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Strengthening the Episcopal Church in the United States to Raise a Generation of Leaders
Request for Proposals: Young Adult Internship Programs Year 0 Funding (doc)
We hear from partners around the United States that a new era is upon us where the divine invitation is increasingly apparent. We are in the midst of an extraordinary and exceptionally rare period in the history of the Christian enterprise when we are offered the opportunity to reimagine the nature and purpose of Christian community. The spirituality of young adults is a concern of such critical scope that it is shaping the future of our Communion and our faith tradition. People in their 20's and 30's are teaching us that every experience, including and especially apprehension of the Divine, is approached in a fundamentally different way by people who have come of age in the last two decades.
As we appraise and participate in new forms of Christian worship and community, we are challenged by Rainer Maria Rilke's words that "there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it." Although the experience of young adults is vastly different from that of their elders, they yearn to have their unique wisdom trusted and to be allowed to tend to their needs in their particular way, to be supported and empowered by their spiritual elders without being patronized. Younger adults are not afraid that their imagination will lead them outside the bounds of the divine love. They do not wish to restrict the margins of experience of the Divine. The Church is now at the brink of enormous change or gradual extinction. Trinity Grants is in a position to influence the outcome and we accept the challenge with joy.
Program Emphasis
Young Adult Spirituality: Investments in young adult service initiatives that offer opportunities for full-time service and life within intentional spiritual community, with a particular focus on the launch of new program sites sponsored by Episcopal dioceses, congregations, or affiliated agencies.