Dallas, TX
June 6 – July 26, 2024
Includes housing and a $2,500 stipend.
The Mission
This internship’s neighborhood is like a small community in a big city, and it’s unique, diverse in so many ways, and full of so much good. It’s also full of big challenges that need to be addressed. Poverty is abundant with 85% of families in Dallas public schools economically disadvantaged. In fact, Dallas has one of the highest child poverty rates among large cities in the country.
The teen birth rate in this neighborhood outpaces the state, and by the 4th grade, only 1 in 3 kids read on grade level. Demographics of East Dallas are also very diverse, so bi-lingual applicants are encouraged to apply.
Interns in Dallas can expect:
Serving in summer day camps for under-served kids in 2nd-5th grade.
Helping provide a positive and productive space for kids to develop spiritually, educationally, and socially.
Leading the experience through sports activities, educational stations, music, and VBS lessons.
The Site
QuadW Dallas partners with Hope Dallas to provide summer day camps for underserved kids in 2nd-5th grade. Camp is a 6 week VBS+Sports experience to provide a positive and productive space for kids to develop spiritually, educationally, and socially.
At the heart of this internship, the hope is to be like a summer family with the Hendersons - interns come to their home, spend time with their own family, share meals and life-giving conversations, and have fun making life-long memories following Jesus together. Seth and Lacey want to invest in you to catalyze your own missional journey.
“This year's internship opened my eyes to so much and taught me about the Lords heart for people and the wonderful things He’s doing all around me. I'm very grateful that I got to experience this and was able to partner with Him here in the East Dallas community”
Blossom E.
Summer Intern in Dallas, TX
Site Directors,
Lacey and Seth Henderson
We are Lacey and Seth Henderson, founders and bi-vocational leaders of Hope Dallas - and we are excited to lead QuadW Dallas this year. We have been involved with QuadW Dallas since 2018.
Lacey is a current Dallas ISD middle school teacher in her East Dallas neighborhood with 15+ years of experience with education, youth, and families, including 4 years as founding Program Director with another ministry.
Seth is a strategist, builder, and vision driven leader. He has 15+ years of ministry experience with youth and families, including 4 years as founding Executive Director of another npo responsible for startup, operations, fundraising, and business administration.
We have been serving at-risk kids and youth in East Dallas since moving to Dallas in 2015 and have been involved in education and ministry since 2005.
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Seth and Lacey are founders and leaders of Hope Dallas - a missional ministry working to ignite hope in Jesus in our world by activating all believers to live and lead as missionaries in the spaces God has called them. Hope Dallas ministries include micro church gatherings, disciple-making training, youth summer and mentoring programs, kids summer camps, and various outreach initiatives serving low-income communities.
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Our family cares deeply about seeing underserved kids and youth being transformed by Jesus from the inside-out to live fully alive. Additionally, we care about mentoring and mobilizing ordinary Christians to serve their own missional cause in the world.
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We're always intrigued by the stories of ordinary, faithful followers of Jesus, especially those who persevere to continue making disciples through suffering and/or dark places.
Transform communities — and yourself.
The QuadW Missional Internship lifts communities and unites people around common values and beliefs. Our interns and program leaders work to embody Jesus in everything we do, making change in our communities and uplifting congregations all over the world.
