This month current corps member Matthew Carpenter highlights the important work that his partner organization, Durham Children’s Initiative, is doing in our community. I am beyond thankful to be part of the Durham Children’s Initiative family! Durham Children’s Initiative (or DCI) is a non-profit organization in Durham that partners with people from cradle through college […]
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Meet Matthew
The past several weeks have been some of the most life-giving times of my life. Perhaps “wilderness” is the best way to describe my life overall in the past several years. I have been immersed in a life-time of learning and making mistakes. I am constantly being reminded that it is not about men but […]
Meet Our Mentors
One of the ways JSC provides additional discernment and spiritual formation support for our corps members is through our mentor program. Mentors are often local alum who have chosen to remain in the area, leaders in local faith communities, or have a particular skill set that matches well with a corps member’s interests. They journey […]
Meet Ben!
It is a universal cliché, in my estimation, to speak of community in one of either two frames of mind. The first romanticizes community life by presenting it as solution to all human ills, ignoring all the ways friends and neighbors betray one another in large and small matters in the name of their own interests, […]
Our Partners at The Pauli Murray Center
Pauli Murray (1910-1985), to use the words of a certain President who likely makes her roll in her grave at supersonic speeds, is someone being recognized more and more. The recent death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg only serves to highlight the legacy of this civil rights lawyer, activist, author, historian, poet, and Episcopal minister who […]
Alumni Spotlight – Kelsey White
My name is Kelsey White (she/her/hers) and I’m an alum from the 2010-2011 program year. I was raised as a cradle Presbyterian (PCUSA) in a rural South Carolina textile town. I am a graduate of Maryville College in East Tennessee, where I earned a bachelor of arts in Spanish while traveling to Latin America as […]
Quarantation
On August 21 we welcomed our 20th cohort of young adult volunteers to the Triangle for a year of intentional community living and service. The welcome they received upon their arrival was unlike any other in our program’s history. A JSC staff member donned with a mask, thermometer, and plenty of hand sanitizer greeted each […]
Commissioning of our 20th Cohort
Will you, who are joined together in community with one another, faithfully carry out the duties of your ministry to the honor of God and to the benefit of those whom you are called to serve? We will. This past Sunday The Rev. Elizabeth Marie Melchionna, rector at The Chapel of the Cross Episcopal Church […]
JSC Welcomes New Board Members
As we welcome our 20th cohort of JSC corps members we also want to introduce you to the newest members of our Board of Directors. They bring a wealth of experience and expertise to our organization and we are excited to work alongside them. Please join us in welcoming The Rev. Hershey Mallette Stephens, Vi […]
End of Year Reflections
Due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic this year we were unable to hold our annual End-of-Year Celebration as we normally would- in the fellowship hall at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Durham, with our entire community of mentors, partner organization supervisors, local alum, members of our Board, and other longtime supporters and friends […]