MANATU TAIOHI TUHURA
The Youth Ministry Discovery Internship is a one year Part-time programme designed to help you gain foundational knowledge and skills for ministry and to help you answer the question whether you are called long-term to vocational youth ministry – all based in your home church!
You’ll get to interact with other interns around the country; as well as having a supervisor, a mentor and receiving input from Carey and Baptist youth ministry Coaches.
The Youth Discovery Internship year combines distance learning, block courses, and hands-on experience and centres around:
Serving – Intentional ministry and leadership development in a church context through a minimum of 10 hours’ service per week
Studying – Tertiary level study in Bible, theology, Mission and Ministry of approximately 10 hours per week including participation at block courses and formational learning times throughout the year.
Supporting – Supervision and mentoring by experienced practitioners. Support and feedback through Carey’s Field Education process. Discovery interns also journey with a cohort of other students supporting one another.
Throughout your year you will develop key relationships that will support and nurture including:
To apply and find out more contact Carey’s Youth Pastoral Leadership Coach, Sam Kilpatrick
The Youth Discovery internship has made a huge difference to my life. Through this internship, I now have a better understanding of how a church works, and what it looks like to run a ministry.
The Discovery Internship has given me the time and knowledge I have needed to find out what I am called to.