Site Descriptions for the
Lilly Summer Discernment Institute
The following are internship sites offered through the Discernment Office. You may, however, nominate an internship site of your own.
All Saints Chapel at the University of the South, Sewanee, TN
All Saints will accept an intern to act in the role of sacristan and to work with Chapel staff in other program areas. Summers at Sewanee have their share of liturgical celebrations, as well as concentrated times planning for the coming academic year. This internship is an exciting opportunity to learn about the various facets of campus ministry. Inquiries should be made to the Rev. Tom Ward, University Chaplain:
tward@sewanee.edu or visit our website at http://www.sewanee.edu/All_Saints .
The Church of the Ascension of Knoxville, TN
Knoxville is home to the University of Tennessee, TVA and the "gateway" to the Smokey Mountains. The Ascension is a church within the Diocese of East Tennessee, which comprises of around 16,000 members across 49 congregations. The local Diocese includes the urban areas of Knoxville, Chattanooga and Tri-cities as well as rural mountain communities. Membership at The Ascension is around 1,900 good souls served by a staff that includes five clergy. It is a vibrant, growing community with four worship services on Sunday including two contiguous services at 9:00am. One 9:00am service is in the beautiful nave and is traditional Rite 2, while the other 9:00am service is a renewal Rite 2 service, which meets underneath the nave in the parish hall. The Ascension has two music directors, one for traditional organ and choir music and the other for the renewal/praise music. Both musicians are highly regarded. The parish is located in a great location in the city. The Ascension is in the beginning stages of a capital campaign and building program and this might provide and opportunity for students to observe the different stress involved with this type of growth and transition. This in addition to the usual ministries associated with a parish. Housing would be provided by Tyson House, which is the Episcopal center on the campus of The University of Tennessee. It would consist of a private room with a shared bathroom (with one other person). There is a communal kitchen and living area. This area is also shared with the larger Episcopal community on campus, but its use is not overwhelming for the residents. Tyson House is located in the middle of campus and convenient to The Ascension, the city and events, and the mountains. More information can be found at http://www.knoxvilleascension.org/ and at http://www.tysonhouse.org/
The Episcopal Diocese of Dallas, TX
Three parishes in the Diocese of Dallas have volunteered themselves as sites for the Lilly Summer Discernment Institute. These placements are for those applicants interested in investigating a career in the ordained ministry. The Cathedral of St. Matthew in downtown Dallas is located not far from Southern Methodist University. St. Matthew's promises to be an exciting introduction to the ministry of the church through work primarily with youth in St. Matthew's ministry to Hispanics. Canon Michael Mills, the Dean of St. Matthew's, will act as supervisor and mentor to the intern at this site and will make practical and theological connections to the everyday work of the parish and the path of discernment entertained by an intern throughout the summer months. An intern would also participate in the worship of the parish, especially the worship of the Hispanic community. For more information, go to: www.episcopalcathedral.org .
Church of the Incarnation is another vibrant, downtown parish in Dallas with 3800 members on its rolls. A large thriving plant services Christian Education programs and youth and young adult ministries. There is also an extensive music and choral program.
An intern at Incarnation could count on particular work with the youth ministries of the parish, especially as summer is the season for youth and young adult mission trips, in country and overseas. There would also be leadership in Christian education and parish worship, as well as exposure to pastoral ministry through hospital visitations. For more information, visit: http://www.incarnation.org .
The Church of the Ascension in Dallas has a suburban location with a membership of 300 families/700 individuals. Located on a hilltop, the church has a beautiful, cloister-like inner courtyard, which serves the staff and parishioners as a sort of built-in contemplative space. Multi-cultural ministry will be among the major concentrations of an internship at this site. While the parish is 60% white middle-class families, there is a significant proportion of Nigerians and Sudanese. Apart from traditional worship in English, there is worship in one of the languages of the Sudanese, Dinka , and regular Bible study in Igbo, a Nigerian language. Other opportunities of this internship include being a part of the church's worship and working in the children's program through Vacation Bible School , and acting, music, and dancing camps. Church of the Ascension strives to maintain and enhance its sense of Eucharistic community in the midst of accommodating non-North American languages and cultures. The diversity of their community allows for rich possibilities for growth in faith. This church is interested in interns willing to take risks and live outside their comfort zone, as well as those interested in seeing ministry as a genuinely joyful engagement of others.
