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2 | Abyssinian Baptist Church | Baptist | Congregation | https://www.abyssinian.org/ | Rev. | Kevin | Johnson | YES | Senior Pastor | pastor@abyssinian.org | Founded in 1808, Abyssinian Baptist Church is one of the oldest African-American Baptist churches in the United States. As the first African American Baptist Church in New York State and one of the oldest in the nation, Abyssinian is renowned as the “flagship” church and holds a place of profound significance in American religious and cultural life. Housed in a landmark Gothic/Tudor building in Harlem, Abyssinian history is rich in worship, spiritual leadership, social activism and community service. Through more than 50 ministries, Abyssinian diligently seeks to fulfill its mission: “Win more souls for Christ through evangelism, pastoral care, Christian education, social service delivery, and community development.” In this way, Abyssinian serves the greater Harlem community and New York City and its vicinity, as well as a global constituency—all for the glory of God. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | All Angels Church | 251 W. 80th Street, New York, NY 10024 | Episcopal | Congregation | Allangelschurch.com | Rev. | Kevin | Veitinger | Priest in Charge | kevin@allangelschurch.com | All Angels Church combines vibrant worship and dynamic ministry with unhoused people on the Upper West Side. Worship at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. is in the evangelical tradition of the Episcopal Church in line with such Anglican luminaries as CS Lewis and Madeleine L'Engle (who made All Angels here church!). The 5 p.m. service is 50/50 housed and unhoused people who join together for worship and a meal followed by an overnight shelter opportunity. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, the Church offers a ministry called Pathways for unhoused people needing food, clothing, a hot shower, social work, medical care, mental health care, mailboxes, community, respite, and spiritual care. The church is well known for its excellent ministry with Children and Youth. and our House Church ministry. | In dialogue with a potential intern, we would be able to shape a few different ministry learning opportunities at All Angels: 1. An intern could report to our Director of Community Ministry and support both our Shelter and Pathways program providing hospitality and spiritual care to program participants. 2. An intern could focus on Worship and Arts working with the Priest-in-Charge and the Director of Music and Arts on music, liturgy, visual arts, participatory art projects that include all ages etc. 3. An intern could also focus on Children and Youth ministry, leading Children's Worship, and participating in retreats, groups and classes. In all cases the intern would be invited to preach and lead during worship as appropriate. Other opportunities include evangelism, and young adults. | Sadly, All Angels is a terribly inaccessible building. All steps and stairs from the sidewalk to the second-floor sanctuary. We will fix this but not done yet. | 15 min. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | All Souls NYC | 1157 Lexington Avenue, , New York, NY 10075 | UU | Congregation / Interfaith | https://www.allsoulsnyc.org | Rev. | Pamela | Patton | Yes | Assistant Minister | Pamela@allsoulsnyc.org | All Souls NYC is one of the largest and most influential congregations in the United States. It is a vibrant Unitarian Universalist community of faith in which ministry is shared amongst lay leaders and ordained clergy in service to shared commitments and vision. As a large congregation, All Souls NYC’s congregational life is guided by a theology of gratitude and the practice of faith through service to the community and a commitment to justice. We strive to be a welcoming congregation and to practice radical inclusion, creating community that honors every part of our identities, backgrounds, and experiences. | At over 200 years old, All Souls is an experienced teaching congregation, and values the relationship with ministers in formation. As we serve over 1,000 people, both virtually and in person, we are able to work with our interns to develop a personal learning program that emphasizes your gifts as well as areas where the student may need exposure and guidance for developing new skills. From worship participation to leading adult religious exploration, from pastoral care to church fundraising, from work with children and youth to membership inreach & outreach, to social justice, we work indvidually with students to build a carefully curated teaching experience intended to serve the mission of All Souls while allowing the intern to gain experience that meaningfully contributes to ministry education. Onsite presence is expected at least some Sunday mornings, and we have a short (<30 mins), virtual staff meeting each Wednesday at noon, which we would like the intern to attend when possible. all other parameters can be worked out in conjunction with the student's schedule. | N/A | 30 minutes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Astoria First Presbyterian Church | Presbyterian (PCUSA) | Rev. | Thia | Reggio | YES | thiaregg@gmail.com | Astoria First Presbyterian Church is a small, re-emerging congregation that worships in a nontraditional space. We are diverse in age, race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, and economic position. Our mission centers on active engagement in matters of justice, and acts of mercy and kindness that point beyond ourselves toward God's vision for the world. We minister to our community particularly through gardening, earth care, and the arts. In addition to the pastor, there is one other person on staff who serves as Community Liaison, focusing on communications and working with other groups who share, rent, or visit our space and with whom we work. Astoria is a richly diverse community (reflected in our congregation and beyond), with deep immigrant roots that lend stability while affordability and accessibility continue to draw increasing numbers of young people, young families, retirees, artists, working/middle class folks. Ministry Opportunities We offer a great deal of flexibility in opportunities for ministry training, which we would tailor to the needs and objectives of the intern we select. The range of opportunities include: • Worship leadership • Preaching • Work with a variety of age groups from young children to teens to adults and older adults • Arts in worship and community settings • Gardening • Community organizing and direct action • Polity and organizational ministry • Logistics, planning, and communications • Fundraising and stewardship • Alternative worship • Justice work in a variety of settings and collaborative partnerships | subway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Atlantic Health System | 465 South St., Ste 205, Morristown, NJ 07960 | N/A | Chaplaincy | Health Care Field Ed Not CPE | https://www.atlanticaco.org/ | Ms. | Alex | Schapiro | No | Manager, Spiritual Services | alex.schapiro@atlantichealth.org | The ACO Spiritual Health program is Spiritual Care program through the Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) – a population health model of outpatient care that ensures better quality, more collaborative care on behalf of patients and their loved ones. Our ACOS are part of Atlantic Health system. We currently serve 500,000 patients in outpatient environments. Our program seeks to provide an extra layer of spiritual support to patients and their families/loved ones who are navigating complex health conditions. We collaborate with primary care practices, oncology/infusion centers, palliative care, neuroscience, and the transitions of care nursing. We are being funded in part from a grant by George Washington Institute of Spirituality and Health, in partnership with Templeton Foundation. | The training is in outpatient spiritual care, meeting with people who are navigating complex health conditions and who are interested in spiritual support. The supervising chaplain would be performing the initial visit and assessment - then students would follow up to provide spiritual support. Some patients like to pray or meditate virtually; others just appreciate a friendly phone call to check in monthly, etc. Students are expected to provide brief written documentation about their visits. All visits are virtual (either via ZOOM or telephone). Hours are flexible - preferably student would work M-F, 8 am - 4 pm, but some hours could be scheduled outside of this time should patients wish to meet then. Ideally student would be able to attend weekly team meeting, but not required. | The position is remote and are committed to making student responsibilities fully accessible for interested students. | 0 minutes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Avenue Church | Presbyterian (PCUSA) | The Rev. Dr. | Jordan | Tarwater | Yes | jordan@avenuechurchnyc.org | Avenue Church NYC strives to be a community as diverse and hospitable as God’s kingdom. We don’t all look or act alike; God knows we don’t all think alike. We don’t all read the Bible the same way. We bring different questions, and we carry different burdens. But each week, we gather together as one to strengthen our faith and resolve in the Way of Jesus. We know it can be difficult to find a place to call “home” in New York City. As individuals on our own faith journeys, we each grow together in God’s spirit. Our goal is to encourage your spiritual growth, nurture and develop your gifts, and equip you to be a presence of Jesus' compassion and hospitality for New York City. Our focus on spiritual practices and formation provides both children and adults opportunities to explore questions of faith, our traditions, and how the Bible is relevant to our justice-longing lives. We strive to create spaces of worship where, no matter your social or economic circumstance, gender, race, or sexual orientation, you will feel safe, welcome, and celebrated. We proudly support More Light Presbyterians and Parity, formerly known as Presbyterian Welcome, two incredible organizations working for the full participation of LGBTQ+ people of faith in the life, ministry, and witness of the Church. unequivocally supports the ordination of women and LGBTQ+ individuals to all facets of church leadership. Avenue Church NYC is a member of the Presbytery of New York City, a collaborative and mutually supportive group of Presbyterian congregations. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Bethany Baptist Church (Brooklyn) | Brooklyn | Baptist | Congregation | Rev. Dr. | Adolphus | Lacey (2) | YES | alacey@bethanybklyn.org | subway | 40 min. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Beyond Plastics | 1 College Dr., Bennington VT 05201 | Interfaith | Agency | environment | beyondplastics.org | Rev. | Kathryn | Beilke | NO | Interfiath Coordinator | kathrynbeilke1@bennington.edu | Launched in 2019, Beyond Plastics is an innovative, nationwide environmental enterprise based at Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont. Beyond Plastics is building a strong, vibrant, and effective movement against plastic pollution by pairing the wisdom and experience of our staff policy experts with the energy and creativity of grassroots activists to advance real solutions at every level of government and society that promote sustainable alternatives to plastic. Beyond Plastics is actively working to build a faith-based constituency for activism and participation in the movement to end plastic pollution. | The program structure will provide the intern exposure to and participation in all Beyond Plastics' work areas to provide robust grounding for theological reflection. She will have access to coalition calls with Beyond Plastics' partners, affiliates, and local groups - working on state policy and local campaigns- to gain an understanding of the breadth of intersections surrounding the issue of plastic pollution. The intern will then produce written theological reflections to be discussed with supervisor, which will then serve as the basis for preaching, curriculum, and calls to action to be presented to partners in our faith network, houses of worship and faith-based advocacy groups. During the second semester, we will curate a diversity of engagements for the intern to share her work. | The position will be mostly remote - the seminary intern will need access to a laptop and internet connection. If at some point we arrange in-person engagements for the intern to present their work with our faith partners, there may be unforseen physical barriers. However, we can be selective in curating engagements according to accessibility. | Remote | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Bhumisparsha | 11 Sherwood Terrace, Holyoke, MA 10140 | Buddhist / Karma Kagyu Buddhist | Congregation | www.bhumisparsha.org | Lama | Rod | Owens | No | Founding Teacher | lama@lamarod.com | Just as the Buddha touched the earth and declared his right to be free, Bhumisparsha honors the inherent worthiness of each being and seeks liberation from suffering for all, according to each being’s own needs. Bhumisparsha supports students in authentically awakening in our dynamic, multicultural world by drawing upon tantric Buddhism, integrating multi-faith practices, and bridging spiritual practice and social change. Bhumisparsha is a Buddhist online sangha (spiritual community) founded by Lama Rod Owens and Lama Justin von Bujdoss. Our community is committed to the presentation of vajrayana, or tantric Buddhism, in a way that has relevance, depth and meaning in an ever-changing, multicultural world. We are also committed to bridging spiritual practice and social change. | Bhumisparsha is a very young organization, founded in 2018. Those who have found their way into the space have been spiritual self-starters seeking others engaged in innovative change work within Buddhist and other lineages. In the year ahead, we aim to begin a facilitation curriculum and continue to support the development of pastoral care professionals. The intern will have an opportunity to co-design a new role within the sangha's Practice Circle, the Community Chaplain, who will develop and facilitate cooperative learning and pastoral care structures through regular online sessions, provide 1-on-1 and group pastoral support, support volunteers’ growth and development in facilitation and practice leadership, and develop methods for new member recruitment and onboarding. | No; the sangha is currently organized translocally and the intern will participate through remote digital means. | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Black Trans Liberation Kitchen | 55 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012 | Interfaith | agency/ education / interfaith | LGBTQ+ Trans and Unhoused population | https://www.blacktransliberation.com | Ms. | Qween | Jean | NO | Founder | ajeanmary89@gmail.com | Black Trans Liberation aims to end homelessness within the trans population by providing access and resources from community partners that empower and celebrate the TGNC community. By keeping trans people off the street, we can dismantle the current 35 year life expectancy of Black Trans people and prevent systemic oppression. | Black Trans Liberation Kitchen offers a rich and dynamic site for ministry rooted in food justice, community care, and trans liberation. The Kitchen is more than a food program—it is a spiritual and cultural practice of communal nourishment, resistance, and celebration. Ministry opportunities in this setting include engaging the theological and practical dimensions of feeding and empowering Black trans and gender nonconforming (TGNC) communities, whose well-being is often marginalized within both religious and social structures. The seminary intern will support food distribution, gatherings, and offer spiritual care, and aid program development on Wednesdays—integrating public theology and liberative ministry centered on justice, mutual aid, and nourishment as sacred, resistant care. | meets accessibility standards | subway | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Brick Presbyterian Church | Presbyterian (PCUSA) | Congregation | Rev. | Tom | Evans | tevans@brickchurch.org | The Brick Presbyterian Church is a large congregation at Park Avenue and 91st Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. A congregation of the Presbyterian Church, it is known for its Day School and music programs. | Each year, The Brick Church invites up to three seminary students to intern during the academic year. The aim of the The Brick Church program is to provide students an opportunity to gain ministry experience and skills related to leading worship, pastoral care, and teaching. The internship at The Brick Church will provide students opportunities to refine their sense of vocation. The program is open to students interested in pastoral ministry in the Protestant faith traditions. The Brick Church is located in Manhattan, at the corner of 91st and Park Avenue, New York City. Student ministers participate in staff meetings and other congregational committee meetings depending on the intern's interest and schedule. Students gain valuable guidance and mentorship in weekly colloquia with the pastors, members of staff, and the congregation. Students have the opportunity to provide leadership in Sunday School, Confirmation, and Adult Christian Education programs, and will also participate actively in worship services. The students each receive $5,000 for the year, as well as a travel allowance (approx.$2000). | Bus, Train, Subway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Broad River Church Norwalk | ELCA Lutheran | Congregation | Rev. | Kevin | Mullins | kevin@broadriver.church | Broad River Church was founded in 1956 as a Lutheran church in the Evangelical Lutheran Church synod. Our congregation is a very diverse group of people, racially, socio-economically and in church background, including many who come from a limited or no faith background at all. In this way our church is just a good representative of Norwalk's population. Our purpose is to help people Know God, Find Freedom, Discover Purpose and Make A Difference. Norwalk has a population of just under 90,000 residents. Median income is $80,000 per household and median age is just under 40 years of age. The poverty rate is 8.51%. The population is 53.1% White, 25.1% Hispanic, and 14.6% Black. 37.6% of the people in Norwalk, CT speak a non-English language, and 84.6% are U.S. citizens. 1. Training in pastoral care - This would include preparing to care for those in the church's membership and then on the job shadowing as the pastoral care is actually occurring. 2. Training on the development of a lay-led and elder-led care system - our church has an opportunity to empower many within the congregation. 3. Weekly sermon/talk preparation. The intern would be able to participate in the weekly preparation of the sermon from beginning to end. Even if the intern does not see themself in pulpit ministry there will be valuable lessons cross applicable to other disciplines. 4. Theological Mentorship - The seminarian will have one on one access to someone who has spent considerable time being formed by God in the same or similar type of ministry. Work Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday | 1. Training in pastoral care - This would include preparing to care for those in the church's membership and then on the job shadowing as the pastoral care is actually occurring. 2. Training on the development of a lay-led and elder-led care system - our church has an opportunity to empower many within the congregation. 