The sharing of food and building of community are intricately connected. It’s one of the reasons why we ask each of our intentional communities to make time each week for at least three shared meals together. It helps them get to know each other and stay connected throughout the year as they begin to get […]
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Our Partners at The Compass Center
This month we’re highlighting the great work of our partners at the Compass Center, and specifically, how our corps member Liv Vermane is serving with them this year. To learn more about the Compass Center, visit their website at www.compassctr.org. My name is Liv Vermane, and I work at the Compass Center! Personally, I was […]
Meet Liv
Joining the Johnson Service Corps, I had no idea what to expect. Never in my life have I moved to a new city by myself to live with a group of strangers and engage in regular spiritual experiences with them. Yet, come July, there I was packing up my life to do just that. Was […]
Alumni Spotlight – Catie Richardson-Hodson
When I entered the Johnson Service Corps in 2017, I knew what my occupational calling was: to be a physician assistant. I had applied to several schools and was awaiting interview dates when I arrived for my JSC year; just a few weeks in, I was accepted to PA school, which would start in August […]
Our Partners at L’Arche North Carolina
Current JSC Corps Member Macie Bridge writes to introduce our newest partner organization, L’Arche North Carolina: I am so excited to have the chance to share about L’Arche North Carolina: my partner organization for this service year, and a brand new partner for JSC! L’Arche is an international nonprofit formed of independent communities where people […]
Meet Macie
At this point, anyone who has heard me introduce myself on even just one Zoom call in the last month knows that I’m a writer. (If we haven’t met yet: hello! I’m a writer!). Words are my favorite, however, I’m finding I can only come up with one good one to sum up my JSC […]
Alumni Spotlight – Austin Mueller
Hey y’all! I’m Austin (he/him/his), and I was a member of the 2019-20 Johnson Service Corps cohort. I currently work with the Center for Responsible Lending, which you may have correctly guessed was also my placement for the service year. Prior to JSC, I lived in Palma de Mallorca, where I worked as an assistant […]
20th Anniversary Celebration Recap
As many of you know, the Johnson Service Corps is named after Margaret “Callie” Johnson, a long time parishioner of The Chapel of the Cross and a retired librarian in the UNC School of Nursing. In the fall of 1998 Margaret passed away leaving her estate to the parish and the following spring the vestry […]
Alumni Spotlight – Tim Peterson
I joined the Johnson Intern program on graduating from Emory in 2003. The combination of service, community life and spiritual development – set in beautiful Chapel Hill – was an irresistible opportunity. I found quick friends in my colleagues (Sarah, Marsha, Katie and Chris) and settled naturally into my role at Freedom House Recovery Center […]
Alumni Spotlight – Emily Jarrett
My name is Emily Jarrett, and I am a Johnson Service Corps Alum from the 2018-2019 cohort! I graduated from UNC Chapel Hill in 2018, nervous about the future and no idea where I was headed. I had applied to a variety of jobs and programs, but honestly, I wasn’t sure about any of them. […]