For more information, visit: http://www.ascensiondallas.org or contact the director, Kai Ryan: admin@ascensiondallas.org.
Sandhills Episcopal Cluster of Churches, Rockingham, NC
This cluster of Episcopal Parishes is rurally situated in the North Carolina Diocese encompassing Moore, Richmond, and Scotland counties, with four of its congregations at mission status and one at parish status. Interns have an opportunity to work in a cooperative, multi-parish situation. Program involvement includes worship and worship planning, ministry to the homebound and nursing home visitation, meetings of parish committees, and possibly Vacation Bible School. In addition, an intern would spend one of the six weeks at Penick Village, an Episcopal retirement community in Southern Pines.
An intern would shadow the full-time chaplain and the part-time deacon and participate in worship and Bible study with residents. The supervisor, the Rev. Lada Hardwick, will provide instruction on cluster ministry, and the ways in which it differs from parish ministry, as normally conceived. This internship would also include a chance to meet with the North Carolina diocesan staff in Raleigh. A 50-hour week, which includes site visits and supervision, is the expectation for interns in this situation. For more information, visit http://www.sandhillscluster.org or contact sandhillscluster@yahoo.com
Jubilee Consortium, Los Angeles, CA
The Jubilee Consortium is a parish-based urban organization defined by the hopes and needs of the youth and families it serves. Operating as a collective within the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, it strives to create safe and healthy neighborhoods through enrichment and leadership programs. The Jubilee Consortium was founded in 2001 by five local rectors dedicated to social justice and community building. Rather than continue to work independently, these parishes came together, along with the Episcopal Urban Intern Program (EUIP) , to collaborate towards more effective civil change within their communities. According to the Mission Statement of EUIP, “ Interns will work professionally with social service agencies, be exposed to a variety of cultures and traditions, and will develop as leaders in the Christian community, deepen their communion with God, and be transformed by those with whom they live, work and worship.” This is an excellent opportunity to work with multi-cultural populations, as well as to learn the skills of community building by working, through these parishes, with their various neighborhoods. Those interested in ordained ministry or social advocacy should apply.
St. Luke's Long Beach, CA
St. Luke's is located in downtown Long Beach, a city of over 450,000 people. Long
Beach is one of the most diverse cities in the U.S. , consisting of an aging Caucasian population, and younger African American, Latino, and Cambodian communities, as well as a large gay and lesbian community. St. Luke's parish, with a membership of 400-450, does not reflect the demographics of the city, as the congregation is 90% white and 10% people of color. About 10-15 % of the congregation is gay. The parish struggled through the 1990s with terrible internal conflicts that tore the congregation apart and after a few years of healing is ready to move forward.
St. Luke's worship is very traditional. One of the strengths of the parish is its music program, which includes monthly Evensong. Adult education is another strong suit.
There is a small youth group, and almost no Sunday school. Long-established outreach programs include Manna Meals (a twice a month hot lunch program serving 150-200), homeless showers serving 70-80 each week, and a discount grocery program. In 2002, several non-profits moved onto St. Luke's premises, including two that focus on after school programs. Plans for St. Luke's to begin a ministry in Spanish are taking shape.
Holy Faith, Inglewood, CA
Holy Faith is a parish of about 400 members located in the city of Inglewood (population 110,000), a city almost evenly split between Latinos and African-Americans. The congregation integrated racially in the 1970s and 1980s, and considered it self one of the most happily integrated congregations anywhere by 1990. That decade saw Holy Faith make a transition to a bilingual-multicultural congregation that is fairly evenly divided between African-Americans, Latinos, Caucasians, West Africans (mostly Nigerian), and Caribbean. Holy Faith's greatest strength is its intentional cultural diversity that is reflected in worship, music, leadership, and programs. Since 1996, a seminary course in Multicultural Ministry has been centered there. Starting in 1991, Holy Faith has hosted the Episcopal Urban Intern Program, which attracts college graduates from around the country to work full-time in social service and live together in Christian community.
