LIFE AS A FELLOW
Intentional Community: Faith at the Crossroads fellows make the choice to live in an intentional Christian community for eleven (11) months. This means fellows share meals and pray together at least a few times each week, and pursue opportunities for study and discernment together. A few times during the year, fellows and program staff also enjoy retreats to strengthen community and deepen personal discernment. At the beginning of the year, each house will craft a Community Covenant based on the 12 Habits of a Reconciler created by The Rose Castle Foundation in England. The community covenant will serve as a guide for fellows to navigate the challenging and rich experience of intentional community.
DETAILS
Stipend, Healthcare, Transportation, and Housing: During your eleven (11) months of service, you will stay in furnished housing at no cost to you, with all utilities paid, receive health care coverage (if you are not already covered), and also receive a monthly stipend. Each fellow receives $60 per month (the amount of a 30 day IndyGo pass) for transportation. The house receives $250 per fellow for groceries/food per month. If you do not have a vehicle, we will provide you with a monthly IndyGo bus pass. The TSC house is very close to IndyGo’s Red Line.
Site Placements: Fellows will serve in a variety of non-profit organizations in Indianapolis, including Trinity Haven (2 positions available), Indiana Youth Group, Christ Church Cathedral, St. Richard’s Episcopal School, Bread for the World, Horizons at St. Richard’s,Mid-North Food Pantry, and others. Each fellow serves thirty-two (32) hours per week in their site placement as part of their leadership development and training.
Trinity Service Corps will place all fellows at one of our partner sites. You will be given an opportunity to have a conversation with partner sites you are interested in. Placement decisions will be made by the Program Director following these conversations.
Spiritual Formation and Leadership Training: Along with their site placement work, all fellows will participate for eight (8) hours a week in a leadership training and spiritual formation program. Training and formation will take place on most Fridays between September and June of the fellowship year. During this time, you will learn and practice skills that help you to become faith-rooted reconciling leaders who work for justice and healing in your community. In addition to attending training on Fridays, fellows are encouraged to attend Sunday worship at Trinity or another faith community of their choosing. Fellows will also be expected to attend occasional Sunday adult forum sessions and/or Wednesday special events at Trinity to share their TSC experiences with Trinity parishioners.