While the Program of Faith, Learning & Vocation is committed to helping all members of the College community explore their significant life commitments through the lens of vocation, it has a particular interest in identifying and developing the next generation of excellent candidates for professional ministry, lay and ordained. To that end, our program supports student ministry opportunities on campus in our residence halls and throughout the local community.

Ministry interns, who are generally placed off-campus, will seek out opportunities to explore ministry through an internship of 8-15 hours per week. Students applying to serve as ministry interns should be seriously considering ministry as their future profession.

• Expectations
• Benefits and support

Expectations

Program expectations of our students

• Ministry internships are generally awarded to students going into their junior or senior year.
• While FLV staff members are willing to help in surfacing internship leads and potential supervisor names, it is the student intern’s responsibility to secure an internship by the end of finals week the year prior to their internship.
• Interns are responsible for turning in all required paperwork in a timely manner.
• Interns are expected to serve an average of no less than 8 hours/week at their ministry site.
• Full attendance at ongoing formation or informational meetings coordinated by FLV is expected. In the case of unavoidable absence, it is the responsibility of the intern to be in contact with FLV staff in a proactive and timely manner.
• Interns are expected to conduct themselves in a manner that reflects positively on the College and the Program of Faith, Learning & Vocation.
• If possible, interns should participate in any needed training opportunities prior to the beginning of the internship (e.g. VIRTUS training, Brown County Jail orientation, etc.)

Program expectations of internship sites and supervisors

• The internship site must provide an experienced minister to serve as the intern’s direct supervisor.
• Supervisor and intern should set up a regular meeting schedule. Frequency of meetings can vary depending on the setting, but should occur monthly at a minimum.
• Internship site should provide meaningful work that provides an opportunity to explore the call to ministry.
• Supervisor understands the intern is to work an average of 8-15 hours/week throughout the semester. Supervisor and intern should develop a mutually agreeable method of tracking hours. Staff of FLV are not in a position to monitor student hours as the work is done outside our purview.
• Supervisor must meet with the intern to assist with the completion of both the Career Services learning agreement and an FLV ministry intern working agreement.
• Supervisor provides feedback to the program about the intern’s performance and the overall internship experience.

Benefits and support offered by FLV

For the intern

• Initial training and ongoing reflection through which the Ministry Interns can consider questions of ministerial call and identity, as well as challenges in professional ministry.
• An hourly wage.
• A scholarship of $750 per semester.

For the internship site

• An enthusiastic intern interested in contributing to and supporting your ministry while growing in understanding and skills.
• A modest show of appreciation from our program at the completion of the year.
• An opportunity to share in the development of a future minister.

Justin Krueger
Old St. Joseph's Music Ministry

Kay Lechner
Brown County Jail

Linda Maier
St. Agnes Church

Ann Pederson
Old St. Joseph's Religious Education

Jake Sircy
St. Agnes Church

FLV ministry intern working agreement:

• Word format
• PDF format

For a link to the Career Services learning agreement, go to the internship page of the Career Services site.