3. Weekly sermon/talk preparation. The intern would be able to participate in the weekly preparation of the sermon from beginning to end. Even if the intern does not see themself in pulpit ministry there will be valuable lessons cross applicable to other disciplines. 4. Theological Mentorship - The seminarian will have one on one access to someone who has spent considerable time being formed by God in the same or similar type of ministry. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday | None. We are ADA compliant. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Broadway Community | 601 W. 114th St. NYC | Agency | Unhoused community activism | https://www.broadwaycommunity.org/ | Rev. | Bryan | Mealer | YES | Dir. Of Social & Spiritual Support | bryan@broadwaycommunity.org | The mission of Broadway Community Inc. is "to set an abundant table, believing that everyone deserves justice, dignity, health and wholeness." Since 1982, BCI (situated in the basement of Broadway Presbyterian Church) has offered nutritious meals and shelter to our unhoused and economically challenged neighbors. Our shelter houses 19 guests 24/7 year-round. Our Four-Star Soup Kitchen serves between 800 and 1000 meals per week. We run a food pantry, offer free showers, and job training. Institute for Family Health runs a free clinic. NYLAG offers legal services. We're now providing case management, spiritual support, psychotherapy, and generating supportive housing vouchers -- providing mental, physical, and spiritual healing to our guests on their journey from homelessness to housing. | The intern will be expected to build relationships with our shelter and soup kitchen guests and offer spiritual support, prayer, and companioning. The intern will also canvas the streets getting to know our unhoused neighbors, building trust and offering care. The intern will lead groups, scriptural studies, and workshops. They'll also learn critical case management (how to get food stamps, Social Security benefits, and procure vital documents) and the intricacies of NYC homeless services and the supportive housing system. The intern will accompany guests to medical and psych appointments and act as companion and advocate when visiting various agencies. The intern will also learn how to complete a 2010e supportive housing application with the city's Human Resources Administration. | The 200-year-old church does not feature a wheelchair ramp and students must navigate a flight of stairs to reach the shelter and soup kitchen space. | 10 minutes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Broadway Presbyterian Church | Presbyterian (PCUSA) | Congregation | Rev. | Chris | Shelton | YES | chris@bpcnyc.org | The Field Education Intern at Broadway Presbyterian Church will gain a variety of experience through the following: (hours reflect approximate time each week on each endeavor) *Worship Leadership (2 hours)- assisting in worship through liturgical planning and leading all aspects of the service, including, but not limited to Children's Sermons, prayers, responses, and support service at the Lord's Table. In addition, the Intern will preach at least 3 times in a school year. *Teaching/Group Leadership (3 hours)- providing leadership for the college/young adult community, Niche, which gathers each Wednesday evening (the date and time are subject to change) at the church for food and discussion. Experiences may include book or Bible studies, topical conversations, or engagement with local arts opportunities (ie, discussion after a play or concert). The Niche experience may also include a Spring Mission Trip, to be determined. (note: appropriate compensation for support of such a trip will be negotiated as plans develop) *Pastoral Care/Counseling (1 hour)- the Intern will be encouraged to make home/hospital visits as need arises. More likely, in the situation of BPC, pastoral care conversations will arise around Niche as the Intern's pastoral identity develops within that community. *Mission/Evangelism (4 hours)- the Intern will engage with the Pastor and other church leaders in conversation and leader ship on the mission of BPC. This will include community engagement - both in and outside of the congregation. Inside: building relationships with church staff/volunteers, particularly the Broadway Community, Inc. program which provides for many of the needs of our homeless and hungry population. Outside: working with the Pastor to connect with neighbors, particularly in the restaurants, shops, and other businesses that line our local streets. We'll search together for what God is doing in this place at this time, and how we can move toward God's work. *Supervisory Meeting (1 hour)- conversations with the Supervisor, reviewing progress, engaging questions, integrating studies from PTS in practical ministry, reflecting theologically on vocation in its lived context. *On-Site Preparation (1 hour)- time for study, meeting/event prep, etc. | 10 minutes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Brooklyn Peace Center | 23 Marcus Garvey Blvd. Brooklyn, NY 11206 | N/A | Agency | community building | www.brooklynpeace.center | Rev. | Jason | Storbakken | YES | Cofounder/Director | storbakken@gmail.com | Brooklyn Peace Center is an asset-based community organization (501c3) that serves as a catalyst for peacebuilding and conflict transformation in Brooklyn and beyond. Through peacebuilding activities, arts and culture events, workshops and seminars, Brooklyn Peace Center engages and equips community residents, activists and artists, clergy and clinicians, and all who have an interest in peacebuilding. | Brooklyn Peace Center hosts regular workshops, ranging from Sewing 101 to Wounded Healer: Trauma Aware, Spiritual Care. BPC also operates Peace Cafe, a social enterprise coffeeshop that is located on the ground floor. BPC hosts three churches: A Garifuna (Afro-Indigenous) Mennonite congregation, a Kichwa (Indigenous Ecuadorian) congregation, and Brooklyn Peace Church (an English-Spanish congregation). BPC also hosts regular open mics, author talks, an artist residency program, and other events and activities. Projected responsibilities for the seminary intern include support for workshops and events, as well as outreach and community-building. Hours may range from several weekdays sometime between 9a-3p, and other days during the evening (when there is an event). | Brooklyn Peace Center is located in a building that was built in 1891. We are working to make the building accessible for people with disabilities, and while we have a portable ramp, the building is not yet fully accessible for people with disabilities. | 3000 | subway | 60 min. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | BTS Center, The | 97 India St., Portland, ME 04101 | Interfaith | Agency - chaplaincy - education- Interfaith | Climate & Environment | https://thebtscenter.org/ | Rev. | Alison | Cornish | No | Chaplaincy Initiative Coordinator | alison@thebtscenter.org | With roots more than 200 years deep, The BTS Center is a 501(c)(3) private operating foundation in Portland, Maine, planting seeds of transformation and nurturing new growth as the organizational successor to the former Bangor Theological Seminary. We offer theologically grounded programs of spiritual and vocational formation — workshops and retreats, learning communities, book studies, spiritual accompaniment circles, public conversations and rituals, and projects of applied research — all with an intention to cultivate and nurture spiritual leadership for a climate-changed world. Our mission is to catalyze spiritual imagination with enduring wisdom for transformative faith leadership. Our Vision is human hearts renewed, justice established, and creation restored. | The BTS Center offers programs, an emerging network, and a growing collection of resources for chaplains and spiritual care providers serving in a variety of settings who recognize that the effects of the climate crisis are increasingly felt by all the Earth’s peoples. These programs address the growing necessity for responsive, skilled, compassionate spiritual care to focus on the short- and long-term needs of those who are, and will be, affected by the reality of conditions to which we must adapt, and of the changed landscape of which we must make sense. The Climate Conscious Chaplaincy Initiative intern plays a vital role in providing support for this evolving aspect of spiritual care. This internship is remote - no onsite hours are anticipated. | remote - no barriers | N/a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundaiton | 229 East 60th Street, New York, NY 10022 | Buddhist | Agency / Chaplaincy / Education /Interfaith / Congreation | community care | tzuchi.us | Mr. | Steve | Chiu | No | program director | steve_chiu@tzuchi.us | The Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation (BTCF) is an international non-governmental organization (INGO) with the four major organizational missions of charity, medicine, education, and humanistic culture. Since the founding of the organization in 1966 by Dharma Master Cheng Yen and 30 of her disciples, BTCF now implements humanitarian aid, relief, development, education, and environmental protection programmes in 128 countries, serving disadvantaged and vulnerable populations with dignity and compassion. "Tzu Chi" means “Compassionate Relief”; it is not just a name, but a spiritual undertaking held by the organization, its volunteers, and its members. | Seminary Intern will have the opportunity to engage with the United Nations, as a representative of Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation, advocating for interest areas at the intersections of faith and the sustainable development goals, organizing events, writing policy briefs, researching how buddhist approaches towards sustainable development can benefit the international community, and meeting with civil society, UN agencies, and member states to exchange ideas and perspectives. The internship can be conducted in fully in person or hybrid format, with in person participation required during high level UN meetings and events, such as the high level political forum, taking place in july. | 39 minutes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Calvary - St. Georges | 61 Gramercy Park North, #2, New York, NY 10010 | Episcopal | Congregation | https://www.calvarystgeorges.org/ | Rev. | Jacob | Smith | No | (Rector) | jacob.smith@calstg.org | The Parish of Calvary-St. George's is an historic Episcopal parish consisting of two churches, located in the Gramercy and Stuyvesant Square-area of Manhattan. We are a community of people in the Episcopal Diocese of New York, which is a constituent member of the world-wide Anglican Communion. Our worship is steeped in The Book of Common Prayer, intended first and foremost to glorify God in Jesus Christ, and we stand in that theological tradition which owes a debt of gratitude to the great reformers of the English Reformation. We seek to rightly divide the word of truth between Law and Gospel, so that the people in the city of New York and beyond might know and confess where they end and God begins. We proclaim the historic faith of Christ and Him crucified. | We look forward to having an intern join our pastoral team and will give insight and access into every facet of the congregation. They will attend staff and clergy meetings, as well as invite to attend and observe how I run vestry and various committee meetings. Beside administration I hope to shape the intern as a pastor in the classic Reformed Catholic tradition, which defines Calvary-St. George's. We will bring her on visitations, when appropriate, and allow her to participate in the various Rites administered by the church. The other emphasis will to form Chloe as a preacher. This is an important part of our ministry and we teach exegetical preaching distinguishing between the Law and the Gospel. | no barriers | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Canterbury Club - Campus & YoungAdult Mission for Uptown & the Bronx | Episcopal | Higher education chaplaincy | chaplaincy / education | https://canterburynyc.org/uptown-home | The Rev. | Ryan | Kuratko | No | Campus and Young Adult Missioner for Uptown and the Bronx | chaplain.ryan@canterburynyc.org | CanterburyNYC is a gathering of faith communities of the Episcopal Church focused on higher education throughout New York City. This Uptown branch supports the existing campus community at Columbia+Barnard, and is charged with beginning new campus ministries at other higher ed. sites in the northern part of the city. This is a new program housed within the New York diocese, and which campuses will become sites is still in process. We will be partnering with existing structures, like churches, as well as finding new ways to start campus communities. Thus, the demographics reflect those of Columbia+Barnard, but will also include some part of the the quite diverse population in Uptown and the Bronx. The common thread is university life and higher education. Seminarian responsibilities fall into two main categories, and, because both categories would contribute to the ministry, I hope to customize these responsibilities through the work-learning agreement for a particular student. The 1st category is at Columbia+Barnard, and this would include meeting with students, participating in Episcopal student programming, preaching at and leading in Sunday evening worship, and interfaith work with the university. The 2nd category is the mission-oriented work of developing relationships at universities and churches, as well as developing programs, to begin Episcopal campus presences in the Uptown and the Bronx. This category offers the opportunity to do church-startup work in what is a 'growing-edge' for the Episcopal Church. | Seminarian responsibilities fall into two main categories, and, because both categories would contribute to the ministry, I hope to customize these responsibilities through the work-learning agreement for a particular student. The 1st category is at Columbia+Barnard, and this would include meeting with students, participating in Episcopal student programming, preaching at and leading in Sunday evening worship, and interfaith work with the university. The 2nd category is the mission-oriented work of developing relationships at universities and churches, as well as developing programs, to begin Episcopal campus presences in the Uptown and the Bronx. This category offers the opportunity to do church-startup work in what is a 'growing-edge' for the Episcopal Church. | Perhaps the largest barrier is simply that there is no office, and so the ministry will require flexibility and travel around the city--which is not always particularly accessible--and universities, which vary widely in their accessibility. However, I would be delighted to strategize around and through these kinds of barriers for an interested seminarian. | walk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Catholic Worker / Maryhouse | Agency | Unhoused community care | Ms. | Joanne | Kennedy | kennedyjoanne75@gmail.com | The intern will work in cultivating local communities of peace and building a peace-filled global community. On a day-to-day basis, the intern will pitch in at whatever task is helpful in any given moment. This might mean working the dish line, serving in the soup kitchen, helping with the clothing drive, attending protests, helping to assemble newspapers, assisting the homeless population that comes to Maryhouse and St. Joe's in whatever capacity. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Center for Earth Ethics | Agency | Climate & Environment | Ms. (Director) | Karenna | Gore | YES | kgore@uts.columbia.edu | The Center for Earth Ethics grew out of the Religions for the Earth conference held at Union Theological Seminary in September 2014, during the United Nations Climate Summit. The conference brought together more than 200 religious and spiritual leaders from around the world to reframe the climate crisis as a moral issue and to galvanize faith-based activism to solve it. CEE works at the intersections of religion/spirituality, ethics, and our ecological crisis. We work through education, convening and advocacy to raise public consciousness as well as to shift policy and culture. We connect individuals and groups through four areas of focus: sustainability and global affairs; environmental and climate justice; Indigenous wisdom, values and rights; and ecology, spirituality and faith. | This field site will be an opportunity to learn and engage ways to bring ecologically-minded perspectives and principles into various types of ministry. Field Ed assignments at CEE vary widely, depending on the student we match up with and can include research, organizing, curriculum building, event coordination, and more. Interns are expected to be on-site for: one-hour CEE team meeting one time per month (can also join via zoom); one-hour weekly supervision meetings (can occasionally join via zoom); and for various events and projects. