Volunteer | Internship | Short Term | Long Term | Current Needs

Volunteer: There are numerous opportunities for interested individuals to assist in the work of We Care Program and its mission to the incarcerated.  Following are ways that you can get involved:

• Annual Prison Crusade
  Volunteers and Intercessors Needed
  January 27-31, 2008...more details
   

• Pray – Pray for We Care Program chaplains, staff, and those whom we are ministering to.  A monthly Intercessor’s Prayer Bulletin is available to guide your prayer times.
   

• Mentor – Some facilities provide opportunities for men to meet regularly with someone in the prison setting, discipling, encouraging, and helping to prepare for release.
   

• Teach – If you are gifted as a teacher, opportunities may be available for you to teach Bible study and practical life skills in the prison setting.
   

• Assist a chaplain – You may want to approach a chaplain to ask if there is any way you can support him in his work.  Your help in any way will be a big encouragement to him.
   

• Miscellaneous – From time to time, a variety of opportunities are available for those wishing to serve in various ways.  These may include light construction projects, maintenance, or headquarters assistance.
   

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Young Adult Internship (7 months):
A program designed to help single young adults discover their ministry giftings and life purpose.  Following initial teaching and training, participants will be placed alongside a staff chaplain in an internship role, assisting with prison chaplaincy duties, including friendship evangelism, one-on-one discipleship, recreational activities within the prison setting, new entry contacts, and Bible study teaching and or facilitating.

As a team member, you will develop a deeper appreciation for the greater Body of Christ, you will be stretched beyond your comfort zone, and you will grow closer to God as you depend on Him to lead you in the work of missionary prison chaplaincy.

Teams are organized annually (October through April) and are open to young men and women 20 years of age and older.  Applications must be received by August 15th.

DOWNLOAD: Young Adult Internship Information

See Special Report: Young Adult Internship

For more information or to receive an application and brochure, contact dave@wecareprogram.org

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Short Term (up to 2 years): For those who are sensing God’s calling to step away from the ordinary and commit a short portion of their lives to missionary prison chaplaincy or a supporting role in the mission of We Care Program.

We Care Program will link the short-term missionary with available positions in prison chaplaincy work.  Short-term missionaries will most likely be placed in roles such as assisting a state chaplain in a large correctional facility, taking a lead chaplain role in a smaller minimum security camp, coordinating a “Faith Dorm” program, or a combination of chaplaincy work and organizational support roles.

In addition to periodic staff development activities, you will grow by caring for the “least of these”—listening, encouraging, counseling, teaching and/or preaching, playing games, along with a multitude of other activities and roles, depending on institutional needs and your gifts/talent make-up.  You will experience growth by exercising and strengthening your spiritual gifts as you minister to the needs of America’s incarcerated.

See Missionary Policy Manual

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Long Term/Career (more than 2 years): Some who commit to a short term assignment in prison chaplaincy work gradually realize that God has called them to devote a longer portion of their life to minister to men and women behind bars.  They will usually have a deep sense of calling to the work and a desire to minister to inmates until God tells them otherwise.

The long-term missionary settles into a stable chaplaincy role, becoming a pastoral presence in the prison in which he/she serves.  Depending on his/her gifts and the particular needs of the institution, the chaplain may spend a portion of each week in teaching, preaching, one-on-one discipleship, counseling, crisis intervention, ministering to the sick, coordinating volunteer activities, and providing educational and spiritual learning possibilities to facilitate inmate personal growth.

Along with the needs of the incarcerated, the chaplain remains sensitive to the spiritual needs of the entire correctional staff and administration of the particular facility in which he works.

See Missionary Policy Manual

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