Through our affiliation with the United Methodist Church and not as part of the AmeriCorps program, Project Transformation offers the following options to interns:

Spiritual Development
Project Transformation invests in the spiritual development of each intern, opening their eyes to the needs and opportunities for ministry. The program emphasizes the importance of community through worship, Bible study, and guest speakers. The interns may participate in weekly worship as well as other spiritual formation activities. Young adults are encouraged to examine their personal beliefs through intellectual and spiritual discussions.

Church Involvement
On week, young adults may choose to participate in worship at their site church with their team. This is an opportunity to connect the church family to the program and its families so that sustainable relationships are established during the summer. Beyond this, young adults connect partner churches with the program by recruiting volunteers to read with the children that attend the day camp, collecting supplies for the program, and sharing the stories of their experience.

Specifics

The dates for this service experience are the last week of May through the first week of August. This includes one week of pre-program training, eight weeks of day camp, and either one week of overnight Urban camp at Bridgeport Camp & Conference Center or “Adventure Week” with elementary students in Dallas.

• From late May through early August, young adults will live in community in housing provided through Project Transformation. Dinners will be provided from Sunday through Thursday evenings, housing and meals are also provided during the week of Urban Camp at Bridgeport or Adventure Week in Dallas.
• During their summer of service, interns cannot have commitments outside of Project Transformation, such as summer school or a part-time job.
• Sunday through Thursdays, interns must attend nightly dinners that are prepared by partner churches in order to share the summer service experience with partnering volunteers. One night per week, the young adults can choose to participate in a group worship time.
• On Fridays, the interns explore vocations in ministry and service through field trips, service projects, and dialogue with lay and ordained leadership of various partnering non-profit organizations, businesses, and United Methodist institutions.
• Each week, Project Transformation young adults may attend their site church to connect with the host congregation and families in the community.
• At least once during the summer, the young adults may speak to one of Project Transformation’s partner churches about the summer service experience – this could be to a Sunday school group, the congregation, youth group, or other community partner.

In many ways working with Project Transformation in the summer program exceeds participating in a summer job and crosses into a summer life. The time expectations can be great, but the potential for personal rewards that come from this kind of commitment are even greater. While much is expected of each young adult leader, much is given in return in the form of love from the kids, support and fun from living in a community, and the energy created by exploring your own personal potential to impact the world around you.

Time Off

Friday afternoon-Sunday morning each weekend.

Compensation

$3,900.00 living stipend- paycheck, $1,678.57 education voucher (issued by AmeriCorps after completed term of service), and room and board.

Application Procedure

Proceed by filling out and turning in the Application for Summer Service, including 3 references who know you well.  (EX: past employers, professors, teachers, pastors, etc.). References will receive an email from Project Transformation asking them to complete a short online form for you.  Applications should be submitted by January 15th.

After the completed application has been submitted, the Project Transformation office will contact the applicant to set up an interview.