internships
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Learning Among the Urban Poor
Has God called you to serve the urban poor? Are you seriously considering living among the urban poor in either the U.S. or overseas? If so, consider one of our internships to continue on the journey.
♦ Two Year Internship - Greater Los Angeles, Oakland and San José, California
Servant Partner’s Two-year Internship equips mature disciples as servant leaders who actively love the urban poor, through communal & experiential discipleship. Interns live together, study Scripture together, and minister together while pursuing a deeper relationship with God. One intern described her experience as “a two-year crash course in deeper discipleship”. If you’re looking to go deeper in your relationship with Jesus and you want to grow in serving the poor, this could be a great place for you!
The two-year internship begins in the fall each year. We are currently accepting applications for Fall 2013 sites.
♦ San Jose, CA for Fall 2013 (It's unlikely that another domestic site will start in Fall 2013)
Admission: Application due February 15th, 2013
Interns commit to community
Interns live together in an urban poor neighborhood within Greater Los Angeles, Oakland or San José near one of our partner churches. This is an intentional community living experience where interns are eating together, praying together, serving their neighbors together as well as learning to love and reconcile with one another.
Interns commit to discipleship
Interns will be open to hearing the voice of God in new and unexpected ways--in the scriptures, from staff members, from neighbors, and from each other. We begin in the early fall with a three week trip to an overseas slum to give interns a vision for urban church planting and holistic community transformation. Upon returning to the US, interns serve and live among their low-income neighbors to personally understand the needs and struggles of the neighborhood. As they participate in the ministry of a local church in their communities, interns receive practical training on the ins and outs of church planting and community organizing among the urban poor.
Download Application (word doc)
For more informationabout the internship program, contact us at: internships@servantpartners.org
♦ International Internship - Bangkok, Thailand
For 10 months in Bangkok, you can live in an urban poor community with a multi-national team of interns. Participants will walk alongside rising leaders in poor communities as partners, growing together as true neighbors, sharing of themselves and of their resources. Interns will gain skills in development work, deepen spiritual foundations and identity, and be challenged to love wholeheartedly. This program is ideal for mature, open self-starters considering international missions and development work.
Our team works in partnership with local Thai leaders, focusing on leadership development, implementing community organizing principles and processes. We work to equip the local Thai church in holistic ministry and partner with secular leaders to practically improve and empower the poor. Apprentices will also serve in house churches, supporting and building up Thai leaders and participating in ushering God's Kingdom in the communities in which they live as they learn from those around them. As a Servant Partners apprentice you would be living incarnationally in a slum community while learning language, building relationships and serving to develop leaders in discipleship, community organizing, youth programs, land rights and public health, among other things.
Admission: Application Deadline April 20, 2013
Download Bangkok Internship Application
Download Bangkok Internship References
For more information, email daniel.groot@servantpartners.org
♦ International Internship - Kolkata, India
This fall, consider giving two months to encounter God in Kolkata India! This 8 week exposure, gives you a firsthand look at different ministries working with the urban poor in Kolkata. You will be living in community with other interns while serving with a variety of different ministries (e.g. small business, church planting, sports ministry, etc.). This opportunity is for anyone who feels that God might be calling them to work with the urban poor in India and is looking for a chance to explore that invitation.
Interns will be living in community, doing life together, in an apartment adjacent to the slums. They will study scripture, worship, and receive teaching and training while working 5 days a week with local ministries and non-profits. This urban retreat will be marked by values of simplicity (limited access to electronics, internet, etc.) so as to fully engage the city.
This internship is for people college-age and up exploring a calling to the urban poor and/or India. The internship begins and ends in Vancouver, Canada.
Kolkata Internship 2013: Oct. 10 – Dec. 18 2013
For more information, email Daniel at daniel.groot@servantpartners.org
♦ International Internship - Manila, The Philippines
For 6 weeks to 6 months in Manila, you can experience life firsthand in a slum community. Participants stay in homes, build relationships, and participate in the ministry of a local church in a squatter community. Interns receive biblical teaching on urban ministry, visit other thriving ministries in the city, take strategic prayer walks, and discover how the whole system of the city and region impact squatter life. For mature individuals 18 and over.
Interns experience life in a slum community in Manila. Participants stay in local squatter homes, build relationships, and participate in the ministry of a local church in the squatter community. Interns receive biblical teaching on urban ministry, visit other thriving ministries in the city, take strategic prayer walks, and experience the ways other parts of the city impact squatter life. The internship can be tailored to fit the interests and desires of the individual, and the length of time is negotiable. Anyone over 18 years of age may apply. It is open to both individuals and teams. For more information, email Daniel at daniel.groot@servantpartners.org
Download Manila Internship Application
Download Manila Internship References
Download Interview with Manila Internship Directors Aaron and Ema Smith
♦ International Internship - Tegucigalpa, Honduras
This summer, spend six weeks in the community of Flor Del Campo in Tegucigalpa. You will experience life first hand in a slum community as you stay with local families and build relationships with those around you. Interns will be immersed in holistic ministry completely directed by Honduran nationals, specifically working in microenterprise projects and youth outreach (note: if you have other interests, other opportunities can be discussed).
Interns receive biblical teaching on urban ministry, participate in two spiritual retreats and are provided intentional spiritual formation guided by the ministry’s spiritual director Suzy McCall, who has served as a missionary in Honduras for more than twenty years. This internship is specifically designed for men and women who have sensed God might be calling you to a life of service to Him among “the least of these.”
Anyone over 18 years of age may apply. Requirements include conversational proficiency in Spanish along with completion of the application process.
Tegucigalpa Internship 2013: Canceled for 2013
For more information, email daniel.groot@servantpartners.org
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