SEAMILL INTERNSHIPS

What is the Internship? We want to see young people released into creative and effective ministry. More so, we want to produce confident and whole leaders equipped to create new structures and avenues within YWAM and the different spheres of society.

Interns are invited to become part of the community for 2 years where they will have the opportunity to SERVE and GROW alongside other leaders and peers, discovering with them the next step in their following after God while realising growth in the key areas of character, integrity, ministry and anointing.


You can do your internship in the following ministry areas:

Ministry Development        Base Operations       DTS       YETI    Frontier Missions

Interested? Email Seamill@ywamscotland.org | Contact us by phone or post


ETHOS

Key considerations in the formation of the internship:

• Post modernity and post modern thinking/living
  
• Functionality of the base
  
  

Addressing post modern aspects

• Emphasis on absolutes
  
  • Word of God
    
  • Supremacy of Christ
    
    
• Setting Love in Order (Biblical community and relationships)
  
  • Ordering the 'loves' of our hearts: The relational nature of this generation can be strength; however, the goodness of it is lost when the 'group' identity and influence has a higher place in someone's heart than that of the Lord Jesus.
    
  • An emphasis on both group and individual, and the ability to be healthy and functional in both situations.
    
    
• Connecting daily life with the reality of the presence of God
  
  • Breaking through dualism in thinking and living.
    
  • Life Skills: Young people come from homes where basic life skills were not taught, or were taught based on worldly-values.
    
  • Evaluation, Goal & Process: Having the opportunity to master tasks and achieve goals but in a supportive learning environment that offers an evaluative process as well.
    
    
• Learner-powered vs. facilitator-powered
  
  • A system which is structured to promote personal responsibility and initiative.
    
  • Enough structure is in place to maintain coherence in an operational sense (as well as in content), and at the same time, there is sufficient flexibility for the learning of initiative, exploration, and godly risk taking.
    
  • Beliefs and values of godly stewardship and complete Lordship are promoted. Additionally, with the responsibility of the internship spread out between interns and the leaders, the system is not dependent on anyone person or set of leaders.
    
    

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

Three principles provide a measure by which the content and practice of the internship can be evaluated.

• Being
  
• Doing - Give it a Go
  
• Pass it On - Multiply
  
  

Being: Create a structure which aids in cultivating and teaching/modelling a responsive 'posture' towards the Lord, so that DOING (activity/action) is borne out of the primacy of this relationship. BEING comes before doing but also continues to form AS we are DOING.

Doing: Action borne out of knowing the Lord/His Word, hearing His voice by the Holy Spirit. Emphasis is on obedience, sacrificial living, making a real heart-level response to God.

Give it a Go: Interns themselves benefit from a supported learning environment in diverse areas while simultaneously contributing to and enhancing the ministry of YWAM. There is a balance of personal benefit, outward focus and development of team work skills and ethos.

Pass it on - multiply: The intent is to 'multiply' and influence others in a way that is of primary benefit to the recipients. This is completely outward-focused and is probably the most demanding.

CORE VALUES FOR THE CURRICULUM

• Foundations in kn0wing God—loving God
  
• Community - loving each other
  
• Outreach - loving the lost
  
• Personal Development - loving yourself