Urban Youth Ministry Internships
Delaware Youth for Christ – City Life more recently launched our internship program offering college students like you an opportunity to serve with Delaware’s urban youth through an internship program focused on urban education and practical ministry experience. You will join with other students from all over the country as you immerse yourselves in the community of your choice for 3 months or 1 year. You will live and work among City Life staff, volunteers and families.
City Life Internships
What is City Life?
City Life is a relational, holistic, community-based ministry that desires to see deep change in an urban community through the raising of indigenous leaders from the young people in that neighborhood.
City Life empowers urban youth to change their communities for Christ.
City Life ministry takes place in densely populated and complex and diverse City Life settings where there is a convergence of social, economic, and spiritual dysfunction that has led to the marginalization and alienation of those peoples and communities. An effective City Life ministry addresses these issues through the presentation of a holistic gospel, which seeks to meet the needs of the person (body, mind, & spirit), empowers people, promotes justice, cultivates lifelong discipleship, and empowers young people in becoming agents of change for Christ in their communities.
Are the internships paid positions?
Compensation is negotiable with your site supervisor and may be arranged in one of two ways.
- Fundraising Internships – Similar to a mission trip, interns seek financial support from their school, church or personal network for the internship to cover living expenses and salary stipend. City Life will provide you with materials to help you fundraise. Amount needed is determined based on the internship site. · Volunteer Internships – Similar to a mission trip, interns seek financial support from their school, church or personal network for the internship to cover living expenses. City Life will also provide you with materials to help you fundraise. You must go through the standard application process and be accepted in order to be a volunteer intern. Interns are responsible for the following expenses:
· Travel costs to and from their chosen ministry site
· Food for all meals
· Laundry money
· Personal items/toiletries
· Entertainment
What would my City Life internship experience be like?
As an intern you would become a ministry leader at our training site, located at 2203 North Market Street, Wilmington DE.
Each intern will collaborate with their City Life site supervisor to design a training program that uniquely meets the needs of the intern and develops their assets.
You will interact with staff and students through teaching, mentoring and ministry activities. Through the ministry’s programs, you will develop meaningful relationships with others in the community. As an intern, you will encounter a rich array of experiences. You’ll learn what life is like in an urban environment and develop relationships with fellow interns from a variety of backgrounds. You will strengthen your personal leadership skills and learn about serving others through working with City Life youth.
What would YFC/USA – City Life provide for me during my urban internship?
While each of our National Internship sites are unique in their leadership and ministry programs, all City Life sites will provide:
· A team to work with, pray with, pray for, be accountable to, and help hold accountable.
· An organizational, God given mission and vision will create a complimentary partnership and support system.
· Training, mentoring, role modeling and supervision both at the local chapter level.
· Provides an ever increasing library of ideas, materials, curriculum, and resources for the purpose of living out relational, holistic urban youth ministry.
· YFC provides a comprehensive set of personnel systems designed to find the best fit for the organization in a given role and vice versa to make sure the individual is in a role that is best for them.
· YFC provides a heritage of ministry that is unparalleled in its impact with regards to reaching lost young people.