Holy Faith's chief outreach programs were developed in the 1990s: A Nutrition and Fitness Project, an after school program, a teen intervention project known as Alternatives to Violence, and a weekly food distribution program. Holy Faith has an active youth program and a growing Sunday school. Currently in transition until it's new Rector is called, Holy Faith continues its commitment to be “a welcoming multicultural community of celebration, transformation, and compassion.”
St. Philip's, South Central, L.A.
St. Philip's Episcopal Church is located south of downtown Los Angeles. This neighborhood, in the heart of the Black community and was a center of jazz and blues before integration in the fifties. Now this community is predominantly Latino with most families coming from Mexico to find work, many of them without proper immigration documentation. St. Philip's reflects this community. This historically Black parish (the second Black congregation west of the Mississippi) was established in 1930. It is now Black and Latino with people representing at least nine different cultures. The church has traditionally been Anglo Catholic, but now incorporates a variety of music and is broad in its worship style. The congregation is small and the rector and lay people share leadership. St. Philip's, in collaboration with community organizations and institutions, offers several programs for the benefit of the wider community. An after school program for children, a twice monthly food distribution, purchased from the LA Regional Food Bank, English as a Second Language classes, as well as a Senior Citizens Group that meets monthly for information and recreation. In addition, the parish leadership at St. Philip's, is also engaged in city wide organizing with “Coalition LA”, who works on issues that impact low to middle income residents that can be addressed by city government, and “Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice”, responding to the gap between the rich and the working poor in LA. St. Philip's Episcopal Church is a small bi-lingual, multicultural congregation that is actively engaged in living and reflecting God's good news in the world.
St. Stephen's, Hollywood
In the shadow of the famous Hollywood Sign, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (established in 1904) is located within an extremely diverse community both in lifestyles and ethnicity. Based on 1998 Census figures within a three-mile radius of the church the largest ethnic group is Hispanic/Latino representing 42% of the population. Caucasians represent 34% and Asians are the fastest growing segment at 18%. The area is also relatively young by national standards with a large homeless teen population. About 16.5% of the city's population is at poverty level with annual incomes below $20,000.
Concerns for residents include affordable housing, gangs, racial tensions, and unemployment. The congregation has a Spanish speaking membership of 80-100 (mostly immigrant families) and 40-50 (young, urban starters) English-speaking members. The worship style is in the Anglican tradition, with music in a more contemporary mode including jazz and rock. A Head Start program for children, a resident theatre company, and several small non-profit organizations with ties to the church are located on site. The
“Hollywood Interfaith Sponsoring Committee” a community-organizing group addressing housing and homeless needs, “Hope in Hollywood ” a youth intervention program, as well as the “Jubilee Consortium” are all housed on the church campus. Interested applicants should visit http://www.euip.org or contact jubilation@sbcglobal.net.
Trinity Episcopal Church Morrisania, Bronx, NY
Trinity Episcopal Church is located in a developing neighborhood of the South Bronx, above Manhattan. Located in one of the poorest congressional districts of the nation (see Jonathn Kozol's Amazing Grace), Trinity is in the heart of a neighborhood beginning to experience re-birth and revitalization. The two openings for this summer include one internship, each, for ordained ministry and social advocacy. Both would work, through the parish, with neighborhood organizations. The church was founded in 1868 what was then a farmland region and is presently the neighborhood of 750,000 Dominican, Puerto Rican, and African American majorities. Among the programs for internship is a Children's Day Camp for six weeks in the summer and includes a meal with a daily four to six hour schedule. The intent is to combine daily prayer with exposure to the arts and to story telling for the neighborhood's youth, along with a community service project or physical education and/or a weekly field trip (usually on Fridays). Trinity is also committed to serving its aging population (some 50 of the 150 members are over the age of 65). The church will begin a Spanish liturgy in 2003. The idea for connecting the church to the community is known as “Street and Altar” and comes from the early 20th century efforts by clergy of the Church of England, through the Oxford Movement, to connect with the poorer populations of England and build community in areas of economic neglect and disadvantage. Housing is available in the parish rectory. Because of the population of Trinity Church Morrisania, there is an excellent opportunity for an applicant learned or proficient in Spanish. For more information, contact revdtim@earthlink.net or call 718/542-1309.
