(Earlier) First impressions:

Dear Summer Church,

You don’t know me yet, but (Surprise!!!) I’m your intern for the summer. I hope you like me. 
No…I hope you’ll love me. I hope that I can be awesome and impressive so that you’ll tell me all about the wonderful pastor I’ll be some day. I need that. I need encouragement. And right now, I feel unworthy.
Short.
Lazy.
Completely undisciplined and unimportant.
(and also kinda like crying)

I’m scared to death of this two paragraph self-introduction because it’ll set the tone for an entire summer. I don’t want to be typical and boring—you’ll never read that—but if I’m too honest and too vulnerable, I won’t sound confident. And you have to be confident to be authoritative. So People say.
(but isn’t honesty much more important to the Christian message? Can’t you lead through vulnerability? ...also, I’m an intern. Should I actually be leading anything at all?)

If I’m being totally honest, I’m trying to impress you. I’m trying to captivate you with my depth and my witty humor. Too much sparkle and I’ll sound fake, so I’m balancing between confidence and humility; humor and serious spirituality;
.....and vulnerability and authority.

Quite frankly, this entire ordeal has left me emotionally exhausted (and slightly longwinded) so I’m just going to say that my name is Emily. I’ll be at your church for ten weeks. You’ll meet me then.

Sincerely Overwhelmed,
     ~The tiny red-head who wants to play preacher

In retrospect: I wrote the above because I was having total writers block. My summer internship church asked for a bio for the newsletter which would introduce myself and also “share some summer goals.” (in two paragraphs!!!!)
After my first draft was lost in cyberspace, (stupid side-button on my husband's mouse) I made the 'mistake' of asking some friends for their opinion on my second copy. 

“It's too vulnerable," they said. "You don’t want to be stereotyped as the funny cute little thing who can't handle authority. This blurb will set the tone for your entire summer. ”(no pressure)

They were right, of course, but it left me in a time crunch with no creative angle and way, waaaaaay more stress. So I word-vomited to cleanse the palate.

(conclusion in retrospect):
If anything, I have realized that I’m fighting against the desire for/temptation to seek approval. What’s the point??Am I off to this church to be loved? or is my purpose to learn and serve? A little tiny voice is whining 'Can't I have both?' but I don't think so. There can be only one master and I'm going into ministry for God. I’m going to have to battle the desire to be liked in order to make sure I’m not serving my vanity this summer.