The Details
Our program will consist of class time, community living, a youth ministry or community internship, and a mission trip experience. Mission options include domestic trips to urban new cultures.
Your internship site will be a major influence on your Tulsa Link Year experience. You will spend the year walking beside youth and their families, and getting the guidance of some of our city's best leaders. You'll be in classes every week with other friends in the program who may have other internship sites here in the city. And you'll learn from each other about how to be the best you can, discovering who God has made you to be.
JBU's Link Year Program is designed for students who decide that going directly into college after high school may not be the best personal, spiritual, or academic choice. It is a formal, holistic, discipleship & development program that helps students better understand themselves, others, and the world. Centered around an active-learning, service-oriented curriculum, students earn 15 hours of college credit during their Link Year.
Your internship site will be a major influence on your Tulsa Link Year experience. You will spend the year walking beside youth and their families, and getting the guidance of some of our city's best leaders. You'll be in classes every week with other friends in the program who may have other internship sites here in the city. And you'll learn from each other about how to be the best you can, discovering who God has made you to be.
JBU's Link Year Program is designed for students who decide that going directly into college after high school may not be the best personal, spiritual, or academic choice. It is a formal, holistic, discipleship & development program that helps students better understand themselves, others, and the world. Centered around an active-learning, service-oriented curriculum, students earn 15 hours of college credit during their Link Year.
Our Internship Site Partners:
Asbury United Methodist Church Youth Ministry
Senior High Team Leader: Todd Peterson
Believers Church Youth Ministry
Youth Pastor: Dan McIntosh
Garnett Church of Christ Youth Ministry
Student Minister: Lance Newsom
Kirk of the Hills Presbyterian Youth Ministry
Director of Student Ministries: Scott French
Liberty Church
Youth Pastor: Rick Emerson
Tulsa Area Community School Initiative
Coordinator: Jan Creveling
Senior High Team Leader: Todd Peterson
Believers Church Youth Ministry
Youth Pastor: Dan McIntosh
Garnett Church of Christ Youth Ministry
Student Minister: Lance Newsom
Kirk of the Hills Presbyterian Youth Ministry
Director of Student Ministries: Scott French
Liberty Church
Youth Pastor: Rick Emerson
Tulsa Area Community School Initiative
Coordinator: Jan Creveling
Here's your typical week at Tulsa Link Year.
Monday: JBU Class time with awesome teachers who are professionals in their field
Tuesday: Ministry Internship
Wednesday: Ministry Internship, Youth Group Night
Thursday: Ministry Internship
Friday: Link Year Life Group/Community Renewal/Discipleship time
Saturday: Off! (unless you are doing a retreat or something specific with your ministry site)
Sunday: Church work, hang out with the students you are building relationships with.
This schedule will vary occasionally according to retreat dates, mission trip dates, and youth ministry internship needs.
Tuesday: Ministry Internship
Wednesday: Ministry Internship, Youth Group Night
Thursday: Ministry Internship
Friday: Link Year Life Group/Community Renewal/Discipleship time
Saturday: Off! (unless you are doing a retreat or something specific with your ministry site)
Sunday: Church work, hang out with the students you are building relationships with.
This schedule will vary occasionally according to retreat dates, mission trip dates, and youth ministry internship needs.
