• Community Living
  Interns live in intentional community with each other - sharing time, space, traditions, commitments, and reflection.  Interns development relationships with their host conregation, local community, and YASC groups in other locations.

• Leadership Development - UCC Style
  Experience the integration of congregational life and mission/service/justice advocacy.  Develop servant leadership skills.

• Hands-On Justice Advocacy/Service Opportunities
  Experience the gifts and learn of the needs of vulnerable or excluded people.

• Faith Conversations
  Reflect on your experience and explore a vocabulary of faith that expresses a radical hospitality.  Participate in "vocational discernment" and help vision a church engaged in God's work in the world.

Church of the Beatitudes UCC
Phoenix, Arizona

In the BeatiCorps, interns serve this year with:

• Interfaith Cooperative Ministries as a case worker.
• Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest/Refugee Resettlement as a cultural orientation coordinator.
• Beatitudes Agelink as intergenerational programmer and parent liaison.
• Beatitudes Campus as recreation and support group specialist for residents and families affected by Alzheimers.
• More on each service site  

Pilgrim UCC
Carlsbad, CA

Interns with Pilgrim UCC serve this year with:

• Interfaith Community Services with food security.
• Community Resource Center as in-take specialist.
• Justice Overcoming Boundaries as community organizer.
• More on each service site

Interns serve with Main Street Mission and with Communities in Schools and with Habitat for Humanity.
More on each service site 
AmeriCorps Education grants may be available for some of these service sites.  Read more ... 

First Congregational Church UCC
Saginaw, Michigan

Interns serve with First Congregational Church's Bradley House Theatre and Saginaw, Michigan Habitat for Humanity.
More on each service site.
AmeriCorps Education grants may be available for some of these service sites.  Read more ... 

Keystone Congregational UCC/ALL Pilgrims UCC-Disciples
Seattle, Washington

Follow our journey - Four Interns, 11 months, One Goal:  Saving the world.

Interns will serve with the Church Council of Greater Seattle; the Faith Action Network; Seattle King County Coalition on Homelessness and Puget Sound SAGE.  Each of these organizations works with faith communities, to involve them in advocacy issues of justice and peace.

Westmoreland Volunteer Corps serve with a variety of agencies in the Washington DC area.  Partner Agencies.
 *WVC has a separate application procedure and application deadlines.
AmierCorps Education grants may be available for some of these service sites.   

Housing, food stipend, and health insurance provided. 
Possibility of qualification for an AmeriCorps Education Grant.

 Apply Now for 2013-2014 YASC (Ages 21-30)
Questions:   Contact Executive for Volunteer Ministries 216 736-3214 or blaufusm@ucc.org
   Review informational flyer.