As we have turned over to a new decade, there has already been a major shift in how we are approaching our goals, our desires, and the ways in which we are reacting to each other. The beginning of this year not only evokes our resolutions, but it somewhat forces us to do some deep […]
Corps Members
Meet Izzie
Traditionally, the season of Advent is a time of waiting and preparation. It’s an opportunity to reflect on the past year and anticipate the arrival of a new one, to slow down and ponder what’s important – the hope, peace, joy, and love in our lives. However, if the four potlucks I’ve had in the […]
Meet Carina
I first heard about the Episcopal Service Corps through my brother-in-law and friends who enjoyed their years and were gracious about sharing their experiences with me. Although many of my friends from William & Mary were jumping right into big DC jobs, I felt like I needed to take a year to discern my own […]
Meet Nicole
In the past four and a half years I have made both small and large transitions – from leaving the only home that I had known for 18 years, by moving to Michigan for about 4 years to get my degree, to spending a summer in Ireland and now settling down for the year in […]
Meet Bryar
Together we sit in a circle silently gazing at photographs strewn across the floor while the afternoon sunlight lazily filters in through the windows lining the opposite side of the room. There is an ease to the air, as if the silence has given permission to the day’s earlier movement, chaos, and conversation to take […]
Alumni Spotlight — Michael Mullarkey
My name is Michael Mullarkey, and I’m an alum from 2013-2014, back when JSC was JIP! I still remember one of my JSC interviewers asking me why I wanted to join the program. I had been out of college for a couple of years, sat at a lot of tension-filled kitchen tables as an intensive […]
Alumni Spotlight — Elizabeth Brewington
My name is Elizabeth Brewington (or Eliz the Woo Brew as I was called during my time at JSC). I served in Johnson Service Corp in 2017-2018 and lived in the Durham house (also known as the Durham Dames). My partner organization was the East Durham Children’s Initiative. During my time at EDCI, I help run their Youth […]
Meet Alisia
Last spring, I was preparing for the career fair at the University of Virginia and I saw that the Episcopal Service Corps would be there. When I arrived, I met Aleta, the Executive Director of the Johnson Service Corps. I was trying to find a gap-year program that would give me time to discern my […]
Our Partners at the Chapel of the Cross
The Chapel of the Cross is a vibrant, nurturing, parish where all are welcome. Worship and prayer are at its heart and are essential to the essence of the community’s life and mission both as individuals and as a parish. As an Episcopal Church in the Anglican tradition, the Chapel of the Cross is founded […]
Meet Zack
Two years ago if you had asked me where I was going to be today, I would have told you I would be a police officer, patrolling my community in order to make it a better place. Then I had a change of heart. A year ago if you had asked me where I was […]