“God will change you in ways that you don’t even expect. He will use interning to the shape your goals, desires, and plans for your life. He will increase your joy in His Word, your love for His people, and your reverence for Him. You will be a part of a church family that loves you and cares for you deeply even after interning finishes for the summer – even if you are a thousand miles away! Also, you will gain valuable potential employment skills in various areas – education, event planning, administration, fund raising, leadership, and more.”
Courtney Martin, Law Student at University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
“Interning is a whirlwind adventure filled with so many blessings. It is about loving and serving children from the inner city who need the hope of the gospel along-side other believers who have a strong passion for Jesus. It is a chance to mentor, tutor, play with, and pray for children who may not know what the love of Jesus looks like. It is learning how to take Jesus’ life ministry, in Isaiah 61:1 (The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound) and make it your own.”
Jessica Fesler, Sophomore at Collin County Community College
“Interning is an incredible opportunity to explore what urban ministry looks like in the context of the local church. Interns are involved in practical ministry through tutoring, sports programs, evangelism, and church ministries, while simultaneously intensively studying the Bible and participating in prayer times and book discussions with church members, staff, and other interns. This approach means that you are able to immediately put into practice the things that God is convicting you about or calling you to, and that the work is never just work but is always put in the greater context of living for God’s glory in everything you do.”
Jillian Hazel, Graduate from The Master’s College
“Interning helped me see that my relationship with the Lord isn’t about me. It’s about God, His glory, and ministry.”
Alissa Hill, Senior at Ouachita Baptist University
“In addition to the massive blessing of being given a true family through interning (whose bond I share is truly closer than that of flesh and blood), the influence interning has had on my life can be summarized in two words: Truth exampled.”
John Supica, Graduate from the University of Tulsa
I have been impacted by the ways that people around me give their lives away for the cause of the gospel. Which motivates me to seek to give myself away more as well. This is Christianity lived out to in the inner-city of Tulsa. That’s basically it!”
Tyler Brown, Graduate from The Master’s College
“Being there with all the children who are just broken and lost broke me, and God just gave me a heart for the inner city and a heart for those kids and desire to want them to grow up and be men and women of God.”
Katherine Hodge, Sophomore at Louisiana Tech University
“As an athlete, I was thankful to have the opportunity to use the skills God has given me, not just as a way to teach kids about sports but as a way to become part of their lives and have an opportunity to share the truth with them.”
Malachi Blankenship, Senior at the University of Tulsa
