What is the difference between a job and a vocation?  What should I do with my life?  How can I best use my gifts?  Who can serve as my mentor as I search for a meaningful life?  How can I integrate my sense of spirituality into my daily life?  Do I have what it takes to minister others?

Student Opportunities related to the Lilly Initiative for Vocational Exploration

Wesley Service Scholars - a program to support students who are involved in volunteer service.

Internships are programs designed to connect service and faith development to vocation.

Lilly Internship Program - provides students with the opportunity to work in a variety of agencies as they explore possible life directions.

Lilly Summer Internship - an eight-week full-time summer internship that helps students to explore vocation in the context of service.

 Ministry Internship - cooperative projects with local churches, synagogues and other houses of worship that further the outreach missions of the congregation by addressing community needs.

"Vocation" comes from the Latin "vocare", to call, and means the work a person is called to.  In the words of Frederick Buechner, "The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet."  The Lilly Initiative for Vocation Exploration invites all members of the Simpson community to discover this place.