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Atlanta, GA
St. Luke's is situated near the heart of downtown Atlanta and has an extensive ministry to the homeless of the Atlanta area. This summer's internship is unique for a couple of features. Through the Sewanee Summer Discernment Institute, there are three openings at St. Luke's. The three interns through the Sewanee program will be joined three other student interns from Dillard University of New Orleans, LA, a historically black university that has also received a Lilly grant through the Fund for Theological Education. The intention is for an integrated team with the perspectives and experiences of each student enriching one another. The Rev. Rick Britton, Director of Outreach Ministries at St. Luke's, is the site supervisor and mentor. Students would be assigned to work at one of three midtown Atlanta outreach sites:
- The Mid-Town Assistance Center (a referral and help agency for marginal populations);
- The Atlanta Union Mission (which has a long-term program of assistance and rehabilitation for previously homeless residents)
- Crossroads at St. Luke's Episcopal Church (an outreach center for the homeless of the neighborhood with various paths of referral and assistance for those on the streets trying to reconnect with more stable living conditions).
The Training and Consulting Center of St. Luke's (an agency that sponsors one of two parish-based programs of Clinical Pastoral Education in the United States) will also have a part in the internship process for the summer. Students from the Sewanee program and from Dillard will visit with divinity students in the CPE program at the Center and with the Rev. Miriam A. Needham, Executive Director. The pastoral and outreach staff at St. Luke's will serve as an alert, able team for those undergoing vocational exploration. St. Luke's is a site prepared both for students interested in ordained ministry and outreach and community advocacy. For those interested in ministry, this is a program that is not the conventional parish setting but has a focus on the minister as the representative of the Church to the greater community. Housing for interns is at Georgia State University and proximate to other students engaged in a variety of summer internships. Students are responsible for a part of housing costs. Georgia State is approx. six blocks from the St. Luke's compound. For more information on this placement, contact revrick@stlukesatlanta.org or visit the web page: http://www.stlukesatlanta.org .
L'Arche Communities in the United States:
Three L'Arche Communities in the United States have volunteered their locations for a summer internship through the Lilly program. These are:
• L'Arche Harbor House, Jacksonville, FL
• L'Arche Tahoma Hope, Tacoma, WA
• L'Arche Chicago, Chicago, IL
• L'Arche (French for “The Ark”) is a community for the mentally and physically disabled.
It began in 1964 under the patronage and foundation of M. Jean Vanier, a philosophy student at the Sorbonne in Paris and eventually professor of Philosophy at St. Michael's College, University of Toronto. M. Vanier believed that the mentally/physically disabled were entitled to the same dignity of community and a sense of home that everyone else seeks. He started by taking two men into his home and the idea blossomed to the point where, in France, an entire village (Trosly Breuil) is now a L'Arche community. Other communities are now active all over the world, on every continent. L'Arche has community members who, along with M. Vanier believe their presence to the mentally and physically disabled is a vocation, even if that calling lasts but a few years. This summer, the three communities named above invite student interns to share the life of their communities and the L'Arche ethos. A summary of that ethos is represented here from the web pages of L'Arche UK:
L'Arche is ecumenical, rooted in the Christian tradition, welcoming and respecting people whatever their personal beliefs. Its communities bring together people who have diverse interests and abilities, from different cultures, nationalities, denominations and faiths. Its members are encouraged to deepen in spirituality according to their own traditions. In a divided world, L'Arche aims to be a sign of hope and unity.
