Volunteer Status: The Faith at the Crossroads  fellow position is a volunteer position. This means that, if you accept the role, you perform all duties on a voluntary basis, and you will not receive any remuneration or payment for your work. Instead, your benefits will consist of program-provided housing, a shared grocery allowance for the house, a $400/month cost-of-living stipend, and participation in the Episcopal Church’s health insurance program, if you are not already covered under your parents’ plan.

Stipend, Healthcare, Transportation, and Housing: During your ten (10) months of service, you will stay in furnished housing at no cost to you, with all utilities paid, receive health care coverage (if you are not already covered), and also receive a monthly stipend intended to cover basic living expenses ($400 per month, before taxes). Each fellow will also receive $250/month food allowance, which will be loaded on a shared grocery card for the house. If you are bringing a car, we will reimburse you for gas up to $60 per month (same price as a monthly bus pass). If you do not have a vehicle, we will provide you with a monthly IndyGo bus pass. T house is very close to IndyGo’s Red Line. 

Loan Deferment and Payment: Episcopal Service Corps not an AmeriCorps program, so there is no automatic student loan forbearance for fellows. Fellows can apply to their student lender or loan servicer for loan deferment or forbearance, which many have done successfully in the past. Loan deferment or forbearance suspends required loan repayment for a period of time. For more information and resources related to student loans, visit the following links: ● https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/repay-loans/deferment-forbearance ● https://www.asa.org/about-us-orig/ ● https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/ 

Site Placements: Fellows will serve in a variety of non-profit organizations in Indianapolis, including Trinity Haven, Indiana Youth Group, St. Richard’s Episcopal School, Horizons at St. Richard’s, Mid-North Food Pantry, and others. Each fellow serves thirty-two (32) hours per week in their site placement as part of their leadership development and training. 

Spiritual Formation and Leadership Training: Along with their site placement work, all fellows will participate in leadership training, personal development, and spiritual formation. Training and formation will take place in different forms which can include some Wednesday evenings, Sunday afternoons, weekend workshops. As well as three retreats throughout the year covering our major programmatic themes of reconciliation, contemplative practices, and liberation theology. During this time of formation we hope you will learn and practice skills that help you to become faith-rooted reconciling leaders who work for justice and healing in your community. Fellows are encouraged to attend Sunday worship at Trinity or another faith community of their choosing. Fellows will also be expected to attend occasional Sunday adult forum sessions and/or Wednesday special events at Trinity to share their experiences with Trinity parishioners.  

Faith at the Crossroads seeks to ensure that you are well supported during your time in Indy therefore we will support you in developing the following relationships:

Spiritual Director: We will pay for you to meet with a spiritual director once a month.

Vocational Mentor: In the second half of our year we will connect you with someone in the community who matches your vocational goals to be a conversation partner as you discern your next steps.

Spiritual Friendship Circles: When you arrive we will connect you with members of the Trinity community who seek to host and journey alongside you during your year.  

Mental Health: We encourage you to maintain some relationship with a mental health professional as part of a mental health care plan you will develop during orientation.

Trinity Church Clergy: There are at least 4 individuals serving as clergy at Trinity, one of whom lives next door to the service corps house fellows. Trinity clergy are happy to journey alongside the F@TC community, fellows are welcomed and encouraged to engage with clergy as much or as little as they feel comfortable. 

F@TC Advisory Board: We have a board of volunteers who meet regularly to support this ministry and seek ways to ensure it thrives.

F@TC Program Director: The F@TC Director maintains the vision, mission, and ministry of F@TC as a part of the Episcopal Service Corps Network and Trinity Episcopal Church, provides leadership to the the St. Benedict House Coordinator and Formation Coordinator, and meets with each fellow for monthly check-ins.

F@TC Formation Coordinator: Fellows will experience a program of mission-aligned formation targeting fellows, residents and neighbors that also seeks to connect to broader community engagement across our church, city, diocese, and the ESC network helping to build our skills of living in the world rooted in our spiritual formation practices.

St. Benedict House Community Coordinator: An experienced F@TC fellow will coordinate the logistical and social aspects of community life and house stewardship. 

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