What Are You Doing This Summer?

Disciples Home Missions is thrilled to call on young adults to serve in mission leadership each summer through the summer intern program. Please read the following information carefully; if you feel that a summer internship may be for you, a link to the application is at the bottom of this page.

Are you looking for a faith-filled adventure? Do you imagine a life beyond the mundane, working beyond cultural boundaries, faithfulness beyond the familiar? This may be just what you’re looking for.

Disciples Volunteering seeks applicants for summer internships, to serve with mission partners across the country. With a primary focus on Leadership Development, interns may host volunteer groups in mission settings, face cross-cultural issues, engage diverse groups of people, serve in hands-on mission experiences through the church, provide leadership within a congregational setting, and help church groups make justice connections between the mission site and their home churches.

Each intern can expect individual supervision and opportunities for reflection on personal, spiritual, and social justice issues. Some interns may also earn college or seminary Field Education credit, with theological supervision provided through Disciples Volunteering.

A number of placements are available, perhaps including:

  • Disciples Volunteering Disaster Response Mission Station
  • Yakama Christian Mission, White Swan, Washington
  • Urban Spirit, Louisville, KY
  • Urban Mission Inn, St. Louis, MO

Preference will be given to members of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) or the United Church of Christ.

Applicants must be age 20 to 26 (as of Memorial Day) and be available for placement without interruption from late May to mid-August.

Each intern earns a stipend of $2,500, sponsored through DHM and Week of Compassion; lodging and travel are provided.

The application deadline is now rolling and interviews will be scheduled as complete applications are received. Although the deadline has passed, if internships remain unfilled, the process will be extended.

The application form is available HERE. For additional information contact: Intern Coordinator Deb Conrad at (502) 550-1236, Josh Baird at (985) 778-6915, or Brenda Tyler at (317) 713-2642.

As of 3/13/2018 there is one spot remaining open for this program.