Are you interested in spending a year:
- Exploring the intersection of faith, calling, and social issues
- Focusing on spiritual development
- Engaging in vocational discernment
- Learning about the urban church from local pastors and leaders
- Sharing your gifts through a placement at a local agency or ministry
- Experiencing other cultures while sharing your own with housemates and neighbors
Dwell gives you the opportunity for all these experiences and more!
If you are 19-30 years old and interested in dedicating a year to serving at an agency, growing your faith, and learning from housemates, neighbors, and local church leaders, then Dwell is the place for you!
A Dwell year will be stretching, joyful, challenging, and life-giving, sometimes all in one day. The Dwell experience will help you gain a sense of the vastness of God's kingdom and your place in it.
Dwell gives you the opportunity for all these experiences and more! If you are 19-30 years old and interested in dedicating a year to serving at an agency, growing your faith, and learning from housemates, neighbors, and local church leaders, then Dwell is the place for you!
A Dwell year will be stretching, joyful, challenging, and life-giving, sometimes all in one day. The Dwell experience will help you gain a sense of the vastness of God's kingdom and your place in it.
Program Features
- Live with other Dwell participants in an intentional community house
- Work at a local agency placement 32 hours per week
- Community day once per week (includes Bible and book studies, service projects, story sharing, cultural events, city exploration, etc. planned by the local city director and Dwell participants)
- Small monthly stipend
- Housing, groceries, toiletries, and local transportation covered by program
- Health insurance coverage, if needed
- Multiple discernment, reflection, and learning retreats
The Denver Dwell Experience:
- Counter-cultural experiences that will broaden participants' worldviews
- An introduction to Liberation Theology, connecting faith with justice
- Retreats that focus on immigration, solidarity with people living homelessly, connecting with participants from other yearlong service programs, and reflection
- A community day each week that will include cultural experiences, book studies, and local events
Typical Placements
- Refugee resettlement programs
- Provide services for people living homelessly
- Educational program for children in public housing
Qualifications
- 19-30 years old (if you are outside of this range, contact us)
- One (or more) year(s) out of high school. Some college experience preferred, but not necessary
- Willing to be an active attender of a local church in your placement city
- Able to fundraise $6,500 financial support. Financial assistance may be available.
- Able to work at a local agency for 32 hours per week
- Willing to commit to the Dwell community and the full year program
Program info
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is a gateway for encountering the city through the eyes, ears, and
heart of God. We are dedicated to providing life-changing experiences
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Program site
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