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Center for Innovation in Worker Organization | 94 Rockafeller Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8054 | N/A | Labor | https://smlr.rutgers.edu/faculty-research-engagement/center-innovation-worker-organization-ciwo | Marilyn | Sneiderman | No | Executive Director | msneiderman@gmail.com | The Center for Innovation in Worker Organization (CIWO) was created to help worker, community, and faith organizations develop new strategies and structures that are rooted in racial, gender, and economic justice. CIWO has emerged as a space where labor, faith, and community connect; where new research, ideas and strategies are shared and scrutinized; and where leaders and staff at all levels can refine their skills and develop new ones. We work in partnership with the Inter-Religious Network for Worker Solidarity (IN4WS). IN4WS educates, convenes, and mobilizes people of any religious tradition who stand in solidarity with working people, especially the most vulnerable, partnering with organizations and movements as we strive together to advance racial, gender, and economic justice. | CIWO works in partnership with the Inter-religious Network for Worker Solidarity. Our project “Clergy & Chaplains for the Common Good” training series, will train future clergy and chaplains in basic critical organizing skills such as one-on-one organizing conversations, and will introduce them to some of the most visionary ‘bargaining for the common good’ campaigns happening around the country. Project interns will work closely with current and future clergy to develop key organizing skills to engage their congregations in the work of social justice. Most of the work will take place remotely and on campus. | No barriers | subway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Center for NuLeadership Human Justice & Healing | Agency | community building | Rev. | Kyung | Rhee | YES | krhee@ijjra.org | The Center for NuLeadership on Urban Solutions (CNUS)is the world's first and only academic institution established, developed and administered for formerly incarcerated professionals. It was created to provide the broader community with a place where the study of the convergence of mass incarceration, mass unemployment and mass disenfranchisement of poor communities and communities of color, in particular, can be conducted from the perspective of individuals, families and communities most impacted by this phenomena Central to the inquiry are the implications of this phenomenon for urban institutions, communities, families and the many individuals affected by these entities. The Center is divided into seven major areas: (1) research, (2) faculty and curriculum development, (3) public policy, (4) community education and training, (5) program development, design and evaluation, (6) planning, organizing and coordinating forums, seminars, conferences, and special events, and (7) creating fellowship and internship opportunities in the field. The Institute for Juvenile Justice Reform and Alternatives (IJJRA) is the juvenile justice arm of the Center for NuLeadership on Urban Solutions. Its mission is to decrease the number, rate and likelihood of youth incarceration by ensuring accountability, equity and justice in the juvenile justice system while working with community members and stakeholders to empower youth and young adults to become mentors, experts and leaders in their respective communities and the social justice movement. | The NuJustice Intership with the Center for NuLeadership on Urban Solutions entails working on two primary projects with an assigned CNUS staff person. The first project is to assist in building national NuLeadership database of formerly (and currently) incarcerated individuals, and networks, organizations and projects that work with formerly incarcerated individuals and related issues. The second project is to assist with coordinating various community education and training series, specifically in the areas of material development and outreach. The intern will need to be comfortable with public speaking and have competent Microsoft Office skills. The Center will assign a staff member to provide guidance and structure for the internship as well as to serve as liaison to Union Theological Seminary program staff. Application Process Please submit a resume, cover letter and writing sample (on a topic of most interest to you) to Kyung Ji • Kate Rhee, Juvenile Justice Director, Center for NuLeadership on Urban Solutions at krhee@ijjra.org • Please put "NuJustice Intership in the subject line for ease of reference. Upon selection, selected candidates will be interviewed by staff members of the Center for NuLeadership. • | Mode of Transportation: Train, Subway, Car, Bus | Travel time to site minutes *40 minutes travel time to and from site is considered reasonable. Anyth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Center for Spiritual Imagination | 36 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530 | Episcopal | Agency / Chaplaincy / Education | spirituality and community action | www.spiritualimagination.org | Rev. | Adam | Bucko | No | Director | abucko@incarnationgc.org | The mission of the Center for Spiritual Imagination is to create initiatives and opportunities for service that integrate contemplation and action and approach just action as a spiritual practice and a fruit of contemplation. Our ministry takes place in both the New York area as well as online, where we are joined by contemplatives around the world. Our members are dispersed across various locations and time zones. We have members of many different ages, races, gender identities, sexual orientations, and spiritual backgrounds. | Our intern would have the opportunity to learn how to run and support a spiritual formation program, including facilitation of small groups. Responsibilities would include leading group contemplative prayer both online and at our Greenpoint and Garden City locations, administrative support for our three-year formation program, and support with stewardship and non-traditional fundraising. Our intern would have the opportunity to experience our contemplative street ministry where we serve meals to those with food insecurity, and an opportunity to experience our chaplaincy at the country jail as well as the local university. Ideally the intern would be available in person for about 10 hours a week, with some time available for online programming in the evenings. We are flexible on time. | Although there is an elevator in our office building, there are some stairs at the front entrance. We do have a ramp that we can provide for wheelchair access. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Chemin Neuf Community - Community at the Crossing | 1047 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10025 | Roman Catholic / Episcopal | Congregation | http://chemin-neuf.org.uk/ | Sr. | Hannah | Spiers | No | No barriers | hannahmspiers@gmail.com | We are a Roman Catholic Community with an ecumenical vocation, whose main areas of ministry are with young adults and families, unity and reconciliation. There are around 2,000 members worldwide, present in around 30 different countries. We have been asked by the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine to develop an intentional community for 12 young adults to be launched in September 2023 ('The Community at the Crossing'), bringing together young adults (aged 21-30) from across the United States from different Christian denominations and backgrounds. They will spend time in theological study, prayer, and service to the City of New York, whilst living an intense experience of community life, based on site at Saint John the Divine. | The involvement of the intern will include the following: - experience community life with us on the Close of the Cathedral - advertise and help recruit the 12 members for the Community at the Crossing - help develop the content of the program: including speakers, charities, facilities etc - liaise and build relationships with partners of the project While there is NO STIPEND, room and board may be possible at the site. | No barriers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Christ Church (Poughkeepsie) | 20 Carroll St, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 | Episcopal | Congregation | www.christchurchpok.org | Rev. | Susan | Fortunato | No | Rector | rector@christchurchpok.org | Our mission statement:Christ Episcopal Church is a diverse, inclusive community that encounters God and serves others in the City of Poughkeepsie. We believe that social justice require work, people deserve to be celebrated, and faith is a journey. We are inspired to grow through the sacraments, scripture, the beauty and power of worship, and the rich traditions of our Church. We are a community in the heart of the city. We are sandwiched between the affluence of Vassar and Marist colleges and the poverty of the City of Poughkeepsie, we serve as a bridge between these populations. We have an on-site homeless shelter, an urban day camp, and a robust relationship with our local elementary school. We are a diverse and growing congregation. We have experienced forty percent growth of our membership in the last four years. The opportunities for experience is rich and includes outreach (children, homeless, families), education, and pastoral care. | We have an elevator that allows access to the floor that has classrooms. There is a handicapped accessible entrance. There are some barriers to access on the altar. | 4500 | 90 min. fr/Union | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Christ Church (Summit NJ) | 561 Springfield Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901 | UCC & American Baptist Church (ABC) | Education / Interfaith | https://www.christchurchsummit.org/ | Rev. | Julie | Yarborough | No | Associate Minister | revjy@christchurchsummit.org | Christ Church has a long tradition of openness and commitment to interfaith connections. We partner with the American Baptist Churches and the United Church of Christ (but are more in line with the UCC these days.) As an Open and Affirming Congregation since 1994, we welcome persons of all sexual orientations, identities and expressions into the life of our community. We draw upon the wisdom of the Christian tradition, seeking to wrestle with the spiritual questions that life poses to us all. We value imaginative questions over pat answers. We reflect on the spiritual values that we hold in common and explore how those values help us address the moral challenges of our time. We are multi-racial, multi-cultural, and intergenerational. | Our chancel is not accessible to anyone in a wheelchair at this time. | 90 min. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Church of Gethsemane | 124 Henry Street, (at Clark Street) Brooklyn, NY 11201 | Presbyterian (PCUSA) | Congregation | Prison and Post Prison chaplaincy | Rev. | Diane | Lacey D. | laceylives@gmail.com | Opportunities for Ministry: Opportunities include assisting at weekly worship service, preaching, weekly Bible Study, development of a women's prison outreach. Anticipated time: Sunday - 5 hours Supervision - 1 hour Preparation for Bible study and worship responsibilities - 1 hour Prison visitation - 4-6 hours Responsibilities/Duties: - Sunday morning Bible Study - Preach 4 times/year minimum - Accept additional responsibility in worship as assigned - Participate in orientation on ministry of Gethsemane - Become familiar with visiting procedures at women's prisons - Accompany staff member on prison visitation - write a report on each visit - Do follow-up letters to women and contact family members as needed - Attend conferences on women in prison - Attend and participate in staff meetings - Meet with Pastor for one-hour supervision weekly | 60 minutes | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Church of Our Saviors Atonement | Piscataway NJ 08854-8054 | Lutheran | Rev. | John | Flack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Church of Saint Edward the Martyr, The | 14 E. 109th Street, Buzzer 1, New York, NY 10029 | Episcopal | Congregation | saintedwardthemartyr.com | The Rev. | Matthew Paul | Buccheri | Father / Rector | Saint Edward the Martyr is a multi racial, multi ethnic bilingual Eng/Sp Parish in East Harlem at the intersection of NYCHA housing, E109 subsidized communities and Fifth Avenue apartments and condos. We have ministered here since 1883 with outreach to youth at risk, and caring for the needs of the poor and elderly as priorities. Our worship is eucharistic, ceremonial/ traditional with many occasional innovations. Our African american members are older and our Hispanic members are younger. We welcome and house various short term mission and service groups for outreach int the city to the elderly, hospital bound, and LGBTQ community Ordained clergy 1 full time 1 part time; part time Office Manager, Organist and Sexton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Church of Saint Ignatius of Antioch | 552 West End Avenue, New York, NY 10024 | Episcopal | Congregation | www.saintignatiusnyc.org | The Rev. Dr. | Andrew | Blume | No | Rector | rector@saintignatiusnyc.org | St Ignatius of Antioch is a fully inclusive historic Anglo-Catholic Episcopal parish. Our congregation is drawn from the West Side of Manhattan, from midtown to Inwood. Average Sunday attendance is a little over 80. Congregation is economically diverse and, since the 1970s, fully inclusive of the ministry of women and queer folks. Our worship is a very full and historically informed enactment of the Book of Common Prayer (1979), with eastward celebration, vestments, incense, and choral and congregational music. Early music is a central part of our communal life, both in our worship and concert series. We have a small staff: rector, organist & choirmaster, part-time sexton, professional choir of six voices, and three non-stipendiary clergy. | Intern is expected Sundays 7:30 AM to at least 1:30 PM. In addition to Holy Week and Easter, they attend all evening services & other special liturgies (3 masses and 8 evensongs in the fall & 4 masses and 6 others in the spring), as best they can. Student preaches 4-5 times. Supervision is on weekly basis at a mutually convenient time. Students are invited to attend vestry meetings. Liturgy is a major focus of this placement, not for the student to replicate what we do in a future position, but to acquire skills to thoughtfully and intentionally enact the liturgy of the BCP. Student is exposed to parish governance & administration, pastoral care, and Christian formation. Intern will discuss with supervisor goals & areas of interest and together formulate appropriate learning opportunities. | As liturgy is a primary component of the student’s experience, and as the church is not accessible, along with the physically demanding nature of our services, it might be difficult for a student with physical disabilities to undertake this placement. We are open, however, to discussing what could be possible, and we have had clergy and servers with mobility issues. We have experience with and welcome students with learning disabilities and other neuropsychological issues (ADHD, autism spectrum, anxiety, etc.). | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Church of Saint Luke in the Fields | Episcopal | Congregation | The Rev. | Andrew | Ancona | aancona@stlukeinthefields.org | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Church of St. Edward the Martyr | 14 E. 109th Street, Buzzer 1, New York, NY 10029 | Episcopal | Congregation | saintedwardthemartyr.com | Rev. | William | Derby | No | Father / Rector | frwilliam@saintedwardthemartyr.com | Saint Edward the Martyr is a multi racial, multi ethnic bilingual Eng/Sp Parish in East Harlem at the intersection of NYCHA housing, E109 subsidized communities and Fifth Avenue apartments and condos. We have ministered here since 1883 with outreach to youth at risk, and caring for the needs of the poor and elderly as priorities. Our worship is eucharistic, ceremonial/ traditional with many occasional innovations. Our African american members are older and our Hispanic members are younger. We welcome and house various short term mission and service groups for outreach int the city to the elderly, hospital bound, and LGBTQ community Ordained clergy 1 full time 1 part time; part time Office Manager, Organist and Sexton | 3000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Church of St. James the Less (Scarsdale NY) | 10 Church Lane, Scarsdale, NY 10583 | Episcopal | Congregation | stjamesscarsdale.org | Rev. (Rector) | Astrid | Storm | No | Rector | rector@stjamesscarsdale.org | St. James is a mid-sized Episcopal parish (average Sunday attendance is about 200 during the year) with many kids and families, but also parishioners of all ages. It is situated in an affluent community, but draws from surrounding towns. It is diverse in terms of ages, ethnicities, and income. Our outreach program is strong and growing, with a lot of potential for growth. Our educational programs are popular and cover a variety of topics. We do not have a set mission statement, but informally, our mission is to serve God through service to the community and wider world. | St. James only has one priest, the Rector, and so this position would provide myriad opportunities for ministry. The specific duties would be determined by the intern and rector together, and based on the intern's interests. Set duties include: preaching, teaching, and assisting in the liturgy. On-site presence would be desired on Sundays and, when possible, during the week as well. Staff meetings are Tuesday morning. If possible -- but again, we can be flexible -- that would be a good time for the intern to present, as well. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew, The | 520 Clinton Ave, Brooklyn NY 11238 | Episcopal | Congregation | www.stlukeandstmatthew.org | Rev. | Andrew | Durbidge | NO | Rector | rector@stlukeandstmatthew.org | The Church of St Luke and St Matthew is a faith community centered on Jesus Christ. We are part of the Episcopal branch of the Jesus movement. We gather to worship and give thanks for the blessings of grace, mercy and peace. We gather to share our stories and our lives of faith. Though as a church we are 180 years old, we continue to aim to make Jesus relevant to the community of Clinton Hill / Fort Greene, Prospect Heights each and every day. The world needs to know the healing grace of Jesus Christ. Christ’s message of hope, love and peace is as relevant today as it was when the church was formed, and as it was when Jesus Christ first called his disciples. We continually seek to build our community of faith based on the teachings of Jesus, the prophets and apostles, and to serve the church. | Sundays - learning liturgy planning, setup and roles, participate as a Eucharistic minister, preach a couple of times a semester, engage with congregation members. Conceive, plan and execute a 4 - 6 week adult education class. Support Loaves and Fishes feeding ministry / help plan expansion for 2025 with rector and ministry leader. Music ministry choir / organ participation Tuesday / Wednesday pm - attend the new ministry of student choir school. Support the music director and coordinate the volunteers. Participate in one of the hospitality teams and prepare and serve a meal once a month Wednesday healing service - 12pm Wednesday bible study - 11am | No Barriers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Church of St. Matthew and St. Timothy | 26 West 84th Street, New York, NY 10024 | Episcopal | Congreation | smatchurch.org | Rev. | Carla | Guzman | No | Rector | croland@smstchurch.org | The Church of St. Matthew and St. Timothy is a bilingual Episcopal congregation in the UWS of Manhattan. It is a parish mostly of grandparents and the majority of its members are of very modest means. Although the congregation is not wealthy, the institution is, creating a unique balance that enables interesting ministry. In addition to worship and formation, the congregation serves the community in various ways: weekly meal program, LGBTQ+ programs, work with youth. | In addition to Sunday responsibilities, will work with intern to create schedule of goals. | Not all spaces are accessible. The sanctuary, meeting hall, and one bathroom are accessible; the remaining spaces require the use of stairs. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew, UMC | United Methodist Church (UMC) | Congregation | queer friendly, community building and social justice | Rev. (Sr. Minister K. Karpen) | Lea | Matthews | Yes | lea@stpaulandstandrew.org | St. Paul & St. Andrew, your progressive United Methodist Church in NYC. Located in the heart of New York City, our church is dedicated to inclusivity, social justice, and spiritual growth. We embrace people from all walks of life, offering a welcoming space for worship, reflection, and service. Our commitment to progressive values is reflected in our advocacy for LGBTQ+ inclusion, racial equality, and environmental stewardship. Join us for inspiring sermons, dynamic worship services, and impactful community outreach programs. Discover a United Methodist Church in NYC where your faith and values align, and where you can truly make a difference. Our Purpose includes love-inspired action and social justice, building relationships throughout New York City and beyond, teaching and following progressive values, and helping raise up future generations through the congregation that value leadership and love. | No barriers. | 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Church of the Ascension (Brooklyn) | 127 Kent Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222 | Episcopal | Congregation | ascensionbrooklyn.org | Rev. | John | Merz | No | john@ascensionbrooklyn.org | We are a neighborhood Episcopal Church serving Greenpoint and Williamsburg Brooklyn. In worship, we serve a d cross-section of older and newer residents in the midst of a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood. Our mission is to serve the congregants with a sacramentally based spiritual life and ground their daily lives deeply in the ways their faith is shaping their vocation and being. The church is staffed by one full-time pastor and a part-time administrator and musician. The demographics of the neighborhood are Polish, Anglo, Latino. Middle to upper middle class with even new quite affluent strata moving in. | There is training in terms of worship as well as outreach. Worship would be forms of service leadership, preaching and teaching as well as building interpersonal pastoral skills. Institutionally we have been a church in rapid transition in population as well as currently undergoing a renovation of all our buildings (1/2 of them completed). This means there is a lot to learn and experience right now about serving a congregation in a period of flux and change. We also founded an organization called North Brooklyn Angels: Neighbors helping neighbors and parishioners and people help serve food in our Mobile soup kitchen. Having some acquaintance with that work, how it came about and how it runs would be a great learning experience. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Church of the Good Shepherd | 236 East 31st Street, New York, NY 10016 | Episcopal | Congregation | www.good shepherd churchman.org | Rev. | Sarah | Wood | No | Priest-in-Charge | smmorris58@gmail.com | Seminary intern will preach on a regular basis, conducting adult education activities, assist with liturgical duties, participate in pastoral visits, assist with paperwork as appropriate | Yes… there are areas that are only accessible by steps | 45 minutes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
