AT A GLANCE
Ages
17-28
When
August - May
Time
3 - 10hrs/week
One-on-One
Mentorship
Experience
Placement & Cohorts
Your Harbor Journey
Each young leader has a unique and personalized journey. Every journey is full of formation, hands-on experience and real-world impact.
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DISCOVER
Your gifts, interests and questions.
EXPERIENCE
Serve in a real placement.
DEVELOP
Grow in leadership skills alongside a cohort.
BE GUIDED
Meet regularly with a Navigator.
EXPLORE
Take field trips to see other ministries in the same vocation.
BE SENT
Take what you've learned into your next season.
What You'll Gain
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Leadership development
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Personalized mentorship and guidance
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Meaningful vocational experience
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Cohort of support and connection
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Expanded knowledge of ministry possibilities
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Post program network support
Different Stages. Different Opportunities.
The Harbor welcomes young leaders ages 17–28, recognizing that a high school student, college student, and post-college graduate may be in very different places in life. Placement expectations are shaped around each stage, giving young leaders an experience that is meaningful, appropriately challenging, and connected to where they are headed.
EXPLORE
High School | Ages 17-18
3-5 hours/week
Start exploring what God may be calling you toward through a balanced, hands-on experience. Placements emphasize discovery and exposure while allowing space for school and other responsibilities.
DEVELOP
College Student | Ages 18-23
5-7 hours/week
Putting their gifts into practice and begin connecting your experience with your future vocation. College placements offer greater responsibility and opportunities to explore how those interests and strengths might shape life after college.
STEP IN VOCATION
Post-College | Ages 23-28
7-10 hours/week
Gain deeper, real-world experience as you consider how your gifts and calling could take shape in ministry. These placements carry greater responsibility and, for some young leaders, can lead to an immediate employment opportunity after The Harbor experience.
Have Questions?
Connect with us, so we can support your discernment process.
Real People. Real Impact.
Gifts in Action
You may discover that the gifts you already have of creative, technical, relational, or organizational can make a meaningful impact in ministry. Through hands-on experience, you’ll begin to see how your strengths can become a way to serve others, strengthen the church, and make a difference in the world around you. Some of our young leaders gain a better understanding of what's possible.
Space to Discern
You may need time and space to figure out what comes next—and that’s okay. The Harbor gives you room to try new things, ask deeper questions, learn from trusted people, and begin to recognize which paths align with your gifts, values, faith, and sense of purpose. You don’t have to have the answer yet; you’ll have people and experiences around you to help you notice where God may be leading you.
A Future in Ministry
Your Harbor experience may spark something you hadn’t considered before: ministry as part of your future. What begins as a chance to serve and explore can help you imagine how your gifts could someday be used through a ministry career, whether that happens now or years down the road. For some of our young leaders, that journey has even led to a full-time ministry position after completing the program.
