Internships and Employment

Internships and Employment


Students on alternative break
  • Internship opportunity in Grand Rapids
  • Working to integrate the ideas of religion and liberty
 
  • Summer staff host groups of work teams which provide housing repair
  • Ministry based in Tennessee
  • Receive and supervise work teams
  • Work in home repair for low-income families
  • Provide hospitality to the immigrant poor in El Paso, Texas/Juarez, Mexico region
  • Year-long or summer commitment
  • Room and board provided
  • Volunteer placements of various lengths, one week to one year
  • Many provide room, board and/or stipend
  • Extensive searchable database
  • Direct service to the poor in Flint and Ypsilanti
  • Volunteer service while living in Christian community

Catholic Worker Movement

  • Direct work with the poor while living simply with others
  • Many locations around the country
 
  • An opportunity to integrate social service and spiritual reflection
  • Nine-week to one-year commitment
  • Room and board provided

“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


  • Guide outdoor adventure trips in a Christian atmosphere
  • Summer commitment
  • 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
  • Explore interfaith relations, non-violence and gardening
  • Live in a multifaith community; food, housing, stipend provided
  • Assisting mission trips as they engage in urban ministry
  • Youth and urban ministry
  • Work in environmental issues with faith-based organizations
  • Paid internship in West Virginia
Students on alternative break
  • 10 weeks employment
  • Room, board and stipend
  • 2-month summer position building homes for those in need
  • AmeriCorps VISTA program
  • Experience in Christian community, working on the land
  • For single women
  • Two to four weeks in the summer; room and board provided
 
  • 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
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  • U.S. 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

3.0 Missional Leadership Training

  • Service to children in Mobile, Alabama
  • Room, board, stipend provided
  • A web site listing thousands of opportunities 
  • Five team members and one supervisor are hired for this summer health ministry
  • Work at a Presbyterian Conference Center in the mountains of North Carolina
  • Room, board and salary provided 

Motown Mission

  • Summer staff in Detroit recieving work groups
  • Live together in intentional Christian community
 
  • Student missionaries volunteering in rural areas of the Philippines, sponsored by International Mission Board, Southern Baptist
  • Summer or semester missionary opportunities sponsored by Southern Baptists
Project Transformation
  • Interns work with Methodist ministries in Texas or Oklahoma; Christians of other denominations may also apply
Students on alternative break
  • Communal Christian living
  • Service to the poor
  • Summer work at an ecumenical retreat center in the mountains of Wyoming
  • Work with non-profit fair trade organization
  • Housing and stipend provided
 
  • 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
  • Summer conference and stipend for the participant

Vineyard Mission Outpost

  • Work in ministry 20 hours per week, stipend and housing provided
  • Variable length of service

YouthWorks

  • Paid summer and year-long positions
  • Lead sports camps for children or service trips for youth
Volunteer Internships (often must pay a fee and/or raise own support)
Funding Sources for Summer Experiences
The four programs listed below are for current Alma College students only and are awarded on a competitive basis. Applications are due in early March, but may be submitted earlier.
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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Leadership Profile

Sarah Cox

Sarah Cox
Graduation: 2015
Major: Biology

It didn’t even take a split second for Fenton sophomore Sarah Cox to decide whether she would join Alma College’s cheer team. She has been a cheerleader all her life, she says.

“I like performing in front of a crowd,” she says. “I’m not normally a loud person, but you can really be as loud and enthusiastic as you want while cheering. At Alma, we have a really great, supportive group, and Coach Sabourin is so enthusiastic.”

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