41 | Church of the Heavenly Rest | Episcopal | Congregation | queer friendly | Rev. | Kate | Malin | kmalin@heavenlyrest.org | Church of the Heavenly Rest is committed to being an inclusive home for all people. We are an open community experiencing God together, regardless of sexual identity or orientation. Please note that our church is accessible to those in wheel chairs and with walkers, with no steps up or down as you enter our space. An elevator in our foyer will take you downstairs to our reception desk, art exhibits and meeting spaces. We have a legacy of inclusion, aspiring to tell and exemplify God’s love for every human being; women and men serve as bishops, priests, and deacons in our church. Laypeople and clergy cooperate as leaders at all levels of our church. Leadership is a gift from God, and can be expressed by all people in our church, regardless of sexual identity or orientation. | accessible | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | Church of the Holy Apostles (Brooklyn) | Episcopal | Congregation | https://holyapostlesbrooklyn.com/ | Mother Sarah Kooperkamp and Mother Kimberlee Auletta | Both YES | Holy Apostles is a small, vibrant, growing parish in Windsor Terrace in Brooklyn. It has a unique leadership with two priests sharing one job as co leaders of the congregation. Most of the members of the church are new with in the last two years. We are working on small groups, youth groups, out reach ministry and way for our folks generally to deepen their spiritual engagement. | Yes. Lots of steps. | 4500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
43 | Church of the Holy Apostles / Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen (Manhattan) | 296 Ninth Avenue, New York, NY 10001 | Episcopal | Congregation / Agency | unhoused chaplaincy | www.holyapostlesnyc.org | Rev. Dr. | Anna | Pearson | No | Rector / Executive Director of the Soup Kitchen | annaspearson@holyapostlesnyc.org | We are a worshipping community with a strong legacy of inclusion and faithful progressive action. Our soup kitchen is our primary mission, and we serve over 1000 meals every week day without question or qualification to hungry people. A seminarian working with us will have a unique opportunity to engage worship and congregational life as well as participating in a thriving social service agency that practices a ministry of presence with vulnerable and hungry people. | Interns will have opportunities to engage a wide variety of liturgical roles, and will also have responsibility for a project that will take shape based on the gifts and skills of the intern and the needs of the parish. Interns will also cycle through different jobs in the soup kitchen, many of which will involve direct interaction and service with our guests. | We do not have an elevator. Our church building is accessible, but the offices are a three story walk up. We are working on remediating this, but the arc to completion will span a few years. | subway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
44 | Church of the Holy Trinity | 316 E. 88th St., New York, NY 10128 | Episcopal | Congregation | www.holytrinity-nyc.org | Rev. | John | Beddingfield | No | Rector | jfbeddingfield@holytrinity-nyc.org | The Church of the Holy Trinity, completed in 1899, is a community-rooted, broad Episcopal Church in the Yorkville neighborhood of the Manhattan's Upper East Side. The congregation is in an exciting redevelopment phase-- building community, trying new programs, and engaging the neighborhood to join us to "do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with God." While continuing to nurture older adults and current members, we are trying to grow our ministry with young adults and provide nurture for young families in ways that are helpful. The rector seeks to lead worship framed by the Book of Common Prayer, supported by a subtle Anglo-catholic piety, but always filled with humor, flexibility, and openness. | Opportunities are open to the gifts and interests of the seminarian. Holy Trinity Neighborhood Center (our nonprofit for mission) provides a senior Tuesday lunch, a free Saturday neighborhood dinner, and a shelter for up to 15 homeless men 5 nights a week. A seminarian would be welcome in every aspect of Sunday worship, which includes an 8am Said Eucharist, an 11am Sung Eucharist, and a more informal 6pm Community Eucharist. A Wednesday evening Eucharist offers prayers and laying on of hands for healing. Morning Prayer is offered Monday through Thursday in the church. Adult and children's Christian formation programs are available for a seminarian's involvement, as well as help in nurturing young adult ministry and helping us to discern appropriate new ministries in Spanish. | Unfortunately, our church is not fully accessible, though a ramp allows one to enter the worship space and a makeshift ramp helps to enter the social hall. Though we have an elevator in our mission house, it requires several steps to reach it! To our shame, we currently have no fully accessible rest room in the complex. The primary worship space is also somewhat darker than would be optimal, so a person with impaired vision might find our space challenging. | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | Church of the Incarnation | 209 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016-3814 | Episcopal | congregation | churchoftheincarnation.org | Rev. | Adrian | Dannhauser | NO | Priest-in-Charge | adannhauser@churchoftheincarnation.org | Founded in 1852, Incarnation is a 250 member parish in Midtown Manhattan, serving a congregation diverse in age, race, sexual orientation and socioeconomic background. About half of the congregation is local, and half travels from other boroughs, Westchester and NJ. We have a fulltime Priest-in-Charge, a halftime Associate Priest, a non-stipendiary Deacon, a halftime parish administrator, a halftime Music Director, a fulltime sexton and a halftime assistant sexton. Our Mission Statement: "The Church of the Incarnation, grounded in living faith and inspired by the beauty of our landmark building, seeks to engage the community through vibrant and varied worship, loving and practical service to others, and intellectual exploration, with a warm and open welcome in the heart of New York City. | Responsibilities include: - Preach approximately twice a month; otherwise serve in worship at one Sunday or weekday service per week; share in leading Zoom services of the "Daily Office" - Share with other clergy in leading Sunday morning Bible Study and other Christian formation opportunities - Share with other clergy in writing 250-500 word spiritual reflections for the congregation (approximately once every 6 weeks) - Participation in mission and service projects - Attendance at church fellowship events - Develop a signature ministry project of their choosing - Participation in children, youth, and/or young adult ministry as desired Onsite presence generally required on Sunday mornings unless serving in worship at a weekday service. | bathrooms not ADA compliant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
46 | Church of the Master Federal Credit Union | 81 Morningside Ave., Rev. Dr. James H. Robinson Place, NYC 10027 | Presbyterian (PCUSA) | Agency, Congrefation, Education, Interfaith | Economics and Community Building | churchofthemasterfcu.com | Elder (Dr.); Rev. | Genevieve (Derrick) | White (McQueen) | No (YES) | Board President / Manager | derrickmcqueen@me.com; white_genevieve@aol.com | Empowering members and community to realize financial goals. Church of The Master Federal Credit Union serves as a financial institution to empower members and community to realize their financial goals. Exist for people with modest means and the disenfranchised who decided to seek improve their everyday lives. Church of The Master Federal Credit Union’s mission is to serve as a resource for the empowerment of the most neglected members of our community. Through education, collaboration with like-mind organizations and entities, advocating for members, Church of The Master provides the comprehensive support and quality financial products and services necessary for members to improve or turn their lives around which includes prayer when requested. Credit Union staff are all volunteers. | The Interns will work to assist us in our relationships with our members by processing member request, helping to continue develop and maintain our online presence, and grants research. The student will also be responsible for helping to develop a financial education platform for membership and online communities who have been underserved by larger financial institutions. May be required to offer prayer when requested. Understanding that the African American community is still struggling to move from the systematic economic oppression that has impeded the progress of generations, interns are expected to participant in workshops/symposiums/summits with our members. Service is by appointment only (digital or in person), by mail. With back-office work once week for 3-4 hrs. | Church of The Master and Church of The Master Federal Credit Union facilities are ADA compliance. There are no stairs to gain entry and all restrooms are in compliance. | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | Church of the Redeemer, The | 30-14 Crescent Street, Astoria, NY 11102 | Congregation | Episcopal | www.redeemer-astoria.org | The Rev. | Thomas | Carey | Priest in Charge | We are a multicultural congregation with worship and business languages use of English and Spanish, but over ten first languages spoken. Our community comes mostly from Astoria, New York City. We are a "redeveloping" congregation in the Diocese of Long Island, The Episcopal Church. The church has served the area for 151 years and since inception as a response to the "draft riots" in New York City, 1863 the church welcome the immigrant population around itself. First English and Dutch, Germans, Italians and Hispanics about a 30 years ago. There is one priest serving full time and soon we will start the process for an assistant priest. Astoria is moving like many parts of the city towards gentrification and nowadays we have mostly English speaking and young population growth. | none, we are fully accesible | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
48 | Church of the Village, The (UMC) | Episcopal | Congregation | Episcopal | Rev. | K. | Karpen | Pastor | Also: Alexis Lillie & Jorge Lockward | k@churchofthevillage.org | The Church of the Village is a progressive, radically inclusive, and anti-racist community of faith. COTV integrates spirituality and social justice in all that we do. We seek to love God above all and love our neighbors as ourselves. Our members come from all five boroughs of NYC and beyond. We have strong relationships with neighborhood organizations like the LGBT Community Center, City & Country School, the West 13th Street Alliance, and the Integral Yoga Institute. COTV's staff consists of a lead pastor, assistant pastor, minister of worship arts, outreach program director, business manager/treasurer, building coordinator, administrative associate, and several part-time custodial staff. | The Church of the Village has a robust and intensive worship planning process that includes weekly strategy meetings of the Worship Vision Team (pastors, minister of worship arts, and worship committee chair). Interns may participate in these meetings. There are opportunities to preach, participate on the evangelism team, teach/facilitate in the small groups ministry, and help to organize social justice activities. COTV's most prominent outreach ministry is Hope for Our Neighbors in Need (HNN), which provides food for over 800 persons each week through a Tuesday food pantry and a Saturday community meal. Interns may choose to devote part of their time to participating in and learning about large-scale community outreach. | none, we are fully accesible | 60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
49 | Church-in-the-Gardens, The | 50 Ascan Avenue | United Church of Christ (UCC) | Congregation | thecitg.org | Rev. Dr. | Fred | Weidmann | No | Pastor | revfred@theccitg.org | The Church-in-the-Gardens is a UCC-affiliated community church in “The Gardens” section of Forest Hills, Queens, easily accessible to the subway (E, F, R) and the LIRR. Our purpose (as per the founding Covenant, 1913) is “the advancement of God’s kingdom in the world.” Our mission (adopted in 1994) is to “Bear witness to God’s creative, redeeming and sanctifying action in the world,” to “Nurture each person in the Christian Faith,” and to “Affirm the worth and dignity of each individual.” The church serves a wide diversity of people, is openly affirming of LGBTQ+ rights, and is active in ecumenical & interfaith work and social service ministry. It also runs a weekday school. Beyond the pastor and weekday school staff, staff includes music director, office administrator, and custodian. | Our church has a history of welcoming UTS students; one is now UCC General Minister & President. The primary responsibility is coordinating the Christian Ed program. On-site presence is required Sunday mornings approx. 9 - noon to prepare for Sunday school, attend the front end of 10 a.m. worship, and facilitate Sunday school (for the balance of the 10 a.m. service). Sunday mornings may include meeting with families, orienting volunteers, etc., and leading (on rotation with Pastor) the in-worship Children’s Moment. Other responsibilities include occasional meetings with the Board of Christian Ed and, as possible, Staff meetings. Position includes sessions with Pastor, opportunities for leading worship (incl. preaching), and possibilities for partnering with other church-related programs. | Unfortunately, Yes. The church building is on the National Historic Registry and requires steps. There is a ramp to the sanctuary itself; however, classrooms and other areas that are necessary to access for this position do not have such accommodations. | 55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
50 | Civilian Complaint Review Board | 100 Church Street, Flr 10, New York, NY 10590 | N/A | Agency | Law envorcement oversight & Community Action | nyc.gov/ccrb | Ms. | Lily | Carayannis | YES | Deputy Chief of Special Operations | carayannis@ccrb.nyc.gov | The Civilian Complaint Review Board (“CCRB”) is charged with investigating, mediating, and prosecuting complaints which members of the public file against New York City police officers alleging the use of force, abuse of authority, discourtesy, offensive language, untruthful statements made by officers, and racial profiling and biased policing. As the largest police oversight agency in the United States, the CCRB currently investigates approximately 4,500 complaints each year. In April 2021, the New York City Council passed Intro 2212, which clarified that under its abuse of authority jurisdiction, the CCRB has the authority to investigate complaints of racial profiling and other forms of biased policing made by members of the public against New York City police officers. | The intern will be responsible for receiving, investigating, and managing a caseload of civilian complaints of police misconduct that allege racial profiling and/or other forms of biased policing based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, immigration or housing status. The schedule is fluid depending on the needs to the cases the intern is handling. On-site activities only include interviewing police officers and if needed civilians. The intern sets their schedule. Active listening, attention to broader spiritual demands of justice and community, and marshalling of resources to support community are all ministerial duties implicated in the job. Additionally, the student will be offered opportunities for theological reflection. | No barriers | 30 minutes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
51 | Columbia Climate School | 2910 Broadway, New York, NY 10025` | N/A | Education | Climate & Environment | https://www.climate.columbia.edu/ | The Columbia Climate School's mission is to develop and inspire knowledge-based solutions and educate future leaders for just and prosperous societies on a healthy planet. Our goal is to ensure the latest research in climate and sustainable development has real-world, real-time, equitable impact on all lives, especially those affected most by the climate crisis. We have degree programs in climate and sustainability, as well as non-degree programs for both K-12 and professional cohorts, and a robust public programming and outreach schedule. The Climate School and its affiliated units have over 800 staff members, but the Communications team is a small department of eleven full-time staff members, as well as 2-3 student interns each semester. | No Barriers | 15 minutes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
52 | Columbia University Earl Hall Center for Religious Life | 2980 Broadway NYC 10027 | Interfaith | Education & Chaplaincy & Interfaith | Higher education chaplaincy | https://religiouslife.columbia.edu/ | Rev. Dr. | Ian | Rottenberg | NO | Dean of Religious Life | ir2379@columbia.edu | Students working in a field placement position with Columbia's Office of Religious Life will gain a variety of experiences related to planning and implementing interfaith programming. Seminarians in this role will support the Earl Hall Center staff in most aspects of event planning, and will eventually have the opportunity to help to lead some events. The role exposes students to administrative elements of ministry, and provides a rare opportunity to foster dialogue among students from diverse religious and cultural background. | Each week approximately two hours will be delegated to reading materials specifically related to the work of campus ministry as well as conversations about the reading material. This will provide insight into different ways of doing campus ministry. We will spend 1 hour each week discussing hte material. In order to get a fuller glimpse of religious life on campus, various religious life campus meetings will be attended. We will create opportunities to develop programs aimed at engaging Columbia students and creating spaces for interfaith dialogue and community. Part of the work of programming will involve attending staff meetings in which we will discuss current projects and discern how to move forward in those. About 4 hours each week will be focused on administrative work | fully accessible | 5500 | walk | 10 min. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