– From http://www.larche.org.uk/
According to the Charter of the L'Arche communities, L'Arche
- “Seeks to respond to the distress of those who are too often rejected, ad give them a valid place in society;
- Seeks to offer not a solution but a sign, a sign that society, to be truly human, must be founded on welcome and respect for the weak and the downtrodden;
- Seeks to reveal the particular gifts of people with a mental handicap who belong at the very heart of their communities and who call others to share their lives.”
The hope and unity that the L'Arche communities represent should also provide a nurturing and hope-filled internship. Site contacts are as follows:
L'Arche Chicago larchechicago@hotmail.com http://larchechicago.org
L'Arche Harbor House communityleader@bellsouth.net www.larchejacksonville.org
Contact: Patrick Mayhew, Community Leader
700 Arlington Road, Jacksonville, FL 32211
Phone: 904-721-5992 fax: 904-721-7143
L'Arche Tahoma Hope tahomahope@larchethc.org http://www.larchethc.org/
Contact: Stacy Cates-Carney
There is also information on the L'Arche community idea available at the Lilly office at
Sewanee. Contact jgoodman@sewanee.edu.
SCI's International Seafarers' Center in Port Newark, NJ
As the largest container terminal on the East Coast, up to 25 ships, each operated by 12 to 20 seafarers, arrive in the greater Port of New York/New Jersey daily. SCI's trained chaplains visit 90% of those ships. The Port stretches from the oil tanker terminals in Elizabeth, New Jersey to cargo ships laden with cocoa berthing Brooklyn, New York. At SCI's International Seafarers' Center in Port Newark, the day begins with Morning Prayer in our Mariners' Chapel. The daytime chaplain-in-charge and his or her team of ship visitors then agree on a schedule. The chaplains determine who will cover each terminal. Depending on the availability of shore leave and the needs of the crew, chaplains either stay onboard ship, or drive seafarers to SCI's Center in Port Newark, or a nearby shopping mall, Ship visitors must be able to climb several flights of stairs easily, be friendly and open to meeting new people from other cultures or circumstances, and be flexible regarding expectations. English-speaking visitors do not need to be fluent in any other language. Chaplains and volunteers gather again at 3 PM for a short prayer service marking the transition from the day shift to the evening shift. By 7 PM, there are usually 60 or more seafarers at the Center, calling home, downloading family pictures from the Internet, playing chess, ping pong or other games, or engaged in a friendly Karaoke competition. The evening chaplain in charge usually closes up at 10 PM, (sometimes later - seafarers can be quite persuasive if they are having a good time). Interns stay at SCI House, a townhouse located in downtown Port Newark, which across the street from the Episcopal Cathedral. New York City is only a 15-minute walk to Pennsylvania Station and a 25-minute train ride away on the economical PATH system. Interns typically share a room and do worshipping, shopping, cooking and cleaning collaboratively in a community living environment. Interns also visit area congregations of different denominations where they speak about their mission work at SCI at Sunday Services, Adult Forums and Coffee Hours. As SCI's emissaries to congregations, interns encourage communities of faith to partner in our mission. executiveassistant@seamenschurch.org contact: Tami Kurtz
The Church of the Holy Apostles, NY, NY
The Church of the Holy Apostles runs the largest soup kitchen in Manhattan and, in the Episcopal Church nationally. Every weekday, we serve a hot, nutritious meal to some 1000 of our hungry, often homeless neighbors. We also try to respond to our guests' other myriad needs through our counseling and referrals program, helping folks who are looking for jobs, clothing, detox services, medical care, housing, or assistance with entitlements. Our advocacy efforts seek to address the root causes of hunger and poverty, calling elected officials to care for the most vulnerable among us, and raising public awareness of the needs of our guests. A summer intern at Holy Apostles will have the opportunity to work in various aspects of the soup kitchen program, from serving food and wiping tables to helping guests find a place to stay or a pair of shoes. He or she might also undertake a special educational or advocacy project, depending on interest, need and what is going on in the world around us. Holy Apostles is famous for its soup kitchen, but it is also a lively, diverse urban parish, a community of pilgrims on a journey of faith and ministry together. The Eucharistic meal we share on Sundays is the center of our life together, and the impetus for the meals offered during the week; in fact, they happen in the same space, because the church is the soup kitchen's main dining room. A summer intern will have the opportunity to participate fully in our parish liturgy, education and fellowship. We hope that she will bring her own faith and doubt to our common life, that he will make his own connections between worship and social action.
