additional days – set by the ministry lead at the start of the programme
- Sundays – serving within your ministry and across the services
- Events – helping to serve and put on events, such as the Summer Fete and Christmas Fayre
- Focus 2022 – serving on a team at Focus, the HTB network summer camp in July
- LC22 – joining the team at the Leadership Conference to hear from world leading experts in leadership.
The internship programme runs from September 2021 until July 2022. Attendance to the programme is mandatory during term time, we expect a 2.5 days a week commitment.
Cost
You will be fully responsible for your own housing, living and day to day transport costs. Cost of the teaching at the Leadership Development Year and travel to and from London/Brighton where necessary will be paid for by St John’s. We envisage interns will have a part time job to fund their living expenses. Any additional costs incurred as part of your role as an intern will be reimbursed according to our expenses policy.
Interested?
If you are interested in any of these, please send an email of interest, including any relevant experiences, to connect@stjohnscrawley.com before 18th July.
Internships
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Families
At SJC we love families and the life, laughter and chaos that brings. ALL are welcome at St Johns from the smallest to the biggest and it is a place we hope you can thrive and grow.
ABIDE
Abide Is a group for mums with children of all ages (from 0- 60) to abide with Jesus and connect with other Christians mums from church in the week. It is a half hour lunchtime to spend with Jesus, each every week on a Thursday from 1:15- 2:00. There is worship, a devotional then finishing with some prayer.
This is currently not running due to lockdown but has an active whatsapp group of mums supporting one another. If you would like to come along and/or join the whatsapp group please get in contact at reninca@stjohnscrawley.com
Kids Matter
Starting May 2021
This is a parenting program with a difference it is to equip parents and carers facing disadvantages with confidence, competence and community, enabling their children to thrive. and as part of Love Your Neighbour program to support families in Crawley.
If you would like to come on this course or get more involved please get in contact at reninca@stjohnscrawley.com
TOTSThis is a ministry to support parents and carers with pre school children this runs on a Tuesday mornings in the hall from 10:00- 11:30. This is a place where families or carers can come to a relaxed, loving, supportive environment to play, sing, listen to a story and do some craft.
If you would like any more information on above please get in contact reninca@stjohnscrawley.com
Parenting for FaithThe parenting for faith course is a video based resource that we will be using on a Wednesday night 8:00- 9:15 from February 3rd 2021. https://parentingforfaith.org
Parenting for faith is a video-based resource to support families with the discipleship of their children.
The goal of the course is to help parents discover that they are perfectly positioned to show their children the reality of a life with God and to empower them to have their own vibrant two way relationship with him.
There are eight sessions covering things like prayer, connection, making sense of life, unwinding wrong views and much more.
Families
At SJC we love families and the life, laughter and chaos that brings. All are welcome at St Johns from the smallest to the biggest and it is a place we hope you can thrive and grow. -
Kids
Welcome to KIDS at SJC. At St Johns we LOVE families and love spending time with your KIDS to help them grow in the way of Jesus.
It’s a place we can worship, play games, read the Bible, pray, laugh and have fun together.
All children are cherished, loved and welcome. If your children require any specialist support we would love to be able to support you in this way, so do get in touch.
Currently due to Covid restrictions each week we are now offering three ways of doing KIDS church. You can pick and choose what works for you. This is available for all children up to 11.
KIDS at HomeEach week we will send you a pack with a plan on how to do church together as a family at home with ideas, suggestions, memory verse, crafts, Bible passage and applications. Watch a KID song, watch a KID slot and follow the bible plan together at home. Email reninca@stjohnscrawley.com to request a pack.
KIDS on ZoomThis is a chance to connect, play a game, read Gods word and pray together. This is every Sunday at 10:15am so children can still connect in with each other and the team. They will be covering the same content as the children will be covering at KIDS Church live. For the link please email reninca@stjohnscrawley.com
KIDS on YoutubeOn our very own St Johns Channel each Sunday a new youtube video is posted with worship, games, story, craft, prayer and so much more.
As soon as we can we will get back to KIDS Church Live
Each week we will be having our KID SLOT and KID SONG as they are important part of our service.
If you want more information please let us know at connect@stjohnscrawley.com
Kids
Welcome to Kids at St John's Crawley. At St Johns we love families and love spending time with your kids to help them grow in the way of Jesus. -
Youth
Youth at SJC is a place where your young people can find a place to be rooted, grow, loved and thrive in their faith and in their identity.
We seek to love and support your young people with regular meet ups, events, weekends away and fun!
Currently all activities are now in person and we have measures in place to keep everyone safe.
THE FREEZER
6:30pm at St John’s Church Hall
This is a place for fun and connection through playing games, hanging out, being together and going deeper.
Sign up for the FREEZER party (16th July at 6:30pm) here!
SUNDAY YOUTH
5pm at St John’s Church Hall
Each Sunday we meet together to pray some games, read the word and worship together. Sundays are crucial to the young people growing as we seek to disciple them
FOCUS ALIVE
23rd-25th June at Holmsted Manor
Youth will have our very own Focus Alive area with a tuck shop, Nintendo Switch, games, prayer spaces, crafts and much more! Focus Alive is a great opportunity for us to catch up, connect and have fun! There are options for day tickets if you can’t come for the whole weekend.
Early bird tickets are available until 31st May so sign up before then. If we have to cancel because of COVID, there is a guarantee that you’ll get your money back. For more info and tickets click here.
There are lots of great activities planned for 2021 so please get in touch to find out more information.
You can contact our Youth Pastor Abby on abby@stjohnscrawley.com
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Youth
Youth at SJC is a place where your young people can find a place to be rooted, grow, loved and thrive in their faith and in their identity. We seek to love and support your young people with regular meet ups, events, weekends away and fun. -
Young Adults
At St John’s, we have a large and growing community of over 70 young adults (aged 18-30).
We believe that this is a unique stage in your life, whether you’re a student, starting a career or still trying to figure things out. As the Young Adults Team, we really want to support you in life and help you as you work out God’s plan for your life. We believe that we thrive in community, and we seek to foster this through services, meetings and socialising together. We all have individual gifts, and the Young Adults team seek to encourage people as we develop community with one another and look to serve the wider community of Crawley.
To find out more about Young Adults at St John’s or just to say hi, get in touch with Will, our Young Adults Pastor
Also, follow us on social media for information on our events and to find out generally what we’re up to!
Friday evening events (7.30pm, fortnightly)
Join us for our fortnightly socials, where we meet on Zoom for a games night or pub quiz. It’s a great way to have fun, not take ourselves too seriously and to get to know each other better. Check out our social media for more information!
Also, we really wanted to encourage Young Adults to sign up to a midweek group and come along to Sunday services, which are great for connecting with a variety of people across the church of all different ages. Once COVID-19 restrictions ease, we will be reintroducing the Young Adults pub trip taking place after the 6pm service, so watch this space for more details.
SERVICE
We have a Young Adults service in the church, where we get together to worship, pray and hear a short talk.
GATHERINGS
On the other occasions, we meet on Zoom to pray together, study the Bible or a Christian
book or socialise in the form of a games night or pub quiz.
Young Adults
At St John’s, we have a large and growing community of over 70 young adults (aged 18-30). We believe that this is a unique stage in your life, whether you’re a student, starting a career or still trying to figure things out. As the Young Adults Team, we really want to support you in life and help you as you work out God’s plan for your life. -
The Way Of Jesus
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We hear the language “follower of Jesus” all the time, but what does it mean to be a disciple, or apprentice, of the rabbi from Nazareth? Put simply, it means you re-organize your life around three goals: be with Jesus, become like Jesus and do what Jesus did.
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