53 | Commission on Ecumenical & Interfaith Relations | Episcopal Diocese of New York, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10591 | Episcopal Church, Diocese of New York | Education & Interfaith | Interfaith networking and education | https://www.dioceseny.org | Rev. (Chair of Commission) | Curtis | Hart | YES | Chair, Commission on Ecumenciao and Interfaith Relations | cuh9001@med.cornell.edu | The field education intern will visit and interview current Commission members, attend regular Commission meetings (five a year), and participate in programs and seminars sponsored by the Commission. This immersive process is the start of learning by doing where action and reflection and the theory and praxis of ministry are joined together. In the first semester the student will begin to evolve a personal statement regarding the role of ecumenical and interfaith work in their ministerial career. The second semester will focus on the development of a student's own topic for exploration utilizing the resources of the Commission and its members. The end product will be a reflection paper that can be shared and may be a first draft leading to publication. | The field education intern will visit and interview current Commission members, attend regular Commission meetings (five a year), and participate in programs and seminars sponsored by the Commission. This immersive process is the start of learning by doing where action and reflection and the theory and praxis of ministry are joined together. In the first semester the student will begin to evolve a personal statement regarding the role of ecumenical and interfaith work in their ministerial career. The second semester will focus on the development of a student's own topic for exploration utilizing the resources of the Commission and its members. The end product will be a reflection paper that can be shared and may be a first draft leading to publication. | There are none. | 4500 | Bus | 15-20 min. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
54 | Communities for Healing and Justice | 306 West 139th St., Garden Level, New York City NY 10030-1975 | Agency | poverty, community and Post-Prison chaplaincy | chjharlem.org | Dr. | Dawn | Ravella | No | Executive Director | dawn@chjharlem.org | Communities for Healing and Justice is a nonprofit based in Harlem and rooted in compassion, healing, and justice. Our mission is to welcome people into a supportive, diverse community to make connections, build relationships, and gain access to life-changing resources and opportunities as they transition from prison, homelessness, and other traumatic experiences. Through our transformational trauma-informed programming, we address issues of poverty and injustice while working together for peace and social change. We heal ourselves and our community. The Coming Home 6-month prison reentry program serves returning citizens facing barriers related to systemic racism, poverty, and criminalization. Our staff includes social workers, educators, and justice advocates. | At CHJ, interns train in ministry through our Coming Home Program, a reentry program for returning citizens. Interns support trauma-informed, spiritually grounded community building through assisting facilitators during weekly groups, attending team meetings, and supporting the leadership team. Ministry includes relationship building, spiritual reflection, and justice-rooted care. Projected responsibilities: 1) Attend Wednesday Coming Home sessions (5:30–8:30pm); 2) Join weekly planning meetings (~2 hrs); 3) Support preparations for each week's sessions (flexible ~4–6 hrs), assist with data collection. All activities count toward the 12–15 hr weekly requirement. | No barriers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
55 | Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation at White Plains | 468 Rosedale Ave., White Plains, NY 10605 | UU (Unitarian Universalist) | Congregation | cucwp.org | Rev. | Danielle | Lindstrum | No | (Director of Lifespan Religious Education and Faith Development) | revdcuuc@gmail.com | CUUC is a liberal religious faith community founded in 1909. We are a member congregation of the Unitarian Universalist Association, and are a Welcoming Congregation committed to affirming and purposefully including all regardless of age, race, ethnicity, national origin, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, and sexual or affectional orientation. Mission: We covenant to nurture each other in our spiritual journeys, foster compassion and understanding within and beyond our community, and engage in service to transform ourselves and our world. We are located in White Plains, NY, population 59,000. We have members from a 60 mile radius plus now online members. Staff: Minister, Religious Educator, Music Director, Administrator, plus other music and childcare staff. | Project responsibilities will align with the intern's learning objectives. Responsibilities might include leading and/or supporting JR and SR Youth Group, in collaboration with the volunteer youth advisors. This might include supporting the youth as they plan and lead a worship service for the congregation and participate in interfaith & justice initiatives. The intern might also participate in our 8th & 9th grade Coming of Age class. When we are back in the building (maybe fall), we'd love to have The Intern join us some Sunday mornings and other times the youth groups might meet. | We have ramps into the building and are currently under construction to make our bathrooms all ADA compliant as well as adding a ramp up to the chancel area. Unfortunately, most of our classrooms are up some stairs but if we have someone who is not able to manage stairs, we would relocate that group to another part of the building without stairs. | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
56 | Compassion Consortium | 40 W. 116th Street, Suite A504, New York, NY 10026 | Interfaith & Interspecies | Chaplaincy | animals and human chaplaincy | compassionconsortium.org | Rev. | Sarah | Bowen | No | Co-founding Clergy & Director, Animal Chaplaincy Training Program | revsarah@compassionconsortium.org | Interspecies and interfaith religious center offering spiritual guidance, support, and fellowship to Vegans, vegetarians, animal rights activists, animal lovers, and environmentalists. We promote interspecies and planetary concerns for action by our compassionate community, guided by our Tenets of Agreement. Monthly Sunday Services (Zoom) are led by the cofounders (incl 3 ordained clergy) supported by technical staff, and serve 50 - 125 community members. Our total community includes 400+ attendees. CC also hosts additional events, classes, and interest groups, and offers services such as pastoral counseling, companion animal grief support, and animal chaplaincy. While our ministry is global, we are based in NYC, where we are organized as a non-for-profit religious corporation. | Opportunities: Deepening of theological perspective regarding animals. Pastoral support/companioning interspecies families. Reflection on planetary ethics and human-wildlife conflict in spiritual/religious communities. Thanatology in relation to the more-than-human world. Congregational speaking. Animal chaplaincy skill development. Opportunity to work side-by-side with humans involved in practical application of interspecies ministry and animal theology. Responsibilities: -Participation in Spiritual Leadership Team -Planning of liturgies, rituals, and mindfulness/meditation/prayer practices that include other-than-human species -Sermon/Derashot/Message/Dharma talk series -Hands-on shelter/sanctuary partnership work -Essay writing for website on theological areas of interest | No. Due to the pandemic protocols, Compassion Consortium does not currently maintain a physical space. In-person community events held in October and June are both in ADA accessible locations. | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
57 | Concord Baptist Church Church of Christ | Congregation & Education | Rev. | Gary | Simpson | We are a progressive Black Christian witness in the borough of Brooklyn, and we beieve our history is a powerful demonstration of love and the profound presence of God's grace in a broken and fractured world. The Concord Baptist Church of Christ was founded in 1847 by the Black abolitionist Pastor Sampson White. We are affiliated with the Progressive National Baptist Convention and the American Baptist Churches USA. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
58 | CONNECT NYC | 127 W. 127th, Suite 431, New York, NY 10027 | N/A | Chaplaincy/ Educ/ Interfaith | Domestic Violence and People of Color | https://www.connectnyc.org/ | Mr. | Quentin | Walcott | No | Executive Director | QWalcott@connectnyc.org | CONNECT develops unique programs and innovative ways to prevent interpersonal and domestic violence and promote gender justice. We are seeking to train women to transform the culture of violence and to build the capacity of communities to respond to the complex needs of survivors and their families. CONNECT Faith is committed to working in collaboration with New York City’s diverse faith communities to create and strengthen their response to gender and family violence. We work with interfaith communities across the 5 boroughs including but not limited to Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, and African Traditional Religious communities. Our work tends t in Black, Latino and South Asian communities across the 5 boroughs and that is reflective of our staff. | Opportunities for ministry exist in conducting trainings, speaking and or preaching at congregations, conducting presentations, conducting outreach to faith communities, engaging in social action activities such as protests, walks, or vigils as well as the possibility of conducting a roundtable which occur once a month. Other duties of the intern include theological research, curriculum development, power mapping a community, conducting door to door outreach, attending spiritual services, organizing and compiling administrative reports on the CONNECT Faith work. There would be a check in with me once a week. | Our location does have accommodations for students with Physical disabilities, we also have a work from home/office hybrid set up. | 20 minutes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
59 | Cornerstone Baptist Church | 574 Madison Street, Brooklyn, NY 11221 | Baptist | Congregation | https://cbcbrooklyn.org/ | Mr. | Lawrence | Aker | NO | Pastor | jsg.cbc@gmail.com | Our vision is for Cornerstone to be a “Place to Grow” in both faith and spirit for all Christians to get to know, enjoy, follow and disciple others to Jesus Christ. G – It is our vision to GROW in our understanding of God through biblical teaching, preaching, worship, praise and service. R – It is our vision to REACH God’s people who do not have a relationship with Jesus Christ, as well as the broken and weary within the church and local community. O – It is our goal to ORGANIZE in a unified manner to model ourselves after Jesus Christ and to show the world that we are true Believers. W – We seek to increase our WISDOM and knowledge of God so that we may go out and share. | • Preaching & Teaching: Growing in communication, clarity, and biblical interpretation in public ministry. • Pastoral Care: Learning how to listen well, offer comfort, and respond to various life situations with compassion. • Leadership Skills: Developing the ability to guide teams, lead meetings, cast vision, and make decisions. • Worship Planning: Gaining experience in crafting and leading worship that is both theological and engaging. • Mission & Evangelism: Learning how to share the gospel in contextually relevant and respectful ways. • Church Administration: Understanding how churches function structurally — budgets, policies, planning, etc. | no barriers | bus & subway | 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
60 | Courage of Care | 1112 Wyckoff Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385 | N/A | Education, Interfaith | www.courageofcare.org | Dr. | Brooke | Lavelle | No | Co-Founder & Co-Director | brooke@courageofcare.org | The Courage of Care Coalition (courageofcare.org) is a non-profit dedicated to nurturing a growing network of relational facilitators working at the forefront of our racial, economic, climate, and land justice movements. In addition to training and sustaining our relational facilitators—by which we mean anyone called to develop the heartfelt and skillful capacity to attend to the relational tissue (and issues) of their organization, community and/or movement, including leaders, coaches, chaplains, mediators, organizers, teachers, healers and so forth—we also offer direct consulting to organizations with the goal of strengthening our movements for justice and liberation. | Our RISE program for relational facilitators is a semester long program designed to introduce participants to our liberators framework of movement based chaplaincy and culture building. Folks are introduced to the theory and praxis of our model, CourageRISE, while also deepening their own relational, spiritual practice during the program. As a mixed cohort with participants from diverse movements and perspectives, participants are also exposed to various tools and approaches for integrating relational work into their work. Field ed participants would be invited to fully participate in the RISE training, and to meet with our training team for additional support. They would also run a concurrent peer reflection group with "emerging leaders' (ages 18-25) who are participating in the program. | the program meets online; supervision could be scheduled online or in person at Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
61 | Dharma Relief | 1310 N. Paul Russell Road, Tallahassee, FL 32301 | Buddhist | Agency | www.dharmarelief.org | Ms. | Stacy | Mclendon | No | Director | admin@dharmarelief.org | Dharma Relief, founded by Tallahassee Chan Center Guiding Teacher Guo Gu in 2020, is the first platform of its kind that brings together different Buddhist traditions, teachers, and practitioners to support and create sustainable living in North America. Its guiding principles are wisdom and compassion. Dharma Relief 2 (DR2) is an initiative dedicated to amplifying the voices and increasing the presence and longevity of Black dharma teachers in the community by providing support to deepen their practice and dharma contributions to Black people and communities, thereby shepherding the work of healing racialized trauma. DR2 recognizes Black Dharma teachers/leaders as powerfully positioned to offer healing and support through a Buddhist lens for African-descendant communities in the USA. | 1. Collaborating in the creation of virtual spaces for fellows to gather, develop community, and process their work in the world utilizing the Restorative Justice Circle Keeping modality. 2. Supporting Teachers and Fellows during planning and implementation of the Deep Time Liberation Retreat. 3. Collaborating in development of curriculum for day-long virtual gatherings. 4. Providing virtual support distributing, collecting, and reporting on responses from feedback forms when measuring the impact of the fellowship. 5. Providing ongoing and consistent virtual administrative support to the Director and the Advisory Board. 6. Support planning and facilitation of Advisory Board meetings. | The church is in the middle of a major accessibility renovation. We do have an elevator, that does provide access to all areas, except the Sanctuary. There are 4 steps from the elevator to the Sanctuary. This is being addressed with a new elevator | 0 | Remote work. Retreat travel expenses to be compensated. | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
62 | Episcopal Church of Saint Matthew and Saint Timothy | Episcopal | Congregation | Rev. | Carla | Roland Guzmán | croland@smstchurch.org | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
63 | Episcopal Church of the Ascension,The (Greenpoint) | 127 Kent Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222 | Episcopal | Congregation | ascensionbrooklyn.org | Rev. | John | Merz | No | john@ascensionbrooklyn.org | We are a neighborhood Episcopal Church serving Greenpoint and Williamsburg Brooklyn. In worship, we serve a d cross-section of older and newer residents in the midst of a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood. Our mission is to serve the congregants with a sacramentally based spiritual life and ground their daily lives deeply in the ways their faith is shaping their vocation and being. The church is staffed by one full-time pastor and a part-time administrator and musician. The demographics of the neighborhood are Polish, Anglo, Latino. Middle to upper middle class with even new quite affluent strata moving in. | There is training in terms of worship as well as outreach. Worship would be forms of service leadership, preaching and teaching as well as building interpersonal pastoral skills. Institutionally we have been a church in rapid transition in population as well as currently undergoing a renovation of all our buildings (1/2 of them completed). This means there is a lot to learn and experience right now about serving a congregation in a period of flux and change. We also founded an organization called North Brooklyn Angels: Neighbors helping neighbors and parishioners and people help serve food in our Mobile soup kitchen. Having some acquaintance with that work, how it came about and how it runs would be a great learning experience. | No barriers. | 400 | subway | 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
64 | Episcopal Mission in Sunnyside, The | 43-12 46th Street, Sunnyside, NY 11104 | Episcopal | congregation | new church plant | https://www.allsaintssunnyside.org/ | Rev. | Carl | Adair | YES | Missioner/Vicar | frcarlsunnyside@gmail.com | The Episcopal Mission In Sunnyside is a new church plant in Sunnyside—an ethnically and economically diverse neighborhood in Western Queens. We are inheritors of the building and the legacy of All Saints Episocpal Church, which closed in January 2020. After more than a year of “going slow and growing things,” we launched weekly worship on September 14, 2025. We are cultivating a network of ministries and partnerships that proclaim to this neighborhood and this city that “things which have been cast down are being raised up, and things which have grown old are being made new.” A field ed intern would be joining a small and scrappy staff made up of just Fr. Carl Adair and our part-time musician / remixer of sacred music Ali Dineen. | The Episcopal Mission In Sunnyside offers an intern a chance to actively participate in a creative, ecological approach to new missional community. We are rooted in the Anglican tradition of maintaining a generative tension between the wisdom and practice of our ancestors and the best learning and new wisdom emerging now—and we stretch that tension. An intern would be invited to join in liturgy planning, community organizing, preaching and facilitating small group discussion, as well as emerging ministries and partnerships. Interns would be expected to be present for our two services on Sunday morning (currently at 8:30 and 10am), and in the neighborhood for at least half a day during the week (to be determined according to the intern and the supervisor’s schedules). | Yes. The sanctuary and office level of the church is up one standard flight of steps; there is no elevator. | Subway | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
