Nine-Month - Reba Place Fellowship

The Reba Place Fellowship apprentice program has four main goals:

-Discipleship training
-Community living
-Neighborhood Service
-Activism rooted in prayer

The Apprenticeship is a September-to-May immersion in community for young people interested in investigating communal life and discerning their call to Christian community. Apprentices experience life similar to that of Reba Place Fellowship members, working part time jobs to cover their living expenses. Weekly Apprentice events include Bible study, small group sharing times, Fellowship members meetings, a Monday night potluck and seminar, and other times of worship and reflection. Living arrangements for apprentices vary, with some in established Fellowship households (with a mix between young and old, single and married people) or in single-sex apartments.

Besides taking part in regular RPF activities, the apprentice group also forms their own communal group within the larger community setting, meeting together for Bible study, small group time, and shared meals. Early on the apprentices will write a covenant for their life together. Past and current apprentice groups have experimented with various common practices such as shared finances, prayer times, meetings for discernment, and celebration.

The Apprentice program director (David Janzen) and the chairman of the Intern/Apprentice Committee (David Hovde) walk closely with the group to provide council and offer teaching along the way.

Apprentices often take part in various ministry and service opportunities around Reba Place Fellowship, Reba Place Church, and Living Water Community Church. To see a list of (paid and unpaid) possibilities, visit the work opportunities page.