Seven interns are serving as a part of Ministry Summer Service (MSS) despite alterations to the program due to COVID-19. Instead of meeting in-person for a week-long orientation and then spending nine weeks serving alongside a ministry mentor in a local setting, interns are meeting weekly for education, formation, and fellowship sessions via video conference. Interns offer leadership to their home congregations, as possible given local COVID-19 guidelines where they live, or to another congregation through technology. The first meeting was in early June, and the program will conclude mid-August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year\u2019s interns:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mario Cabrera<\/strong> from Victorville, Calif.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kaylee Deardorff<\/strong> from Durham, N.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Emilie Deffenbaugh<\/strong> from Johnstown, Pa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sierra Dixon<\/strong> from Harrisburg, Pa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Andrew Rodriguez Santos<\/strong> from Harrisburg, Pa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tyler Shott<\/strong> from Newmanstown, Pa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Briel Slocum<\/strong> from Harrisburg, Pa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dana Cassell, pastor of Peace Covenant Church of the Brethren in Durham, N.C., co-facilitates MSS on behalf of the Church of the Brethren Office of Ministry, along with Becky Ullom Naugle, director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Applications to serve in MSS for the summer of 2021, for both interns and mentors, are due Jan. 8, 2021. For more information or to apply visit www.brethren.org\/yya\/mss<\/a> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n