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Internships and Employment

Internships and Employment


Students on alternative break
  • Summer staff host groups of work teams which provide housing repair
  • Ministry based in Tennessee
  • Provide hospitality to the immigrant poor in El Paso, Tex/Juarez, Mexico region
  • Year-long or summer commitment
  • Room and board provided

Catholic Campaign for Human Development

  • Variety of duties, including working with youth and researching
  • Summer or semester commitment
  • Stipend provided
  • Volunteer placements of various lengths, one week to one year
  • Many provide room, board and/or stipend
  • Extensive searchable database
  • An opportunity to integrate social service and spiritual reflection
  • Nine week to one-year commitment
  • Room and board provided
  • Guide outdoor adventure trips in a Christian atmosphere
  • Summer commitment

“Sometimes it takes a day or a week to volunteer somewhere or just sit down and have a conversation with someone who is hurting or in need in order to let them know that you care. It is so important to do that because we are here on this earth for each other and not just as individuals but as the body of Christ. ”- Amanda Nixon

  • Paid summer internships in children's and youth ministry in a large congregation in Minnesota
  • 10 weeks, from Memorial Day to August
  • Work in a national park and lead worship services on weekends
  • Summer commitment
  • Stipend provided
Christian Residential Camps Staff
  • Summer, semester, or one or two year missionary work
  • Assisting mission trips as they engage in urban ministry
  • Youth and urban ministry

Eco-Spirituality

  • Internship with the Benedictine Sisters in Madison, WI
  • Work on the prairie and monastery grounds
  • Room and board provided
  • A listing of numerous internship possibilities
Students on alternative break
  • Youth ministry internship
  • 12-15 month commitment
  • Housing and salary provided
  • 10-weeks employment
  • Room, board and stipend
  • A web site listing many domestic and international non-profit opportunities
  • Paid summer positions in Christian sports ministry
  • Working in a religious community in Scotland
chapel fun
  • US and international summer missionary opportunities through Collegiate Baptist Missions
  • Teach English in China
  • One year commitment
  • Medical mission work based from a ship that travels internationally
  • A web site listing thousands of opportunities 
 
  • Five team members and one supervisor are hired for this summer health ministry
  • Catholic Social Teaching Summer Internship
  • Must raise money for housing and stipend
  • Student missionaries volunteering in rural areas of the Philippines, sponsored by International Mission Board, Southern Baptist
  • Eight-week exposure to urban ministry
  • Summer or semester missionary opportunities sponsored by Southern Baptists
Project Transformation
  • Interns work with Methodist ministries in Virginia, Texas or Oklahoma; Christians of other denominations may also apply
  • An extensive list of links for denominational, mission and non-profit employment
Students on alternative break
  • Summer camp that engages children and youth in service work
  • Communal Christian living
  • Service to the poor
  • Work on a Native American reservation receiving work groups
  • Room, board and stipend provided
  • Offers both summer and year-long paid internships in Children's Ministry
  • Summer staff positions for conference center
  • Hospitality, spiritual formation and vocational positions
  • Housing, meals and stipend provided
  • Paid internships in congregations and non-profits along with structured reflection on vocation
  • Various opportunities through the Presbyterian Church (USA)
  • Live and work with an international monastic community in France

Transforming Leaders

  • Mission work in Detroit; housing and stipend provided.
  • Summer conference and stipend for the participant
Volunteer Internships (often must pay a fee and/or raise own support)
Year-Long Experiences
Year-long service experiences often provide housing and a stipend, although some require participants to raise their own support. Also many of the above agencies offer a year-long experience.

 

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Brett Seymoure

Brett Seymoure
Graduation: 2009
Major: Biology
From: Paw Paw, Michigan
Interests: Sports, Politics

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