Contact: Liz Maxwell egmaxwell@holyapostlesnyc.org
Christ Episcopal Church, Dayton, Ohio
Christ Episcopal Church, Dayton, Ohio is a downtown parish in the heart of the Miami Valley with a metropolitan area population of 1.2 million people. The congregation has active programs of worship, Christian education and formation, and pastoral care. We are engaged in mission in the City of Dayton and, along with other Episcopal parishes in the region and the Diocese of Southern Ohio, we support an Urban Missioner. We also have significant relationships with churches and schools in Russia, Kenya, and Sierra Leone.
Christ Church is a Reconciliation Center of the International Community of the Cross of Nails. Lilly Foundation students will be given significant exposure to urban ministry in modern America. Downtown Dayton hosts summer jazz and folk festivals, minor league baseball, and ethnic fairs. For additional information contact The Rev. John Paddock, Rector. Christ Episcopal Church, 20 West First Street, Dayton, Ohio 45402.
Church: 937-223-2239 Home: 937-276-6278 Mobile: 937-470-7123
WEB: www.christepiscopal.com E-mail: jpaddock@christepiscopal.com
Magdalene House, Nashville, TN
See website for more details: http://www.magdalenehouse.com/index.html
Contact:
The Rev. Becca Stevens
P.O. Box 6330-B Nashville, TN 37235
Phone: 615.322.7336 Fax: 615.343.7119
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
St. Mary's Episcopal Church is a historically Japanese-American church located in the heart of urban Koreatown , a neighborhood now overwhelmingly immigrant Latino. Our congregation is predominantly Japanese-American, with strong representation from Belizean-American and Anglo groups. As is the case in an increasing number of urban churches , each Sunday most of our congregants commute to Church from suburbs near and far. St. Mary's currently offers three services per week. The two Sunday services (7:30am and 9:45am) are attended by our English-speaking parishioners; a service in Spanish is currently offered during the week following weekday ESL classes and on Sunday (12:15pm).
Four years ago, the leadership of St. Mary's decided that the Church needed to develop a serious and intentional relationship with its immediate community. St. Mary's already served as a site for HeadStart classes, so many parents in the neighborhood brought their children to St. Mary's for Headstart . In order to expand that presence, in the fall of 2002 St. Mary's became a site for ESL courses and a Children's Group for the children of ESL students. The ESL courses and Children's Group/Childcare are staffed through LAUSD. The clergy of St. Mary's provide Hospitality Receptions, Weekday Worship, Bible Study, Theology Group and an Advanced ESL Discussion Group for ESL students throughout the week. The St. Mary's Youth Choir Director instructs the Children's Group for a one-hour music class one day a week.
The clergy and Vestry of St. Mary's are eager to develop the Church's relationship with the neighborhood. Through the generosity of parishioners, we have fledgling Clothing Closet and Food Pantry operations. We have recently begun a food co-op program called Healthy Share that allows parishioners, Headstart /ESL students and staff and neighbors to receive prepared food boxes at a discounted price. Beyond these existing outreach efforts, we continue to explore other ways our church can offer its space and resources to the immediate community.
