Transform your life while sharing the light of Christ. During a year-long adventure in Anchorage, Alaska, you will encounter Jesus like never before, build a life-long faith and be equipped for effective ministry - wherever life takes you.
Northern Lights is an intensive discipleship and ministry experience in an urban and cross cultural setting designed to encourage participants to develop in personal character, to cultivate a living relationship with God, and to develop their unique individual gifts and callings in God. Cross-cultural exposure and living in community are important aspects of the adventure.
The desired outcomes for those who participate in Northern Lights are to:
grow in holiness
experience wholeness in Christ
foster spiritual gifts and be equipped for ministry
cultivate a passion for demonstrating the love of Christ
live a life of eternal significance
Northern Lights will combine teaching, reading, discussion, reflection, mentoring and hands-on ministry involvement to help you grow in wholeness with Christ while being equipped as a life-long disciple.
Young adults, with at least a high school diploma or equivalent, and who desire to strengthen their Christian faith while developing tools for life-long ministry, are invited to apply for Northern Lights.
Participants will arrive in Anchorage, Alaska, by August 1, 2008. The experience concludes on June 14, 2009. A two-week break at Christmas time allows participants to visit family and friends, if desired.
During the experience, Northern Lights participants will take part in an overseas mission trip in March 2009, lasting approximately two weeks. Because of this trip, all participants must possess a US passport valid through at least November 2009.
Participants will live in apartment units, likely sharing bedrooms and common space. Living in community will be an important aspect of the experience. The apartments are fully furnished.
Each participant will pay $6,500 to Anchorage Free Methodist Church to cover most of the costs of their Northern Lights involvement. This fee covers housing, food allowance, program costs and travel expenses associated with the overseas mission trip. Participants will be responsible for their own travel expenses to and from Anchorage, incidental expenses, and personal excursions.
It is highly recommended that participants seek out financial partners who will help to contribute toward their program fee expenses. You may be able to establish a scholarship fund through your local church to help facilitate donations.
The total fee is due as follows: $250 non-refundable deposit due upon acceptance to the program; $2,000 due by July 1, 2008; $2,250 due by November 1, 2008; $2,000 due by January 15, 2009.
In order to be involved in the community, it is anticipated that participants will be employed for a few hours each day at a neighborhood elementary school, providing playground supervision, or other duties. Participants must be eligible for employment. Each participant will earn a small salary from this employment.
Participants will work in a group setting with one another, participate in the congregational life of Anchorage Free Methodist Church, grow from weekly one-on-one meetings with Northern Lights guides and develop a support relationship with a Life Line – a person of the participant’s own choosing who will encourage and help the participant process their experience.
Before arriving in Alaska, each participant will develop a team of 10-20 prayer supporters. You’ll need to communicate with your prayer team monthly so they can pray for you specifically.
Who I'd like to meet: You! So consider coming to Alaska to grow in your faith and serve God.
Transform your life while sharing the light of Christ. During a year-long adventure in Anchorage, Alaska, you will encounter Jesus like never before, build a life-long faith and be equipped for effective ministry - wherever life takes you.