65 | Episcopal Relief & Development | 815 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10017 | Episcopal | Agency | www.episcopalrelief.org | Ms. | Josephine | Hicks | No | Opportunities include developing curricular tools to educate volunteers and Episcopalians about asset-based community development, disaster response, and other aspects of our work; gathering stories about our work; calling volunteers to offer pastoral, organizational, and coaching support; writing and gathering prayers relevant to our work; developing pastoral care resources for disaster relief work; coordinating with developers to create on-line applications for prayers and liturgies relevant to our work; developing liturgical resources; and assisting with gathering Lenten Meditation materials. Episcopal Relief & Development facilitates healthier, more fulfilling lives in communities struggling with hunger, poverty, disaster, and disease. In our global development work, we work with Anglican Communion partners and other partners in 35 countries around the world. Our US Disaster programs work with and through Episcopal dioceses and congregations. In all of our work, including disaster preparedness and response as well as global development, we follow an asset-based community development approach. We never impose solutions. Rather, we listen, learn, and work together to build on local knowledge and strengths that already exist. As a result, individuals and communities are able to live and sustain fuller, healthier, more productive lives. | Opportunities include developing curricular tools to educate volunteers and Episcopalians about asset-based community development, disaster response, and other aspects of our work; gathering stories about our work; calling volunteers to offer pastoral, organizational, and coaching support; writing and gathering prayers relevant to our work; developing pastoral care resources for disaster relief work; coordinating with developers to create on-line applications for prayers and liturgies relevant to our work; developing liturgical resources; and assisting with gathering Lenten Meditation materials. Work can be done remotely. Time in the Episcopal Relief & Development office can be coordinated with the supervisor and will take place between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday. | No physical barriers. | 3600 | subway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
66 | Evolving Enneagram | 1021 E. 34th Street, Kanas City, MO 64109 | N/A | Agency / Education | revnhien@evolvingenneagram.com | Rev. | Nhien | Vuong | No | Founder | revnhien@evolvingenneagram.com | Evolving Enneagram offers transformational Enneagram-based spiritual counseling, consulting, and community-building to individuals, families, and organizations around the world. The Enneagram is an extraordinary framework for transformational development. Our vision is an awakened and compassionate world and our mission is to transform our lives from the inside out. An ordained Unity minister, founder Rev. Nhien Vuong offers a compassionate, interspiritual path of transformation without dogma—an Enneagram-informed path that honors and is rooted in each person’s unique background, personality, and beliefs. Rev. Nhien works with three amazing Adjunct Faculty: Kristina Frank, Angela Joy Eby, and George Gordon. | TBD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
67 | Fair Housing Justice Center | 30-30 Northern Blvd., Ste. 302, Long Island City, NY 11101 | N/A | Housing and Social Justice | agency | www.fairhousingjustice.org | Mr. | Craig | Waletzko | No | The Fair Housing Justice Center (FHJC), a nonprofit civil rights organization, is dedicated to eliminating housing discrimination; promoting policies that foster open, accessible, and inclusive communities; and strengthening enforcement of fair housing laws. The FHJC serves all five boroughs of New York City and the seven surrounding New York counties of Dutchess, Nassau, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester. The Fair Housing Justice Center works to achieve its mission by assisting individuals and organizations with housing discrimination complaints, initiating investigations to eliminate housing discrimination, advocating for polices and and engaging in outreach and educational activities to increase public awareness about fair housing. The intern would be exposed to the variety of activities the FHJC is engaged in but would primarily focus on education and advocacy work through our Building the Beloved Community interfaith initiative. This initiative engages with communities and people of all faiths throughout the region to educate them about their rights and provide opportunities for advocacy and engagement with fair housing issues in their community. | The Fair Housing Justice Center works to achieve its mission by assisting individuals and organizations with housing discrimination complaints, initiating investigations to eliminate housing discrimination, advocating for polices and and engaging in outreach and educational activities to increase public awareness about fair housing. The intern would be exposed to the variety of activities the FHJC is engaged in but would primarily focus on education and advocacy work through our Building the Beloved Community interfaith initiative. This initiative engages with communities and people of all faiths throughout the region to educate them about their rights and provide opportunities for advocacy and engagement with fair housing issues in their community. | No, our offices are fully accessible and we work to make sure events we hold are accessible as well if at all possible. | subway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
68 | Fifth Avenue Ecumenical Outreach Partnership, The | 7 W. 55th Street, New York, NY 10019 | Ecumenical | Interfaith & Chaplaincy & Congregation | Community Building, the Unhoused and Social Justice | https://www.fapc.org/fifth-avenue-ecumenical-outreach-partnership | Rev. (Dir. of Homeless Ministries) | James "Seamus" (pronounced: Shay-Muss) | Campbell | No | Director of Homeless Ministries | scampbell@fapc.org | The Ecumenical Outreach Partnership (EOP)is a collaboration of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, St. Patrick's Cathedral and St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue to meet the social and spiritual needs of those people living on the streets in our Midtown community, using the model of trauma informed care. We are staffed by a full time social worker, case manager, office manager, security, and chaplain. During the pandemic, we found it necessary to add a food service component, as many people on the street became acutely food insecure. "A Place at the Table" will become a permanent part of our program in the post pandemic world. As part of our ministry, we also operate a 12 bed men's shelter. This has been closed due to the pandemic and will be reopened as we are able. | The seminarian will work side by side with the Dir. of Homeless Min. in providing the spiritual and physical needs of those we serve. The seminarian will be required to join the Madison Square Park Cong. for Eucharist each Sunday & be required to preach at least 4 times through the academic year. Considering this particular seminarian has a clear vision of ministry after completing a residency in CPE at Bellevue Hosp. The Ignatian Spirituality Project(ISP), will begin in the Fall - a program of retreats and follow-up meetings for homeless men and women. Knowledge of the Twelve Steps of Recovery is essential. Hospital and pastoral visits as necessary. The seminarian will develop the ability to facilitate a weekly spiritual tune-up as part of the ISP. | Our building is fully accessible. | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
69 | Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church | Presbyterian (PCUSA) | Congregation | https://www.fapc.org/people | The Rev. Dr. / The Rev. Fr. / Fr. | Scott | Black Johnston | Senior Pastor | subway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
70 | First Baptist Church of Crown Heights | 450 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11225 | ABC | Congregation | myfbcch.org | Rev.Dr. | Rashad | Moore | YES | Senior Pastor | rrm2138@tc.columbia.edu | First Baptist Church, established in 1953, proclaims the transformative message of Christ in today's complex world. We champion spiritual freedom and human dignity, addressing contemporary challenges through faith-based action. Our mission centers on sharing Christ's love while actively working to overcome barriers that impact our community. Drawing from African-American and Caribbean traditions, our vibrant congregation expresses faith through culturally rich worship and spiritual formation. | Field education students at First Baptist Church will gain hands-on experience in leading Bible studies and preaching. Students will participate in pastoral care through hospital visits and pastoral care sessions. Students will assist in planning vibrant worship services and community programs. Our site provides unique opportunities to experience ministry in a multigenerational setting while developing practical skills in community organizing and multicultural partnerships. | Unfortunately, we have an aging building, and some of our facilities are not completely wheelchair accessible. For example, our bathroom is not fully accessible. However, we recognize this as an important issue and are actively working toward making our space more inclusive and accommodating for individuals with physical disabilities. Accessibility improvements are a priority for us as we plan future renovations. | Subway | 45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
71 | First Baptist Church of Sheepshead Bay | 2349 E. 15th Street, Brooklyn NY 11229-4318 | Baptist | Chaplaincy/ Congregation/ Interfaith/ Education/ | www.fbcsheepsheadbay.com | Rev. Dr. | Alfred | Phillips | No | Chaplains, Ministers & More | reval1013@yahoo.com | Our aim is to provide educational/ spiritual tools that will serve in an evangelistic manner to win souls and also educate and empower our local community and its surroundings. WE are focusing on the great work of the church, equipping youth and old with opportunities to serve our historic church and its community. Feeding the hungry, clothing the naked and visiting those behind prison walls it is our pleasure to serve God and mankind in this manner. | no barriers | 55 min. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
72 | First Congregational Church (Montclair NJ) | UCC | Congregation | Rev. | Ann | Ralosky | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
73 | First Congregational Church in Chappaqua | 210 Orchard Ridge Road, Chappaqua, NY 10514 | UCC | Congregation | https://fcc-chappaqua.org/ | Rev. | Siobhan | Sargent Faustino | Senior Minister | pastorsiobhan@fcc-chappaqua.org | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
74 | First Congregational Church of Greenwich & First UCC Church | 108 Sound Beach Avenue, Old Greenwich, CT 06870 | United Church of Christ (UCC) | Congregation | www.fccog.org | Rev. | Patrick | Collins | No | patrick@fccog.org | First Church was the founding church for the town of Greenwich. We are a progressive, open and affirming congregation that honors the past, celebrates the present and leans forward into the future. For over 350 years, First Congregational Church of Greenwich has shared and celebrated the Word of God. Today, our large, newly renovated campus is a centerpiece of the Old Greenwich/Riverside community. Our sizable congregation relies on First Church for vibrant worship, a wonderful music ministry, Christian education for all ages, dynamic youth programs, and many forms of outreach. The wider community comes to First Church for preschool, summer camps, meeting space, concerts, and as spiritual home at Christmas and Easter. | The seminary intern will be responsible for leading the confirmation class program, which meets the first and third Sunday of the month in the evening. The intern will share in the leadership of worship, including preaching once a month. The intern will participate in weekly staff meetings and pastoral care team meetings. The intern will be assigned pastoral care recipients as it is appropriate. The intern will provide leadership and support to periodic youth program activities. | Yes, several of the areas of our campus are not fully accessible. Our worship chancel area, third floor meeting rooms, and basement are not currently accessible by wheelchair | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
75 | First Corinthian Baptist Church | 1912 Acam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. NYC 10026 | Baptist | Congregation | www.fcbc.org | Pastor | Desiree | Elder | YES | dallen@fcbcnyc.org | FCBC is an ever evolving community of visionaries, dreamers and doers who have been called by God to live the lives we were created to live, commanded by God to love beyond the limits of our prejudices and commissioned by God to serve. FCBC is open to all but tend to attract those who have never attended church, have been away from church for a long time or have been hurt by the institution of church. Our 19,000 person membership is 75% women and 25% men who are primarily ages 19-44 with 26% identifying as single. We are predominately Black and located in Central Harlem. We also have two free standing buildings ran by our CDC: The HOPE Center and The Dream Center. We have four full-time pastors on staff and one preaching pastor with a full staff of 20+. | We take seriously the vocational discernment of each seminary intern. Their experience is a mixture of responsibilities that align with their ministerial passion and the needs of FCBC. Part of the projected responsibilities are as follows. (1) Supporting the pastors in rebuilding a year round Spiritual Formation program. This means supporting the development of the systems and infrastructure that house the program and also being a thought partner on what theological issues are important to the congregation. (2) Creation of a Ministerial Licensing Process. This would occur in the spring and help create a defined process for licensur While most of this work could be done remotely, we find it advantageous to have the intern present on days where staff is most present: Wednesdays or Thursdays. | Unfortunately, yes. We currently have no lift in the building. While most of our events and traffic take place on the lower level, a personal with a physical disability could not get to the fellowship hall, balcony level of the sanctuary or baptismal rooms. | Bus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
76 | First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York, The | 12 West 12th Street, New York, NY 10011 | Presbyterian (PCUSA) | Congregation | www.fpcnyc.org | The Rev. Dr. | Barbara | Davis | YES | Executive Minister | bdavis@fpcnyc.org | This internship will be broad in scope and will focus on major areas of pastoral ministry, including but not limited to: Worship leadership, Pastoral Care, spiritual formation and engagement (hands on mission). Specific areas will be tailored to meet student's areas of interest and areas desiring growth and could include: interfacing with St. Joe's Soup Kitchen, working with the LGBTQ Bible Study, midweek worship leadership, Confirmation and/or other areas as determined by supervisors and intern. | In terms of around the building, most places are accessible, with a few exceptions including basement hallways with stairs. In the sanctuary, the chancel, pulpit and lectern are only accessible by stairs. | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
77 | First Reformed Church of Hawthorne | Reformed | Congregation | Rev. | Chris | Vande Bunte | revcvandebunte@gmail.com | FRCis seeking an enthusiastic student interested in sharing his or her passion for the Lord and gifts for ministry. We offer a healthy and caring atmosphere that the church feels will foster a positive learning environment, while we intend to also benefit by learning from and with our student minister. Should a placement at FRCbe realized, the student can expect to better understand how the church as a system and organization is administered. The student can expect to learn how to develop and support a specific ministry and area of responsibility, as well as how to integrate different areas of ministry (i.e. children, education, mission) within the church. The student can expect to learn about how to plan and lead a worship service, education opportunity, and ministry committee meetings. The student can also expect to learn about the role that a congregation's demographics and geography play in the ministry with which it engages. We expect the student to primarily be on campus on Sundays with the part of another day by mutual agreement. It will be absolutely necessary to be on campus from 8:30 a.m. - noon, which includes our service at 9:30 a.m. | While the focus of the student's time might vary from week to week, he or she can expect to meet with the Supervisor on a regular basis for planning and reflection. He or she will be asked to help oversee parts of our education ministry, focusing on children. The student will gain experience reviewing curriculum, working with lay leadership, teaching and advocating within the congregation. The student will also be asked to help plan and organize additional opportunities for engagement in multi-generational settings outside of the worship service time. The student can also expect to become involved in the mission and outreach ministries of the church through either participation, planning or advocating, depending on the gifts of the student and opportunity available. The student will be asked to preach between two and three times during the placement. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
78 | First Spanish United Methodist Church - The People's Church | 163 E. 111th St., NYC 10029 | UMC | Congregation | Community Ministry & Building Harlem | https://www.thepeopleschurchnyc.org/first-spanish-umc | Rev. | Charles | Ryu | Appointed Pastor | Charles.Ryu@nyac-umc.com | The First Spanish United Methodist Church The People's Church is located in East Harlem, New York. The church has been in this community for over a hundred years, predominantly serving the Puerto Rican, Latinx, Black, and broader El Barrio/East Harlem community. The church’s Sunday service practices a motto of “come as you are,” providing a safe refuge for community members regardless of creed, faith, spiritual tradition to practice in the worship of the sacred body of Christ. We are involved in community-based ministries concerned with the physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being rooted in the rich political history of the Young Lords, the Puerto Rican human rights organization. The church leadership includes 5 members and Sunday services average 15 to 30 people per | Projected preaching responsibilities include: 1) Developing critical skills for theological analysis of and creative engagement with current challenges 2) Building self-awareness, and accountability with partners in ministry through keeping a journal; 3) Coordinating monthly meetings with worship committee to provide community collaboration and input (Expected weekly contribution = 5 hours per week. 3)Be expected to preach at Sunday Service 8 to 12 times. As volunteer coordinator intern will: 1) Assist in evaluating each ministry to define needs, goals, successes and areas of improvement 2) Recruit volunteers and maintain a database As community chaplaincy intern will 1) Develop 2-4 events a month focused on community care such as Chat & Chews, Community coffee, community salsa nights | The church does not have a permanent accessibility for persons with physical disabilities though the church does have a collapsible ramp that is used upon request to accommodate those in need. | walk or bus | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
