MORE - Kokomo Urban Outreach

Do you feel like …..

THERE HAS GOT TO BE MORE ?

Are you ready to explore ministry on a deeper level

If so, we’ve got you Covered

More is a Ministry, Outreach and Reflection Experience provided by Trinity United Methodist Church and Kokomo Urban Outeach.

Being Called?

    In many ways, people decide to become ordained pastors or church professionals in the same ways that others decide to become school teachers, physicians, engineers or computer programmers. Perhaps they find the work and challenges of ministry attractive as a career choice. Perhaps they admire someone who is in the ministry, or someone they respect suggests that they look into the ministry as a vocational possibility. There are many paths into ministry and many reasons why people choose ministry as their work.
    However, Christians believe that God is also active in the process of beckoning people to the work of ministry, guiding and shaping people in their choices to become pastors or church professionals. While it is true that people choose the ministry, it is also true that they are chosen for the ministry by God. In other words, God calls people to the ministry.
     God moves and guides people in numerous ways, of course, but God often uses the church itself as a means to call people into the ministry. As people participate in the life and mission of the church, and as the church helps people to discover their gifts, some find themselves being led toward ordained or church professional as a life's work.
   One of the ministries of Kokomo Urban Outreach and Trinity United Methodist Church is to give people, who sense God’s calling, a way to explore their calling. We do this by giving those folks a chance to work with real people, doing real ministry under the guidance and supervision of an experienced pastor.

If you are :

trying to discern God's call in your life?
feel moved to work with multi-cultural, multi-racial, urban people.
looking for time and space to listen for Christ.
wanting some experience in working in local church setting.

Then you will want to be a part of the MORE experience. MORE will allow you to experience ministry in the local church while being mentored by an experienced Pastor. will provide you with unique opportunities to serve a neighborhood in an urban area made up of diverse cultures and ethnicity.

More will provide you with a chance to read, pray, and be in a small group of other interns offering a unique opportunity for reflection and discernment.

MORE Details

All interns will be asked to work 5-7 hours per week and attend a bi-weekly group meeting, to complete a 12 week basic unit. After the basic unit is complete interns may enroll in advanced units in which specific areas of ministry may be explored. I
Interns will work with the pastor of the church experiencing the different aspects of ministry.
Interns will be exposed to street ministry around the local church.
Interns will meet every other week with one another for Bible Study, prayer and reflection that will be led by the supervising pastor.
Upon completion of 12 weeks, a feedback survey will be completed by the intern, supervising pastor and by at least one other person with whom the intern made a contact with.
Upon successful completion of Internship, the intern will be given a letter of recommendation that can be attached to a resume, a college application or a seminary application.
Interns will volunteer at least one hour a week working with other faith based ministries throughout the 12 weeks.

Requirements

Start Date: This ministry is tailored to the individual, you may start any time you can commit to twelve weeks.

Weekly Time Commitment: 5-7 hours in actual ministry

Bi- weekly group Bible study, prayer and reflection.

Be present in worship at least 4 times in 12 weeks if possible

Cost: Interns will be asked to purchase books and materials that will cost less than $75.00

Housing: Presently, MORE is not a resident program, it is a part-time local program, with interns living on their own.

The Church
Trinity United Methodist church was planted in the neighborhood eighty years ago by other area churches to provide ministry to the neighborhood. Over the years the neighborhood and the church has changed. Today, Trinity has about 30 people in worship on Sunday Morning, that are made up of non–judgmental, caring, mature Christians who are working on becoming “The Church Next Door”
The Supervising Pastor
Jeff Newton is the Pastor of Trinity U.M.C. and the Director of Kokomo Urban Outreach. Jeff has had over 20 years of pastoral experience serving small, rural, mid-sized and larger urban churches. Jeff has a heart for the church, urban ministry , and helping people discern their call into ministry.

The Neighborhood

The Neighborhood