Intern job description:
This coming summer, St. Mary's plans to host an Enrichment Program/Summer Camp experience for 25-30 young neighborhood children. The children will attend the new public elementary school currently being built adjacent to the church's property. We wish to invite a Lilly Discernment Institute intern with strong interests in curriculum development and teaching to help with this effort. Our vision of the 6-8 week half-day Enrichment Program is that it will expose our "campers" to such weekly themes/activities/topics including, but not limited to: Health and Nutrition, Non-Violence/Conflict Management, Spirituality and the Arts, Creative Dance and Music, Community Gardening. The Program would be staffed by a small core group of students/interns/teachers/clergy with guest "specialty teachers" invited to participate according to the focus of each week's program. In addition to the Intern's Summer Enrichment program teaching responsibilities and depending on the Lilly Intern's particular interest, he/she might consider teaching an afternoon ESL course, participating in our Food Co-op operation, working at nearby Episcopal church's soup kitchen and involving him/herself in the life of the English and Spanish speaking faith communities of St. Mary's. Contact:
The Rev. H. Alix Evans, Rector, halix@juno.com
The Rev. Nicole Janelle, Assistant Rector, revjanelle@gmail.com
961 South Mariposa Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90006
Phone (213) 387-1334
St. Michael and All Angels
St. Michael and All Angels offer a summer internship that will expose the participant in general parish ministry, and in particular in the areas of contemplative practice and social justice. The parish is a large one, with over 40 ministries that include spirituality, outreach, education, pastoral care, and diverse worship opportunities; there are two full-time clergy on staff, each of who have over twenty years of experience in ordained ministry. There are three Sunday Eucharists, each with a distinctive style. 7:30am with quiet chant and reflection, 9am with families and contemporary music, and 11:00 with traditional ceremonial and classical choir.
The intern will be involved in a variety of ministries, but will spend more time in two parish groups, in an effort to integrate spirituality and action. The Contemplative Center is a parish ministry that offers two weekly contemplative groups, retreats and conferences. The Justice Project primarily works on advocacy for homeless individuals and families, but is also involved in justice for gay and lesbian people, and education around our stewardship of the earth. The intern will participate with lay leaders, clergy, and parish members in both of these ministries. There will also be opportunity to share in the ongoing pastoral care and worship life of the congregation. Clergy will meet weekly with the intern to offer supervision and theological/spiritual reflection, and a discernment committee made up of clergy and laity will work with the intern to help clarify their sense of God's call in their life.
St. Michael's is situated in a traditionally rural and Hispanic (but increasingly urban and Anglo) neighborhood of Albuquerque, a city of 1/2 million people. Outdoor activities abound, the arts and music scene is well-developed, and the Hispanic/Latino and Native American presence is very strong.
To find out more, visit St. Michael's website, http://www.all-angels.com and/or contact the Rector:
The Rev. Brian C. Taylor
E-mail: briant@all-angels.com Phone: 505-345-8147
St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church
601 Montano Rd. NW Albuquerque NM 87107
Bennett Bean Art Studio Assistant
Bennett Bean runs a multifaceted studio in rural northwestern New Jersey. While primarily known for his ceramics; he also designs rugs that are produced in Katmandu, makes paintings and sculpture. For a clearer appreciation for the kind of thing that goes on there as well as views of the beautiful setting of his home and studio, please visit his website at http://www.bennettbean.com . The position offers the opportunity to participate in the variety of things that are involved in the running of an artist's studio. As well as assisting in the actual fabrication of the pieces, you would be exposed to all of the aspects of a working studio – watching the evolution of the artistic process in addition to archiving, photographing and general maintenance. Though prior experience is an advantage, it is not mandatory and because of the rural location providing your own transportation would be necessary. Housing options may be available with the nearby Presbyterian camp, Montclair State College that is a bit further away, or by pursuing short-tem rental in the area.
For more information or questions email: bennettbean@bennettbean.com .
Also, interested people can call 908-852-8953.
St. John’s Episcopal Church Lafayette Square, Washington DC
St. John’s Episcopal Church Lafayette Square is a historic protestant Episcopal church located across from the White House. From its organization as a parish in 1815 to today, St. John's Church has provided a powerful symbol of faith in the heart of our nation's capital. It is known as "The Church of the Presidents" and registered as a national historic landmark. It serves a parish of about 900 members. The church has active programs of worship (some held in Spanish as well), Christian education and formation, and pastoral care and outreach. For more information about St. John’s visit their website at www.stjohns-dc.org.
Contact:
The Reverend Dr. Luis León
1525 H. Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-347-8766