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Internship Project Proposal

As part of the internship program each M.Div. candidate is expected to complete a project in one of the following four ministry areas. (Read some projects ideas that fit the four ministry areas (PDF).)

  • Evangelism
  • Stewardship
  • Lay ministry
  • Ecumenism

Purpose and evaluation

The purposes of the internship project are twofold:

  1. to provide interns with an opportunity to initiate and to organize a program new to the life of a congregation, and
  2. to encourage interns to reflect on their growth as servant leaders, especially in their capacity to engage others during the course of the project.

All four project areas are typically a part of internship; however, the project is intended to develop one of these areas beyond what is otherwise required.

The supervising pastor and the lay committee are expected to review and approve the proposal on its appropriateness for the development of the intern and the congregation. The completed project is to be evaluated both as to whether the intern demonstrated initiative and organizational skills, and also whether the project resulted in significant new learnings for the intern. It is possible, therefore, for an intern to have a "successful" project even though it was a programmatic failure. If the intern took initiative, organized well, was later able to see why the project failed, and can articulate what they learned for future ministry, then it will be deemed a successfully-completed project.

It is important that the intern's project be new to the life of the congregation. This will give the intern an opportunity to exercise initiative and to take responsibility for a project or program that has not been developed previously.

Procedures

  1. The intern should write a specific project proposal and solicit the feedback of both the supervisor and lay committee. Use this online form to compose a first draft.
  2. After getting feedback from the supervisor and committee, return to this form to make changes and submit the proposal to the Contextual Learning office.
  3. Students may return to this project proposal throughout the internship year to refine it, accommodating changing circumstances as they occur.
  4. Project report: When the project is completed, it is to be reviewed by the pastor-supervisor and the lay committee, and a report submitted to Contextual Learning, using this online form: