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| Photo by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford |
| 2010 Youth Peace Travel Team - jumping |
The denomination’s Youth and Young Adult Ministry is seeking
applicants for Ministry Summer Service and the 2013 Youth Peace Travel
Team. Registration for both of these summer programs closes on Friday,
Jan. 11. Go to
www.brethren.org/yya/mss for more about Ministry Summer Service. Go to
www.brethren.org/yya/peaceteam.html for more on the Youth Peace Travel Team.
Ministry Summer Service
Ministry Summer Service (MSS) is a leadership development program for
college students in the Church of the Brethren, who spend 10 weeks of
the summer working in the church--either in a congregation, district
office, camp, Youth Peace Travel Team, or denominational program.
Through MSS, God calls congregations to reach out in the ministry of
teaching and receiving new leadership, and God calls young adults to
explore the possibility of church work as their vocation.
The MSS orientation dates for 2013 are May 31-June 5. Interns are
required to spend one week at the orientation with the other interns,
followed by nine weeks working in a church setting to develop leadership
skills and to explore a call to ministry. Interns receive a $2,500
tuition grant, food and housing for 10 weeks, $100 per month spending
money, transportation from orientation to their placement,
transportation from their placement to home.
Congregations and other placement sites are expected to provide an
atmosphere for learning, reflection, and development of leadership
skills of the intern; a setting for intern to engage in ministry and
service for a 10-week period; a stipend of $100 a month, plus room and
board; transportation on the job and travel of the intern from
orientation to the placement site; a structure for planning, developing,
and implementing a ministry or service project in a variety of areas;
financial resources and time for the pastor or another mentor to attend
two days of orientation.
Mentors are expected to spend at least an hour a week with the intern
in intentional supervision or mentoring, using materials shared during
orientation or other ideas to develop their own model and style for
doing mentoring or supervision; informally check in daily with the
intern for questions, progress reports, and feedback; negotiate
expectations for the number of hours the intern will work each week;
prepare a written report; assist the placement site in creating a
support network for the intern; communicate expectations and
responsibilities to the intern and to the congregation or placement
site; attend a two day orientation.
Four of the Church of the Brethren-related colleges and universities
(Bridgewater, Elizabethtown, Manchester, and McPherson) provide $2,500
scholarship from the respective college for the first two interns from
their institutions who participate in MSS, and the Ministry Summer
Service program provides $2,500 per student for each young adult from
other colleges.
For more information go to
www.brethren.org/yya/mss.
Youth Peace Travel Team
The Youth Peace Travel Team, composed of Ministry Summer Service
interns, is sponsored by the Church of the Brethren, On Earth Peace, and
the Outdoor Ministries Association. The group gives peace programs at a
variety of camps and conferences over the summer including the Annual
Conference of the Church of the Brethren.
The first Youth Peace Travel Team was formed in the summer of 1991 as
a cooperative effort of a number of Church of the Brethren programs.
Since that year, a team has been fielded every summer. The members of
the team travel to Brethren camps throughout the US with the goal of
talking with other young people about the Christian message and the
Brethren tradition of peacemaking.
College age Church of the Brethren young adults (19-22 years old)
will be selected for the next team. Team members receive the same
scholarship and benefits as other MSS interns.
Go to
www.brethren.org/yya/peaceteam.html or for more information, contact the Youth and Young Adult Ministry office at 800-323-8039 ext. 385 or
cobyouth@brethren.org.
Source: 1/10/2013 Newsline
When: April 19-21, 2013
The New Fire Task Force, in partnership with the
Ecumenical Young Adult Ministries Team (EYAMT),invites and encourages young
adults to apply for seed grants in the amount of up to $500 to support local
ecumenical young adult-initiated projects.
The
Church of the Brethren’s Youth Peace Travel Team for 2013 has been
announced: Jacob Crouse, Heather Gentry, and Amanda McLearn-Montz.
Three coordinators have been named for National Youth Conference
2014, to be held July 19-24, 2014, on the campus of Colorado State
University in Fort Collins, Colo.: Katie Cummings, Tim Heishman, and Sarah Neher.