79 | First UCC Church (CT) | 108 Sound Beach Avenue, Old Greenwich, CT 06870 | United Church of Christ (UCC) | Congregation | www.fccog.org | Rev. | Patrick | Collins | No | patrick@fccog.org | First Church was the founding church for the town of Greenwich. We are a progressive, open and affirming congregation that honors the past, celebrates the present and leans forward into the future. For over 350 years, First Congregational Church of Greenwich has shared and celebrated the Word of God. Today, our large, newly renovated campus is a centerpiece of the Old Greenwich/Riverside community. Our sizable congregation relies on First Church for vibrant worship, a wonderful music ministry, Christian education for all ages, dynamic youth programs, and many forms of outreach. The wider community comes to First Church for preschool, summer camps, meeting space, concerts, and as spiritual home at Christmas and Easter. | The seminary intern will be responsible for leading the confirmation class program, which meets the first and third Sunday of the month in the evening. The intern will share in the leadership of worship, including preaching once a month. The intern will participate in weekly staff meetings and pastoral care team meetings. The intern will be assigned pastoral care recipients as it is appropriate. The intern will provide leadership and support to periodic youth program activities. | Yes, several of the areas of our campus are not fully accessible. Our worship chancel area, third floor meeting rooms, and basement are not currently accessible by wheelchair | 7500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
80 | Fourth Universalist Society in the City of New York | UU | Congregation | Social Justice Activism | https://4thu.org/ | Rev. | Sam | Trumbore | Reverend (Interim Minister) | The Fourth Universalist Society in the City of New York has a long and proud history as a teaching congregation. Interns have worked in a variety of roles and ministries, some focused on congregational ministry in its wholeness, others more specifically focused, whether on religious education, social justice, governance, worship arts or something else. We are happy to engage in conversations about specific areas of interest and what gifts we might share with each other. The mission of our congregation is to be a diverse, welcoming community, connecting people to one another, inspiring lives of service through reason and love. We are a Unitarian Universalist congregation, founded in 1838, and have resided on the Upper West Side of Manhattan since 1898. Today, Fourth Universalist is known for our uniquely young and diverse membership, our progressive views and justice work, and our beautiful historic building. We are deeply committed to exploring how organized religion thrives in today's world and are passionate about experimenting with new ideas and ways of doing spirituality. Within the last two years, this approach has led to attendance increases of almost 50%, an ambitious capital campaign, and social justice work that has been featured in the New York Times, Democracy Now!, and the Nation. We hope you will consider joining our community in this exciting work. Please don't hesitate to reach out to our Senior Minister, Rev. Schuyler Vogel, at revschuyler@4thu.org, either with questions or to apply. We hope to hear from you soon! | The Fourth Universalist Society in the City of New York has a long and proud history as a teaching congregation. Interns have worked in a variety of roles and ministries, some focused on congregational ministry in its wholeness, others more specifically focused, whether on religious education, social justice, governance, worship arts or something else. We are happy to engage in conversations about specific areas of interest and what gifts we might share with each other. The mission of our congregation is to be a diverse, welcoming community, connecting people to one another, inspiring lives of service through reason and love. We are a Unitarian Universalist congregation, founded in 1838, and have resided on the Upper West Side of Manhattan since 1898. Today, Fourth Universalist is known for our uniquely young and diverse membership, our progressive views and justice work, and our beautiful historic building. We are deeply committed to exploring how organized religion thrives in today's world and are passionate about experimenting with new ideas and ways of doing spirituality. Within the last two years, this approach has led to attendance increases of almost 50%, an ambitious capital campaign, and social justice work that has been featured in the New York Times, Democracy Now!, and the Nation. We hope you will consider joining our community in this exciting work. Please don't hesitate to reach out to our Senior Minister, Rev. Schuyler Vogel, at revschuyler@4thu.org, either with questions or to apply. We hope to hear from you soon! | bus, subway, walk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
81 | Freedom Plains United Presbyterian Church | P.O. Box 400, LaGrangeville, NY 12540 | Presbyterian (PCUSA) | Congregation | www.fppchurch.org | Rev. | Jason | Elder | no | Senior Pastor | jason.elder@fppchurch.org | An intern at Freedom Plains will have the support and mentoring of two full time clergy. Rev. Heather Finck and Paul Lent will work on introducing the intern to the life of the congregation. Opportunities exist in pastoral care, Adult Ed., Youth work, Christians Education, work with young families, church administration, and hands on mission opportunities. A job description to the required hours will be worked out and the interns interests will drive the areas of participation. As a congregation from varied backgrounds, we work and worship cooperatively to bring others and ourselves closer to God. Through the spirit of Christ we are connected to our worldwide church family by stewardship commitment, mission outreach, and educational opportunities. Freedom Plains United is a congregation of about 450 members with an weekly attendance of around 180. We have all ages represented, but tend to have few 20 something's in church. We are a traditional mainline congregation with a commitment to mission, youth, and music. We are primarily a white congregation, although our diversity has been growing in recent years. We are open and affirming. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
82 | GLEAN Network | 440 Park Avenue South, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10018 | N/A | Education / Interfaith | Networking, Change, Social Justice | gleannetwork.org | Rabbi | Elan | Babchuk | No | Founding Director | elan@clal.org | Glean Network is an incubator and network for entrepreneurs who are building new models of faith in action, which partners with Columbia Business School. GLEAN Network 440 Park Avenue South, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10018 N/A Education / Interfaith gleannetwork.org Rabbi Elan Babchuk (contact: Sandy Hong - sandy@gleannetwork.org) No Founding Director elan@clal.org Glean Network is an incubator and network for entrepreneurs who are building new models of faith in action, which partners with Columbia Business School. Glean Network is a growing community of faith-rooted leaders who find themselves at the crossroads of tradition and innovation. We seek to reimagine the role of faith in an ever-changing world that yearns for meaning, belonging, and justice. We offer cohort-based and self-guided learning experiences for faith leaders (ordained and lay) of all faiths and backgrounds. As a national organization, we have folks in our network from every corner of the country, a myriad of backgrounds, and with a variety of perspectives on how to bring about change in the world. We have established partnerships with 14 seminaries, Columbia Business School, Venture for All, Chaplaincy Innovation Lab, Changemaker Church Movement, and Ashoka. Cohort facilitation, fundraising research and grant writing, No Barriers | Cohort facilitation, fundraising research and grant writing, | No Barriers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
83 | Grace Church (Brooklyn) | 254 Hicks St., Brooklyn, NY 11201 | Episcopal | Congregation | www.gracebrooklyn.org | The Rev. Dr. | Allan | Robinson | No | Rector | arobinson@gracebrooklyn.org | Grace Church is a large, affluent, predominately Anglo congregation in Brooklyn Heights, NY. Grace is politically, theologically, and spiritually progressive and takes the interpretation of Scripture and Community seriously as part of its overall spiritual formation. With the exception of racial diversity, Grace is highly diverse in age, education and income. We have three services on Sunday: 8:00, 9:15 and 11:00. Our fastest growing service is the 9:15 which is primarily made up of young families with children, with the median adult age being between 38-40. Grace has a modest, but highly efficient staff with a full time Rector, Associate Rector, Organist/Choirmaster, Financial Secretary, Parish Administrator, Head of School (with a full paid staff) and a host of committed volunteers. | Intern Opportunities: Share in the Sunday preaching (on avg. once every 5-6 weeks) Teach a course (Seminarian's choice) usually 1 hour over 4-5 week period and usually on a weekday Sunday School/J2A Racial Diversity Committee (meets on scheduled Sunday) Baptism and Confirmation Preparation classes (as scheduled) Community outreach and program collaboration with neighboring congregations Any other area of interest that may appeal to the Seminarian | no barriers | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
84 | Grace Church Harlem | 125 West 104th Street, New York, NY 10025 | United Methodist Church (UMC) | congregation | https://gracechurchharlem-ucc.org/ | Pastor | Nigel | Pearce | NYTS | Senior Pastor | revnigelpearce@gmail.com | The United Methodist through its Agencies and Boards, and District programs offers seminars, leadership classes, discipleship courses and opportunities for community engagement, among many church related ministries. Ms. Bixler will lead worship, preach, teach, provide counseling when requested. She is already providing leadership in establishing a new faith community for mostly unchurched people and people who do not considered themselves religious. She is on-site Wednesday afternoons and Sundays from 8-2:00. She has opportunities for conversations with members, besides for our own time for theological reflection and supervision. | Our church building was re built in 1992. Therefore we are wheel chair-accessible and our rest rooms are also equipped for the use of wheel chairs. | 10 minutes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
85 | Greater Centennial A.M.E. Zion Church | 312 South 8th Avenue, Mount Vernon, NY 10550 | African Methodist Episcopal Zion | Congregation | http://greatercentennial.org | Rev. Dr. | Stephen | Pogue | Pastor | pastor@greatercentennial.org | Greater Centennial A.M.E. Zion Church is a traditional Black church in Mount Vernon, New York. We have 5,000 members on roll and we have over 60 functional ministries that does meaningful work locally and globally. We have worship services on Sunday (7:00AM, 9:30AM, and 12:00PM). The vision of the church is to "Reflect the Glory of God in all that we do with love". The mission of Grater Centennial A.M.E. Zion is to increase our love for God and to help meet the needs of humankind by "Loving God with all our heart". The church is dedicated to social justice, education reform and interfaith dialogue. Mount Vernon is 4.2 square miles and the church's population is made up of persons from all socio-economic backgrounds. We have 30 ministers and 9 administration staff persons. | The ministry intern will have opportunities that will be agreed upon collectively between Pastor, Chief of Staff and ministry intern. The scope in mind is to build projects that will both beneficial to the church and to the ministry intern. The ministry intern will be able to help expand our worship and arts ministry as well as youth ministry by working with the choirs, youth church and Christian education. Teaching opportunities with our Bible Enrichment Training (BET) will be possible. The ministry intern will be able to build a class, create a syllabus and teach the course during one of the quarterly sessions. Ministry intern would be expected on Sunday for at least one service and a day during the week that is agreed upon which may be Tuesday night for bible study or Monday for BET. | The site has steps at west entrance and minimal steps at the south entrance. | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
86 | Greenpoint Reformed Church, The | UCC & Reformed Church in America (RCA) | Congregation | Rev. | Ann | Kansfield | ann@greenpointchurch.org | We are blessed with the opportunity to be creative about ministry training opportunities. The pastors are more than happy to share some of their responsibilities, including preaching and leading worship. Other ministerial needs include Christian education and discipleship, evangelism and outreach, stewardship and fundraising and encouraging the arts. Our vision is to work with our intern to craft a training program that would expose them to a broad spectrum of urban ministry. The seminary intern would work closely with the Minister to Families and Children to further develop our Sunday School curriculum and format and plan family events. The intern would also have the opportunity to be a part of the weekly staff meeting in order to better understand how the church works, as a whole, and is welcome to take on a special project in which they take interest. Our church is always eager to bolster the ideas and dreams of those involved with the church. The intern would be extended preaching opportunities. The intern's presence is required on Wednesdays at noon for a staff meeting , and for supervision to take place at a time deemed appropriate between the supervisor and student. The student would be required to attend at least 3 Sundays of worship every month, 2 of which would be spent teaching in Sunday school, one which can be spent preaching, helping in worship, or to their discretion. Preparation for Sunday School and supervision can take place off-site. | 60 minutes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
87 | Greenwood Baptist Church | 461 6th St. Brooklyn, NY 11215 | Baptist | Congregation | https://greenwoodchurch.org/ | Rev. | Willa Rose | Johnson | YES | Pastor | willarose.johnson@gmail.com | Greenwood Baptist Church is a diverse, caring community committed to Jesus and His teachings on social justice and personal rebirth. Greenwood's mission is to be changed by God's love and to change this world with that love. Our area of ministry is Park Slope, Brooklyn. Some of our ministry foci are community service, spiritual formation for youth and adults anti-racism work in a Christian context, ministry to our seniors, and of course authentic and relevant worship. | A ministry intern at Greenwood will find ample opportunities for service and learning. Our church has vibrant community service programs, such as our 'Bless the Block' meal-distribution project, in which we distribute warm meals to people going through homelessness, or our Mother's Day project, during which we prepare gifts for women at local women's shelters. Additionally, Greenwood has a growing kid's & youth program that will provide highly relevant training for a ministry intern. Interns who desire to enter parish ministry will have the opportunity to preach and to teach, as well as to participate in church administration and ministry planning with volunteer leadership. Ideally, interns will be on-site on Sundays and at least one weekday every week. | Greenwood's 123 year old building is not ADA compliant. Given its age, ADA modifications are difficult. We use ramps to ensure that our building is accessible. there are still some areas of the church with accessibility problems. | 50 minutes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
88 | Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement | 256 W. 153rd Street, New York, NY 10039 | N/A | Agency | Community Building | www.hcci.org | Ms. | Sherrill | Henry | No | Sr. VP of Real Estate Development | shenry@hcci.org | Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement, Inc. (HCCI) is committed to the holistic revitalization of Harlem. We provide economic development and empowerment opportunities to help Harlem residents rebuild and sustain their community. History Founded in 1986, HCCI is a coalition of inter-faith congregations that has implemented a comprehensive portfolio of programs to provide affordable housing and safe streets; offer opportunities for individuals and groups to become and remain economically independent; increase understanding of and access to health care; and provide substantive educational programs for adults and young people. Through alliances with other community organizations, elected officials and local residents, HCCI has also helped reduce crime in the community; | The Community Services Organizer is responsible for the coordination of activities to ensure a stable living environment for the residents of the Harlem community; help with developing, implementing and administering; coordinate special events with the organizations who work in collaboration with HCCI to provide services for residents of the Harlem community and other communities of Upper Manhattan. • Develop community outreach and advocacy program services. • Convene regular meetings with organizations in Harlem and other community organizations that are linked with Harlem. • Develop organized strategies, provide technical assistance and ongoing support for resident, block and other civic associations. • Implement community forum, social events, town hall and problem-solving. | Our work site is ADA compliant and therefore no physical barriers exist. However, most of our resident locations are elevatored some are walkup buildings which may present a challenge. We overcome these physical challenges by holding meeting in accessible community spaces on site or our offices. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
89 | Hitchcock Presbyterian Church | 6 Greenacres Avenue, Scarsdale, NY 10583 | Presbyterian (PCUSA) | Congregation | hitchcockpresby.org | Rev. | Peter | JonesP | No | Senior Pastor / Head of Staff | revpetejones@gmail.com | Hitchcock Church is a welcoming community that may be just the +A96:O96ight community of faith for you. In our life together we seek to live out our mission/vision statement - "We come to be in the presence of God, so that we can be the presence of God, in the world around us." The congregation of Hitchcock Presbyterian Church is diverse, friendly, accepting, vital and enthusiastic. Understanding our mission, we strive for personal growth and renewal through worship, challenging preaching, teaching, prayer and serving our community and the wider world. Sunday morning worship is central to the life of the church. Through the church's many programs and activities, the people of Hitchcock seek to nurture their faith and learn what it is God is calling them to do with the many gifts they have been | We will work with intern to orent them to work with a congregation and to achieve personal goals. | No barriers | 40 minutes from Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
