The QuadW Missional Internship is now taking applications for the summer of 2014! Over fifty openings are available in Mobile, Montgomery, Kansas City, and Pine Bluff (Arkansas). This challenging experience is an opportunity to be the Church, making a difference in some of our most challenging inner city communities. Interns will help design and lead ministries that impact children as well as the broader populations in each neighborhood. They will experience intentional Christian community as they live together, worship together, study Scripture, and support one another in the journey of faith.
Interns are also trained as missional leaders who model a missional-incarnational understanding and practice of Church. Being a “missional-incarnational” Church means following Jesus’ command to “Go”—a Church that embraces the model of Jesus to enter the messiness of the world around us, as Jesus has entered the messiness of our lives. We go as a “sent people” to bear his light, bearing the Good News in word and deed. Most interns describe this as one of the most challenging experiences of their lives and also one of the most rewarding.
The internship offers a $2000 stipend plus room and board. Applications can be submitted online at
quadwmi.org/ . Applicants must have completed their freshman year of college and be no older than twenty-five years old.
The Goals of the QuadW Missional Internship
1. To provide a life-changing experience for interns.
2. To serve alongside those in struggling communities.
3. To help congregations reconnect with their own neighborhoods.
Testimonies
“As an intern I was exposed to the needs of the Mobile area and compelled to make a difference. The training and intense study of material and the Word of God prepared me for service at Taylor Park (Inner City Mission) and St. Francis Street United Methodist Church. Taylor Park hosted a summer program for over one hundred and twenty youth. My team served as educators, mentors, and spiritual role models for all of these youth. There were very tough times and challenges that we faced while serving but God humbled us and allowed us to make a difference in the lives of many. I am truly grateful for the small group studies and worship that kept me encouraged and focused on a daily basis. Over all this internship not only focused to reach out to those in need but intentionally promoted growth in our relationships with Christ.” (Porsche Holland)
“It scarred me for life, in the best possible way” (Wesley Anderson, who met his wife Charsy in the internship)
“I came here cynical about church, but I’ve realized that if I’m not doing what I want I want the church to do, then I’m the same kind of hypocrite I always complain about. At the beginning of the summer, I felt like God was calling me here to help the world, but God called me here to wake me up! I think many more students could use that. …. This summer has been amazing. I am new. I have learned. I will remember, and apply this for the rest of my life.” (Stephanie Bamberg)
“Through my experience at QuadW, God broke, molded, and remade both me and my ideas of what it means to follow Jesus. I am now on track to become a pastor in the United Methodist Church, and I have the QuadW Missional Internship to thank for that.” (Rhett Butler, now in seminary at Duke)
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