New Posts For Thread: Pastoral Internshttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/27274701/Pastoral_InternsOur church has made the commitment to sponsor a pastoral intern in the coming year; we came into some unexpected money that will enable us to do so, and are hoping that we can leverage that into an ongoing opportunity for seminarians. Our synod is veYes ... Again ..."Internship" isn't meant to be an Inexpensive Staffing Arrangement for a scrambling Congregation ... It is meant to be an Opportunity for a Pastor-in-Training to LEARN and further Discern her/his Call ...http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/27274701/Pastoral_Interns?post_id=490473973#490473973Yes ... Again ..."Internship" isn't meant to be an Inexpensive Staffing Arrangement for a scrambling Congregation ... It is meant to be an Opportunity for a Pastor-in-Training to LEARN and further Discern her/his Call ...Sat, 26 Mar 2011 12:32:56 -0500Good advice. (I should point out that our church is in an unincorporated little community with a grand total of three churches, one post office, one grocery store and one restaurant...so if our intern is going to dive right into a missional lifestylehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/27274701/Pastoral_Interns?post_id=489980057#489980057Good advice. (I should point out that our church is in an unincorporated little community with a grand total of three churches, one post office, one grocery store and one restaurant...so if our intern is going to dive right into a missional lifestyleMon, 21 Mar 2011 21:47:51 -0500I serve on the intern committee at my church, which supports and gives feedback to our intern. First of all, be their friend. This is most likely going to be a 20-something who is away from home, coming into a church in which they don't know anyonehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/27274701/Pastoral_Interns?post_id=489874581#489874581I serve on the intern committee at my church, which supports and gives feedback to our intern. First of all, be their friend. This is most likely going to be a 20-something who is away from home, coming into a church in which they don't know anyoneSun, 20 Mar 2011 18:46:07 -0500Long long ago in MY Day too many Congregations "got an 'Intern'" as a cheap and easy Staffing Solution, esp. in "Youth Ministry" ... That Arrangement cheated the Youth, the Intern, and the Congregation all around ...I don't think such an Error is madhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/27274701/Pastoral_Interns?post_id=489809097#489809097Long long ago in MY Day too many Congregations "got an 'Intern'" as a cheap and easy Staffing Solution, esp. in "Youth Ministry" ... That Arrangement cheated the Youth, the Intern, and the Congregation all around ...I don't think such an Error is madSun, 20 Mar 2011 07:17:30 -0500Just remember it is to be a learning year. Interns are in no way prepared to take over pastoral leadership. I would say a good idea would be to have some planned learning experiences for the intern. Look at some of the unique forms of ministry thathttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/27274701/Pastoral_Interns?post_id=489754309#489754309Just remember it is to be a learning year. Interns are in no way prepared to take over pastoral leadership. I would say a good idea would be to have some planned learning experiences for the intern. Look at some of the unique forms of ministry thatSat, 19 Mar 2011 15:18:38 -0500Being near a seminary, we get a lot of 'contextual education' students, but we haven't hired an intern since I've been here.As for advice, all that comes to mind is to make sure they get a variety of experience, especially visiting the sick and elderhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/27274701/Pastoral_Interns?post_id=489683833#489683833Being near a seminary, we get a lot of 'contextual education' students, but we haven't hired an intern since I've been here.As for advice, all that comes to mind is to make sure they get a variety of experience, especially visiting the sick and elderFri, 18 Mar 2011 21:10:35 -0500Our church has made the commitment to sponsor a pastoral intern in the coming year; we came into some unexpected money that will enable us to do so, and are hoping that we can leverage that into an ongoing opportunity for seminarians. Our synod is vehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/27274701/Pastoral_Interns?post_id=489658169#489658169Our church has made the commitment to sponsor a pastoral intern in the coming year; we came into some unexpected money that will enable us to do so, and are hoping that we can leverage that into an ongoing opportunity for seminarians. Our synod is veFri, 18 Mar 2011 15:54:18 -0500