Durham Internship
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Greetings,
You may know that I have been praying about my next steps in both life and faith. I have now been a Christian for almost two years and throughout this time God has been transforming me and He is continuing to do so! I am writing this to tell you about the next step that I believe God has in store for me.
Over the last couple years, God has laid on my heart the idea of doing some form of gap year dedicated to growing in both my knowledge and understanding of scripture, better preparing me for a life devoted to him. Therefore, I am excited to share with you that I have recently been accepted into an internship starting in September 2016 that meets these desires.
The internship will take place at Kings Church - Durham, England. The church is part of the ICTHUS community and affiliated with the Evangelical Alliance. The internship itself provides several different opportunities to grow within the church ranging from woodworking, helping with young adult’s groups as well as leading worship. There are also opportunities for mission within Durham, the UK and Europe. I hope to grow through these activities both within the team of interns as well as individually.
As I was researching into plans for next year, I felt called to this internship as it strives to provide both missional work and teaching. Within this internship, I will have an opportunity to experience a new culture, to see our Lord and Savior working in peoples lives around the world and to really take a year to see and how God wants to use me in the church and communities around me.
I have been asked to raise my own support for the year, which includes both the cost of the internship and living in Britain during this time. The cost of the internship itself is £1,250 for close to a year. However, the cost of living within England will include gaining a volunteer visa, healthcare surcharge, a round-trip ticket, accommodation costs and food. Therefore, with all these things accounted for I expect the total cost of this year to be around £10,000, and with the exchange rate taken into consideration about $18,000 CAD.
While this may seem like a large amount I feel a strong calling to go in September and know that God will provide for my every need. I cannot do this without your support, both financially and in prayer.
Ultimately I am writing this in order to ask if you would consider partnering with me on this journey, and partnering with God in what He wants to do in and through me. If you would like, I can give you much more detail on what I am doing this next year as what I have outlined is only a brief description of the year upcoming.
Please contact me if you would like to meet up or if you have any questions for me. I am really excited about the upcoming year and what God has in store for me and others. Anything that you can offer means a lot, so I hope that you will consider joining me on this journey
How Can I Give?
Giving regularly weekly, monthly or quarterly is the best way to support me as it will help me to budget. As you consider partnering with me during the Kings Internship year, please ask God what regular sum you could contribute during the year. If you are not able to commit to partnering with me on a regular basis, then a single donation can be made at any time. A single or special donation is appreciated as the costs of the year are not always evenly spread, but I aiming for regular partnerships to provide the core of my financial support.
Dylan
You may know that I have been praying about my next steps in both life and faith. I have now been a Christian for almost two years and throughout this time God has been transforming me and He is continuing to do so! I am writing this to tell you about the next step that I believe God has in store for me.
Over the last couple years, God has laid on my heart the idea of doing some form of gap year dedicated to growing in both my knowledge and understanding of scripture, better preparing me for a life devoted to him. Therefore, I am excited to share with you that I have recently been accepted into an internship starting in September 2016 that meets these desires.
The internship will take place at Kings Church - Durham, England. The church is part of the ICTHUS community and affiliated with the Evangelical Alliance. The internship itself provides several different opportunities to grow within the church ranging from woodworking, helping with young adult’s groups as well as leading worship. There are also opportunities for mission within Durham, the UK and Europe. I hope to grow through these activities both within the team of interns as well as individually.
As I was researching into plans for next year, I felt called to this internship as it strives to provide both missional work and teaching. Within this internship, I will have an opportunity to experience a new culture, to see our Lord and Savior working in peoples lives around the world and to really take a year to see and how God wants to use me in the church and communities around me.
I have been asked to raise my own support for the year, which includes both the cost of the internship and living in Britain during this time. The cost of the internship itself is £1,250 for close to a year. However, the cost of living within England will include gaining a volunteer visa, healthcare surcharge, a round-trip ticket, accommodation costs and food. Therefore, with all these things accounted for I expect the total cost of this year to be around £10,000, and with the exchange rate taken into consideration about $18,000 CAD.
While this may seem like a large amount I feel a strong calling to go in September and know that God will provide for my every need. I cannot do this without your support, both financially and in prayer.
Ultimately I am writing this in order to ask if you would consider partnering with me on this journey, and partnering with God in what He wants to do in and through me. If you would like, I can give you much more detail on what I am doing this next year as what I have outlined is only a brief description of the year upcoming.
Please contact me if you would like to meet up or if you have any questions for me. I am really excited about the upcoming year and what God has in store for me and others. Anything that you can offer means a lot, so I hope that you will consider joining me on this journey
How Can I Give?
Giving regularly weekly, monthly or quarterly is the best way to support me as it will help me to budget. As you consider partnering with me during the Kings Internship year, please ask God what regular sum you could contribute during the year. If you are not able to commit to partnering with me on a regular basis, then a single donation can be made at any time. A single or special donation is appreciated as the costs of the year are not always evenly spread, but I aiming for regular partnerships to provide the core of my financial support.
Dylan
Organizer
Dylan Brown
Organizer
Edmonton, AB