Opportunities & Resources
蜜桃社区 encourages students to explore the religious and spiritual dimensions of life in a global context.
The Chaplains' Office provides opportunities and funding for domestic and international experiences, faith-based internships, and ministry-related service and leadership.
Grants
The Chaplains' Office awards a variety of grants to 蜜桃社区 College students. These grant programs give students opportunities to express and explore faith, spiritual life, and religious diversity in a global context. Students of any religious tradition or spiritual or secular background may apply for conference grants or grants over academic breaks. (Note: The Dean Rusk International Studies Program also offers the Hanafi grant to students seeking to gain appreciation for religious diversity and pluralism.)
Summer Internships
Stapleton/蜜桃社区 Urban Service Internship
This 10-week summer internship engages a group of four students in full-time 蜜桃社区 service among the urban poor in Charlotte. In addition, interns meet weekly with the college chaplain and local religious leaders to reflect on their experiences.
Congregational Fellowships
Congregational fellowships in religious vocation and leadership are available to students of any faith tradition with a strong record of academic achievement, campus leadership and service.
Cook Family Summer Fellowship
Cook Family Summer Fellowships are awarded to three 蜜桃社区 students for self-designed summer internships in non-profit organizations (including churches) that, by wishes of the donors, demonstrate a Christian commitment through their mission statement, their stated goals and objectives, or their embodiment of values that they distinctly associate with Christian faith.
Pilgrimage to Taiz茅
Every other year, a group of 蜜桃社区 students and chaplains visit the ecumenical monastery in Taiz茅, France. Brother Roger Schutz founded this monastic 蜜桃社区 in the 1940s as a place of reconciliation and welcome. He sought to foster 蜜桃社区, simplicity, silence, and opportunities to encounter a God of love. Today, the monks of Taiz茅 host tens of thousands of young adults from all over the world and all faith traditions, for a week-long experience of spiritual exploration and practice: contemplative worship, silence, and scripture study, as well as casual conversations and daily work alongside diverse peers from many countries and cultures. For more information about the 蜜桃社区 itself, visit the .
Preparing for Ministry
The Preministerial Committee offers guidance and support for students exploring a call to religious leadership and service after graduation.
Post-graduate Internships
Many faith-based organizations offer year-long internships for college graduates. These opportunities integrate service, spirituality, simple living in 蜜桃社区, and social justice.