Passion and Purpose - Internships and Fellowships

LILLY INTERNSHIPS: THE SUMMER DISCERNMENT INSTITUTE

The Lilly Summer Discernment Institute, as a program, was established in 2002 by a grant from the Lilly Endowment, Inc. to the University of the South. The purpose of the program is to develop a new generation of religious and service-oriented leaders through substantive experiences in summer internships. In particular, the program was developed to help attract students to the ordained ministry and to vocations that embrace service as a way of life. To that end, the University has established a Summer Discernment Institute (SDI) that will consist of five days of classes, orientation, speakers, discussion groups, and group activities at the University of the South, followed by six weeks of internships, and will culminate in a five-day session back at Sewanee for formal presentations by participants on their experiences, reflection, and discussions of significant learning. Sixteen internship opportunities through the SDI are broken down into two tracks as follows:

Track 1 - Parish-Based Internships: These internships involve students participating in the religious life of the parish community in addition to engaging in parish-sponsored outreach. (Opportunities can be arranged through the University of the South with specific parishes in New York City, Los Angeles, Atlanta, North Carolina and Dallas. For more information, see descriptions below).

Track 2 - Independent Internships: These internships provide an opportunity for students to explore service as a way of life.

The Summer Discernment Institute operates within the Christian tradition, but invites interns to reflect on concepts of vocation and service from a variety of religious and ethical perspectives. The Institute solicits applications from all students interested in participating in such reflection, regardless of their religious or ethical orientation. We welcome a variety of vocational paths and ways of exploring your classing.

Students are paid stipends amounting to $2400.00. Work at site is expected to be thirty-five to forty hours per week for six week.

Learn more: www.sewanee.edu/lillyproj/lsdi.html

EPISCOPAL SERVICE CORPS

We have faith…

· that service changes lives – of the people serving as well as those being served.
· that working for justice can heal the world.
· that taking time out to...
    reflect
    understand
    pray
    discern
...may be the most important time of your life.

The Episcopal Service Corps is made up of programs across the United States that call young adults to...

· touch and improve the lives of others.
· work for justice.
· clarify their values and priorities.
· strengthen their leadership skills.
· find out how they are being called to transform the world.

We are based in diverse Episcopal communities throughout the United States. Each of our programs has unique features and gifts. We invite you to learn more about us and consider joining this important work.

Learn more about internships available through ESC: www.episcopalservicecorps.org/

YOUNG ADULT SERVICE CORPS (YASC)

ASC offers one-year assignments to work with a local church (or church-founded institution/ program.)

• Ready for an experience that will transform your life?

• Want to be a part of what God is doing in the world?

• Want to help, work, laugh, love, cry, and worship with God’s people?

Serving in a local ministry in a diocese of the Anglican Communion for one year, young adults will experience:

• Cultural Engagement

• Spiritual Commitment

• Vocational Reflection

Open to Episcopalians 21-30 years of age, applicants will have a high degree of maturity and possess a faith commitment, a willingness to be a humble guest, a gracious ambassador, and an authentic companion.

The program is intended to bring young adults into the life of the Anglican Communion and into the daily work of a particular community; yet it brings the resources of the church into the lives of younger people as they explore the paths their faith may be leading them. The emphases of YASC include cultural engagement, spiritual commitment, and vocational reflection - lived out together in a work of service.

Learn more and watch the YASC video: www.episcopalchurch.org/30703_1700_ENG_HTM.htm

UNDERGRADUATES EXPLORING MINISTRY

The Fund for Theological Education (FTE) offers a program of financial help and a network of support for gifted, self-aware, imaginative students considering going into the ministry. Available to current sophomores and juniors, under 30, in accredited undergraduate programs at North American colleges and universities. Must be nominated by college faculty, administrators, campus ministers or current pastors.

Learn more: www.thefund.org/programs/undergrads_fellowships.phtml