90 | Holy Trinity Church | 20 Cumming Street, NYC 10034 | Episcopal | Congregation | Www.holytrinityinwood.org | The Rev. Dr. / The Rev. Fr. / Fr. | Gawain | de Leeuw | No | Priest in Charge | gdeleeuw@holytrinityinwood.org | Holy Trinity Church seeks to form disciples of Jesus Christ through the Episcopal tradition. As a congregation we work to build servant leadership. Our congregation is predominantly European American with a growing influx of second generation Latinos. the vicar is of South-Asian and European heritage, and was raised in western New York. | The seminary intern will be trained the the foundations of Episcopal practice as an apprenticeship role. They will learn the specifics and various choices that get made in preparing worship, the basics of community organizing, the mechanics of team-building, and the canonical requirements for the priesthood. They will learn to lead norming prayer, organize events, and share the gospel. They will expect to participate occasionally in Evening Prayer, in various aspects of worship, and may lead in some formation opportunities. | The building is ADA compliant. | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
91 | Holyrood Church | 715 West 179th Street, New York, NY 10033 | Episcopal | Congregation | https://holyroodsantacruz.org/ | Mother | Anahi | Galante | Priest in Charge | lbarrios@jjay.cuny.edu | Holyrood Church is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt congregation of the Diocese of New York which is part of the Episcopal Church and the world Anglican Communion. The Holyrood Church (Holyrood means "Holy Crucifix" or "Holy Cross") was founded as a Protestant Episcopal congregation in 1893 As a People's Church we lead people into a healthy relationship with God, Jesus, others, and themselves. We believe all people matter to God and in Jesus salvific liberation: The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor. Luke 4:18-19. | Exposure to community ministry and the social gospel. Instead of making time for devotion- have a devotional life. Following James 2, faith is about actions. Presence and companionship are the priority. We need to be with people in our struggles. The church is tri-lingual, english, spanish, and sign language. | No. Ramp accessible. Sign language interpretation | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
92 | Horticultural Society of New York GreenHouse Program | Various Locations | N/A | Agency & Chaplaincy | Horticultural Therapy across NYC orgs | Ms. | Hilda | Krus, HTR | No | Dir. Of Horticultural Therapy | hkrus@thehort.org | The Horticultural Society of New York Greenhouse Program is coming back after COVID shut down with internship possibilities at Rikers and in various NYC locations. This program uses horticultural therapy with the incarcerated and recently incarcerated, and those in need. In addition to its’ Rikers program, the Hort, for nearly 20 years, has provided workshops in supportive housing buildings with various partners, such as the Lantern Group or The Bridge, all across NYC. GreenHouse serves as a significant training site, and the seminary interns can also expect to work alongside horticultural therapy interns as well as interns from other fields of study including graduate and undergraduate students from NYU Department of Environmental Conservation, Hunter College School of Social Work, Farm School New York, John Jay College, and Columbia University. ary interns will be able to participate in both programs and to work with all groups at least once per week. Gardening experience is helpful but not required. ) | These community-based programs are equally under the umbrella of their Therapeutic Horticulture department, and the goal is to offer internship opportunities there as well. (While no opportunities for ministry training are available per se, implicit in the work of the horticultural therapist is to provide comfort to troubled souls, and the seminary intern's kind and caring presence will serve as a comfort to the people the program serves. The projected responsibilities of the seminary intern would include working in the garden alongside clients in general garden activities such as weeding, mulching, pruning, watering, digging, raking, etc. This work can be done while engaged in conversation about life issues, or quietly with little conversation except guidance in task, allowing the inmate time for contemplation and reflection. The intern will also be expected to assist the instructors with special projects, such as Christmas gifting or Thanksgiving meal preparations, and/or with the preparation of program material, and and with program relevant necessary office work such as filing, creating students’ folders, assembling students’ welcome packages or certificate envelopes, copying lesson material etc. | varies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
93 | Hospice of New York | 30-70 47th Avenue, Ste. 635, Queens, NY 11101 | N/A | Agency | Healthcare based Hospice work | https://www.hospiceny.com/ | Mr. | Timothy | Yee | No | Spiritual Care Department Team Lead/Manager | tyee@hospiceny.com | Hospice of New York is committed to the total care of the patient who is facing a life-limiting illness, care of his/her family and caregivers, the development of the community's healthcare delivery system, and the conservation of healthcare resources. This organization will maintain the ethical framework and the standards of excellence in which the staff can fulfill its commitment to deliver the highest quality spiritual, emotional, physical, and psychosocial care of our patients and families. | Ministry training and opportunities include shadowing chaplains/spiritual care coordinators during field and inpatient unit visits to provide spiritual care to our hospice patients and family members. There will also be opportunities to help facilitate building relationships with local churches/houses of worship to provide optimal care when possible. | A majority of the day will consist of traveling to various patient's homes and inpatient units that will require walking and some apartments may not be completely accessible. | 30 minutes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
94 | Incarnation Institute for Sex & Faith | 124 West Mount Pleasant Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19119 | Ecumenical & Education | Agency | Science respecting and Sex Positivity in Christianity | www.incarnationinstitute.org | Rev. | Beverly | Dale | No | Founder & Chair | The Incarnation Institute for Sex & Faith is a 501(c)3 religious education non-profit whose mission is to teach an inclusive, science-friendly, and sex-positive Christianity. Our flagship program are two 8-week (virtual) training programs for both sexual health professionals and clergy/seminarians. All trainees must have had at least one year of academic training in one of these disciplines or provide documentation of significant experience in Sex & Faith work prior to application. As a volunteer organization the contractual co-facilitator model is intentionally diverse and trained and certified by the organization. | Each seminary intern is exposed to the inner workings of a grassroots non-profit that include data collection and management, fundraising appeals, communications with donors and trainees and organizing and management of volunteer task force responsibilities. Programmatic tasks that include research and program development that are assigned and tailored to the interests of the seminary intern. All work is virtual and weekly responsibilities may include: Organizational and administrative tasks (5 hours), programmatic tasks (3 hours), theological reflection of and preparation for (virtual) supervision with an admin supervisor (2 hours) and clergy supervisor (2 hours). | All work is off-site. The ability to access and use an accessible computer system is the only requirement. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
95 | Intentional Man Project, Inc., The | 355 Grand Ave., Suite 2450, Los Angeles, CA 90071-9500 | N/A | Agency | Trans Male support | www.intentionalmanproject.org | Mr. | Rocco | Kayiatos | NO | Executive Director | rocco@theintentionalmanproject.org | The Intentional Man Project (IMP) is a 501(c)(3) community-based organization established in 2020 and headquartered in California. I.M.P. empowers transgender men by providing essential community and programmatic support, fostering healthier, connected and more fulfilling lives. It is one of the only national trans-led organizations that focuses on wellness and connection, and offers free or low-cost programming exclusively geared towards trans men. I.M.P. prioritizes access to programs for marginalized groups within the trans men community, including men of color and trans men over the age of 50, centering visibility and forging social bonds among older trans men. Its scholarships and tailored spaces place emphasis on reaching Black and Indigenous Men of Color (BIMOC). | Diversity of Tasks: Interns are assigned a diversity of work that provides exposure to a broad range of skills related to non-profit organizations and community-building for underserved and marginalized individuals. Tasks will include administrative, marketing and communications, programming, community management, and capacity building. Observation: Interns will have opportunities to observe community events and their planning, staff/strategy meetings, and other appropriate professional activities. Opportunities for Reflection: Interns will meet with their supervisor and other executive staff to discuss their observations, experiences, and other issues relevant to the profession. | N/A Remote | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
96 | Interfaith Center of New York | 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 1505, New York, NY 10115 | N/A | Interfaith / Agency | Cross community caucus building and social justice | https://interfaithcenter.org/ | Dr.+A97:G97 | Henry | Goldschmidt | No | Director of Programs | henry@interfaithcenter.org | The Interfaith Center of New York (ICNY) is a secular nonprofit organization, founded in 1997, that works to overcome prejudice, violence, and misunderstanding by activating the power of the city's grassroots religious and civic leaders and their communities. Our community-based programs bring diverse New York religious and civic leaders together to address shared social justice concerns, while our education programs introduce the general public and professional audiences to the religious diversity of the city. We are a small organization, with six full-time staff members. We work in partnership local clergy members, lay leaders, faith-based activists, community organizations, and secular civic institutions. | The field placement intern will staff a series of online education and interfaith dialogue programs for the general public, to be sponsored by ICNY and partner organizations. The series is tentatively titled “Religious Diversity and Public Life." We hope to offer 5-6 online programs over the course of the year, beginning in the fall of 2021. These programs will promote religious literacy for New Yorkers and others, and create opportunities for personal engagement across faith lines. The field placement intern will contribute to all aspects of these programs, including helping to conceptualize topics/themes, conducting outreach to speakers, drafting program materials, managing publicity and registration for participants, and possibly moderating or facilitating dialogue during events. | No physical barriers. Our office is located in the Interchurch Center, around the corner from UTS, and is fully accessible. We are working almost entirely remotely during the COVID pandemic, but we anticipate a combination of remote and in-person work during the 2021-22 school year. | 2 minutes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
97 | Interfaith Prison Partnership | 60 Cedar Lane, Bronxville, NY 10708 | Interfaith | Agency | Prison chaplaincy inside and after | www.interfaithprisonpartnership.org | Rev. | Elizabeth | Friend | YES | Board President | efriendennis@interfaithprisonpartnership.org | Interfaith Prison Partnership exists to encourage a culture of healing in prisons. We empower incarcerated individuals to embrace healing, personal growth, and develop skills to lead fulfilling lives through community partnerships. We uphold the inherent value of incarcerated individuals, promote and provide for their welfare, and connect local communities with their neighbors behind bars. Our current focus is the two State-run prisons for women in Westchester County, just north of NYC: Bedford Hills and Taconic Correctional Facilities. | Ideally, we would ask that an intern commit to an ongoing visitation relationship with an incarcerated person. This would involve one trip per month to Westchester County to spend time with an incarcerated individual at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, Taconic, or Sing Sing - IPP will provide the connection. Additionally, the internship could involve networking with area houses of worship to support IPP initiatives, helping to coordinate events such as the Annual Interfaith Prayer Service, WellBeing Workshops for formerly incarcerated women, or Holiday Programming for Justice-Impacted Children. Other areas of service could include assisting formerly incarcerated individuals with life skills training, or assistance with IPP's social media outreach and website maintenance. | Visiting at the correctional facilities will be challenging for anyone with significant mobility challenges as they are not particularly wheelchair friendly. If an individual is interested in working with IPP and has unique mobility concerns, we will be happy to accommodate and adjust. | train or car once a month - otherwise , virtual | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
98 | Judson Memorial Church | 55 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012 | American Baptist & UCC | Congregation | https://www.judson.org/ | Rev. | Micah | Bucey | yes | Senior Minister | Micah@judson.org | Do you think you may be called to pastor in ministry - but you also ache to help bring about progressive social change in society outside the church? • Learn the combination of skills you will need practicing them as a part-time "Community Minister" at a church that demonstrates how this can be done. • You will help staff a ministry project of social action/advocacy/service that serves primarily people outside the church membership. You ill also be assigned in-church work that can include, at various times, pastoral care, administration, and worship leading/preaching. • You and the other Community Ministers on the team wiII attend a weekly three-hour seminar together where you will share, discuss, and learn from our work experiences, plus getting how-to-do-it instruction in the dual skill-set necessary to do effective progressive social change work while pastoring a congregation in a fashion that can motivate the members, too, to work for social change. We are seeking: a 2nd year field-work student, or a 3d yea student seeking additional training, or a graduate seeking this comb nation of experiences; willing to work a minimum of 15 hours/week for a salary of $5,000 for the season; able to regularly attend Sunday services and attend the weekly seminars during the work-week (probably Fridays). • Your application will be enhanced if you: have some prior work experience, especially in social-change work and/or congregation leadership; are a self-starter who is also comfortable working in groups. • The Community Ministry team will also be selected to include some diversity of race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and denominational background. To apply: Send your resume and a cover letter indicating why you are interested to: by email to: assistant@iudson.org, with the subject line: "Community Ministry Intern Application" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
99 | Kairos Center, The/Poor People's Campaign | on UTS campus | N/A | Poor People's Rights and Social Justice Activism | Agency / Interfaith / Education | https://kairoscenter.org/ | Dr. | Adam | Barnes | YES | adam@kairoscenter.org | The Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice is a national organization committed to building a movement to end poverty, led by the poor. Drawing on the power of religions and human rights, we are a center for movement strategy, coordination, and education among the poor across all lines of division. Among other projects, we co-anchor the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. The Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice is fiscally sponsored by Tides Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Kairos is a principal organization within the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival (www.poorpeoplescampaign.org) co-convened by our own Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Rev. Dr. William Barber II. | Field Education positions with the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice offer the opportunity to work with a growing network of religious and community leaders dedicated to the leadership of the poor in movements to end poverty and oppression. Field education placements include a range of assignments depending student interests, skills and vocational goals. This can include a combination of projects in the areas of movement arts and culture, social media, grassroots fundraising, political education, and statewide and congregational organizing with the Poor People's Campaign in New York and beyond. On site presence is negotiated at the beginning of each semester and depends on the student's area of responsibilities. In addition to weekly theological reflection meetings, weekly conference-call staff meetings and monthly in-person strategic planning meetings are required. We use a supervisorial team for each Field Ed placement. Theological reflection is done with a combination of staff members, especially Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Union's Scholar in Resldence, Willie Baptist. Task supervision is managed by the Program Manager. Supervision is taken very seriously, but is also pretty laid back. Each staff person has a long-term commitment to the organization's mission, and significant experience in their various areas of expertise. | walking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
100 | Kehillat Harlem | 2248 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd., NYC 10027 | Jewish | congregation | kehillatharlem.org | Rabbi | R. Kyle | Savitch | NO | Rabbi | kehillatharlem@gmail.com | Kehillat Harlem was created as an inclusive, non-judgmental space to gather, learn, and pray. It is a place where you know you belong. We strive to make each person feel at home in our prayer space by upholding our commitment to halachah (Jewish law) while working hard to hold our commitments to maximum inclusivity. | Responsibilities fall into categories of logistics, planning, teaching, and pastoral care. Intern will be responsible for significant functioning of organization and will be able to choose area such as social media, space maintenance and oversight, etc. They will also have the opportunity to put together educational materials, lead learning, and engage in pastoral encounters. | no barriers | bus or walk | 20 |