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Internships and Employment

Internships and Employment for those interested in Christian Service

 
Provide hospitality to the immigrant poor; room and board provided
 
Work with the poor; stipend provided
 
Volunteer placements of various lenghts, one week to one year. Many provide room, board and/or stipend.
 
An opportunity to integrate social service and spiritual reflection; room and board provided
 
Various employment leads
 
Summer staff with high adventure outdoor Christian ministries  
 
Paid summer internships in children's and youth ministry in a large congregation in Minnesota
 
Work in a park; lead worship services on weekends
 
Christian Residential Camps Staff
 
Assisting mission trips as they engage in urban ministry
 
Youth and urban ministry
 
A listing of numerous internship possibilities
 
Youth ministry internship of 12-15 months duration; housing and salary provided
 
10-weeks employment for room, board and stipend
 
Facilitate and host youth work camps; room, board and stipend.
 
A web site listing many domestic and international non-profit opportunities
 
Paid summer positions in Christian sports ministry 
 
Room, board and small stipend for summer volunteers
 
US and international summer missionary opportunities through Collegiate Baptist Missions
 
Teach English in China
 
A web site listing thousands of opportunities
 
Sample opportunities: Heifer Project Ranch, Sitka Youth Hostel, Cook College; most offer housing and a stipend
 
Five team members and one supervisor are hired for this summer health ministry (click on Synod Missions)
Catholic Social Teaching Summer Internship; 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, conference, stipend
 
Summer, semester, or one or two year 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
 
Summer camp which engages children and youth in service work
 
Work on a Native American reservation recieving work groups; room, board and stipend provided
 
Summer staff positions for conference center
 
Work with children and youth programming; stipend and housing with church members
 
Administrive positions with housing, meals and stipend provided
 
Summer, semester, or one or two year missionary work with Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
 
Paid internships in congregations and nonpprofits along with structured reflection on vocation
 
Various opportunities through the Presbyterian Church (USA)
 
Live and work with an international monastic community in France
 
Summer conference and $1,500 stipend for the participant
 
Volunteer Internships (often must pay a fee and/or raise own support)
Bread for the World - Seek justice for the hungry through lobbying
The Bridge - Baptist mission opportunities
Campus Crusade for Christ - Evangelistic work on college campuses
Food for the Hungry - Work to meet spiritual and physical needs
Horizon International  - Work with AIDS orphans in Africa
Presbyterian Border Ministry - Work on the US - Mexico border
The Task - International mission service sponsored by Southern Baptists
Volunteers for China - Teach English in China
 
Year-Long Experiences
Many of the above agencies offer a year-long experience
Lalanne - Teaching in Catholic Schools; compensation provided
L'Arche - Christian communities serving those with development disabilities
L'Arche in Washington DC - Service to the disabled; compensation provided
Lutheran Volunteer Corps - Work for a faith-based non profit; compensation provided
Presbyterian Church (USA)  - Internship in the national offices; compensation provided 
Sojourners - Faith formation and political activism
Young Adult Volunteers - Service opportunities with the Presbyterian Church (USA)

 

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Student Profile

Elizabeth Heitsch

Elizabeth Heitsch
Graduation: 2008
Major: History
From: St. Louis, Michigan
Interests: Reading, Music

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