Friday, February 25, 2022

Reaching out to a diverse local community

True North Interns

IMB job #: 21618
Location: Rochester, New York
Team size: 12
Field expense: $1610 plus roundtrip travel

Job description: Grow in your faith & understanding of ministry as you reach out to a diverse local community. You will be helping set the future of True North Church. Weekly ministry may include various community outreach activities, people mapping, one on one evangelism, kids ministry & construction projects.

Learning the skills needed to carry out your assignment as well as team building will fill the first few days of training at the Nehemiah Teams Training Center in Mentone, Alabama. Your team will then travel to your final destination for the summer. Team members will not be allowed to return home over the course of the summer. It is also preferred that family/friends not visit the ministry site. Following your summer of ministry, you will return to Mentone, Alabama for a joint debrief... sharing all God has done over the summer. Participants must attend the entire program from orientation through the end of debrief.

Dates for summer 2022
March 15  Application deadline
May 30  Team leader training begins (Nehemiah Teams Training Center, Mentone, AL)
June 2  Team member training begins (Alabama)
June 7  Teams deploy for the field (via ATL)
July 29  Teams return to the US for debrief (Alabama)
August 1  Teams return home

COVID-19 in 2022
We continue to move forward in planning for summer 2022 teams. Decisions will be made by April 5, 2022 as to whether certain teams may need to be cancelled due to travel restrictions or local situations. Info will be posted on the website if teams are cancelled.