{"id":5018,"date":"2021-05-19T14:26:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T18:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wellspringsuu.org\/new\/?p=5018"},"modified":"2021-05-19T15:30:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T19:30:42","slug":"wellsprings-is-having-an-intern-a-letter-from-rev-lee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wellspringsuu.org\/new\/wellsprings-is-having-an-intern-a-letter-from-rev-lee\/","title":{"rendered":"WellSprings is Having an Intern…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After discussion this Spring between myself and our Board of Trustees, I\u2019m thrilled to share that WellSprings will be hiring a Ministerial Intern, to start in the Fall of 2021!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WellSprings has been a teaching congregation before \u2013 supervising the internship of Rev. Greg Pelley from 2011-2013, and then my own internship, from 2013-2015. I\u2019m so excited that once again, we\u2019ll be able to support a new minister, in service to our wider Unitarian Universalist movement \u2013 and to see our community grow through the unique skills and talents they will bring, and through the experience of teaching and learning about ministry, together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rev. Lee and Rev. Greg Pelley in 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The new Intern will be a temporary member of our Staff Team, serving with us for one or two years. They will support WellSprings by preaching and leading worship, facilitating small groups, and providing pastoral care to members of the congregation during their time with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All candidates for intern positions are vetted and pre-approved by our denomination, and are typically at or near the completion of their graduate degree in ministry. The internship is among the last steps required before ordination \u2013 when a ministry student finally becomes a \u201cRev.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have a chance to help form and shape the path of another religious leader, in our beloved faith \u2013 but to make this a reality, we will need some help. There are two ways you can pitch in right now, so we can set ourselves up to be good hosts for our incoming student:<\/p>\n\n\n\n