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Louisville, KY 40202

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Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) Program

Young Adult Volunteers experience a year of developing Christian community through spiritual formation and mission service and learning. Funds are used for progammatic support and to directly support volunteers with stipends, health insurance, student loan grants, housing, food allowance, travel and training.

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International Young Adult Volunteers (YAV)

Young Adult Volunteers experience a year of developing Christian community through spiritual formation and mission service and learning. Funds are used for programmatic support or to directly support volunteers with stipends, health insurance, student loan grants, housing, food allowance, travel and training.

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National Young Adult Volunteers (YAV)

Young adult volunteers in the US experience a year of developing Christian community through spiritual formation and volunteer service. Serving at one of several sites across the US, young adult volunteers live together in Christian community and serve neighborhood ministries. Funds will be used to directly support young adult volunteers through reimbursement of outstanding student loans, housing and food allowances and/or travel subsidy.

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YAV, Dwell, Atlanta

This site seeks young adults to serve and learn with the people of Atlanta, to engage in intentional Christian community and personal discipleship, to work with local ministries and agencies and to explore urban multi-cultural ministry as a vocation and calling. Funds raised to support programmatic expenses, as well as travel, stipends, health insurance, student loan grants, and food allowance. Any funds raised beyond the needs of the individual volunteer or related site are used to support other volunteers and the general YAV program in Atlanta.

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YAV, Chicago Project

Young Adult Volunteer Program. YAVs will live in community and serve in various community-based ministries serving the Chicago inner city. Funds raised to support programmatic expenses, as well as travel, stipends, health insurance, student loan grants, and food allowance. Any funds raised beyond the needs of the individual volunteer or related site are used to support other volunteers and the general YAV program in chicago

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YAV, Cincinnati Council Of Urban Churches

The Cincinnati site of the Young Adult Volunteer Program places 19-30 year-olds at member congregations of the presbytery's Council of Urban Churches. YAVs serve as youth directors at low-income, urban churches for one year, being a Christian presence in the community and a leader in the church. Volunteers build relationships with youth in the congregation and the surrounding community, developing programs for those already active with the goal of meeting the needs of the church.YAVs each serve at a different church, but live together in intentional Christian community in a house or apartment near one of those congregations ...

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YAV, DOOR Denver

Young Adult Volunteer Program. YAVs will live in community and serve in various community-based ministries serving the Denver inner city. Funds raised to support programmatic expenses, as well as travel, stipends, health insurance, student loan grants, and food allowance. Any funds raised beyond the needs of the individual volunteer or related site are used to support other volunteers and the general YAV program in Denver.

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YAV, New Orleans

Young Adults will be serving on the Gulf Coast in New Orleans as part of the long-term recovery from Hurricane Katrina. Funds raised to support programmatic expenses, as well as travel, stipends, health insurance, student loan grants, and food allowance. Any funds raised beyond the needs of the individual volunteer or related site are used to support other volunteers and the general YAV program in the Gulf.

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YAV, City Dwellers Hollywood Urban Project

While Hollywood may seem like a glamorous place full of backlots and movie stars, the City Dwellers program of the Hollywood Urban Project serves a different Hollywood. The City Dwellers live and volunteer in a 16-square-block immigrant and second-generation Latino neighborhood that is economically and socially removed from the movies and their studios. The City Dwellers, which is a site of the Presbyterian Church (USA)'s Young Adult Volunteer Program, run programs out of a community center located in the middle of this neighborhood. They provide a wide range of programs, from ESL classes to Bible study, all intent on ...

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YAV, DOOR Miami

This site seeks young adults to serve and learn with the people of Miami, to engage in intentional Christian community and personal discipleship, to work with local ministries and agencies and to explore urban multi-cultural ministry as a vocation and calling. Funds raised to support programmatic expenses, as well as travel, stipends, health insurance, student loan grants, and food allowance. Any funds raised beyond the needs of the individual volunteer or related site are used to support other volunteers and the general YAV program in Miami.

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