Calvin Students Prep for Summer Ministry

February 27 , 2007 == MEDIA ADVISORY

Summary: A dozen Calvin students are preparing for summer ministry
internships and possible post-college careers in ministry through the college's
Jubilee Fellows program.

Full story, including video, see
http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2006-07/jubilee-fellows.htm

A group of 12 students has been named 2007 Jubilee Fellows at Calvin College,
a program that is part of the college's Lilly Vocation Project.

The program is designed for promising students who are strongly inclined
toward spiritual leadership and Christian ministry. Jubilee Fellows receive a
$4,000 fellowship for their senior year of college (they commit to mentor or
lead a Calvin ministry-related opportunity their senior year). They also are
supported for summer ministry internship living expenses and reimbursed for
travel expenses to and from their summer internship site.

The 2007 Fellows are an exceptional and unique group says program coordinator
Kary Bosma of Kristen Buurma, Brenda Katerberg, Jana Kelder, Jackie Klamer,
Katie Klok, Peter (Alex) Kontras, Matt Landheer, Scott Page, Kyle Sandison,
Laura Sizemore, David Song and Julianne Wolfe (see bios on website).

The fellows, who were chosen last fall, currently are taking a spring semester
class that examines the lives of theologians and church leaders throughout
history. Through the class, they also meet regularly for supper with current
ministry leaders from all over the world.

“Much of it is discussion among Jubilee Fellows about topics in ministry,”
Bosma says of the class. “It opens their eyes to see ministry as they may not
have before.”

The class is preparing the group for summer 2007, when they will be placed in
ministry internships at churches and organizations throughout the U.S. and
elsewhere. They will be spread from New York to California, from Washington to
Nova Scotia, and the ministry internships will be as varied in focus as they
are in location.

The summer internship experience will be good preparation for the Fellows,
Bosma says, whatever form their ministry careers eventually take.

"A lot of it is very practical knowledge that they learn," she says. "They
learn what it takes to make a Sunday worship service happen, and a lot of them
gain an appreciation of the level of involvement that a church needs from its
members. I think students learn that they’re called upon to do more than show
up on a Sunday. We have many who organize vacation Bible school or a worship
service and asking for volunteers. And they learn it takes many hands to make a
program run well!”

Full story, including video, see
http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2006-07/jubilee-fellows.htm

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Received on Wed Feb 28 16:34:01 2007