Transform Your Life ... Transform the World
United Church of Christ
Young Adult Service Communities
Apply Now for 2012 - 2013 YASC (Ages 21-30)
Second round of placements begin march 15. Additional placements will be made on a rolling basis until all positions are filled.
- Community Living
Interns live in community with each other and develop relationships with their host congregation, local community, and YASC Groups in other locations.
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- Leadership Development - UCC Style
Experience the integration of congregational life and mission/service/justice advocacy. Develop servant leadership skills.
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- Hands-On Justice Advocacy/Service Opportunities
Experience the gifts and learn of the needs of vulnerable or excluded people.
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- 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.
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Review informational flyer.
UCC Volunteer Ministries' Twin Maps Project visits Westmoreland Volunteer Corps
YASC network members 2011 - 2012
Church of the Beatitudes UCC
Phoenix, Arizona
In the BeatiCorps, interns serve this year with:
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Pilgrim UCC
Carlsbad, CA
Interns with Pilgrim UCC serve this year with:
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Westmoreland Volunteer Corps
Bethesda, Maryland
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.
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Mount Zion UCC
China Grove, North Carolina
Interns will serve with Main Street Mission and with Communities in Schools and with Habitat for Humanity.
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First Congregational UCC
Saginaw, Michigan
Interns will serve with First Congregational UCC Music & Arts Events with Youth and Young Adult Networking, Michigan Conference UCC, with Lansing area UCC churches on Justice Issues, Policies and Theology and other community service agencies.
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Keystone Congregational UCC/ALL Pilgrims UCC-Disciples
Seattle, Washington
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.
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Housing, food stipend, and health insurance provided.
Possibility of qualification for an AmeriCorps Education Grant.
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