Legacy Thank You!

In 2011, Living Hope rolled out an internship program (called Legacy) for the Life Skills department. We understand that many young people want to go into ministry but furthering education around here is hard – finances and opportunities are not as vast as I’m used to. The Legacy Program allowed local pastors to nominate and write a recommendation for one of their members to come study under Living Hope for a year. The applicant must have graduated high school and be in good standing with their church. They were given a stipen for food and travel but this was not seen as an income-job, this was a gap-year type opportunity. The Legacy Interns for 2011 were able to see ministry first-hand, they were part of a community-team, they were trained in many skills (Worker Readiness and Ethics, Gospel Presentation, Computer Skills, etc). They were also educated each Friday during our training sessions together – going through the Rosebank Bible Course which is a survey of the Bible.

These interns were thrown into ministry and swam with us all. The two specific interns that I worked with became like Living Hope Capricorn family. They were treated as staff, they were given responsibilities as staff, and were trusted friends! They taught me a lot about myself and the reason relational ministry is so important here. We ministered to each other!

At the December Holiday Club, Avril allowed our staff to go to McDonalds for lunch and celebrate the year with our interns. I made a recap video of our interns’ year and highlighted all the many ways they helped us, and also the ways they were stretched. We’re sad to see them leave Living Hope, but they’re on to bigger things now. I’m thankful for the season God allowed us to learn from each other and I’ll never forget those lessons.