About

The Trinity Fellows Program

The Trinity Fellows Program is a nine-month (September through May) leadership development and training program for young adults recently out of college or graduate school. The Fellows Program prepares young adults for future vocations in two spheres of influence: as professionals in the marketplace and as staff in the local church. Fellows are equipped to live by the Gospel and for the Kingdom of God by integrating their Christian worldview into the whole of their lives. Through one-on-one mentoring, internships, seminary courses, immersion in community, spiritual formation, and practical ministry experiences, each participant builds a framework for discerning God’s calling and answering the question, “What do I do with my life?” The Program affirms both the sacredness of calling in all work and the primacy of the local church in the lives of God’s people.

Trinity Presbyterian Church & Charlottesville, Virginia

Trinity Presbyterian Church (PCA) is home to the Fellows Program. Trinity is a vibrant body of believers living out the Gospel in the city of Charlottesville, the university community and the world. Situated in the foothills of Central Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains, Charlottesville has been described as the essence of small city sophistication, rich in historical and cultural significance. Home to the University of Virginia, the city offers a myriad of restaurants, coffee shops, theaters, art galleries and live music venues, as well as outdoor activities such as mountain biking, hiking and skiing. Its location in central Virginia allows easy access to the natural beauty of the Appalachian Trail and Virginia Beach as well as the urban centers of Washington, D.C. and Richmond.

Testimonials

  • Hugh Jones, MidSouth Regional Director for Staffed Campuses, Campus Crusade for Christ

    The Fellows Program is an ideal fit for a recent college grad who is interested in integrating faith with work in the marketplace and for someone who is seeking to understand how all of life and everything on this earth belongs to God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Fellows Program builds a strong biblical foundation for young people who wish to engage the culture and not retreat from it; it teaches them to be as wise in the things of Christ as they will be in their professional career pursuits.

  • Rev. Greg Thompson, Senior Pastor, Trinity Presbyterian Church

    With the combination of reformational theology, practical hospitality, vocational mentoring and community service, the Trinity Fellows Program serves the Church by equipping her future leaders for lives of Kingdom service.

  • Shannon Bremer, Fellows Program Alumna & College of William & Mary Alumna

    I thought four years of college would help discern my calling and direct me toward a future career. However, faced with graduation I found myself with a lot more questions than answers! Being a Trinity Fellow didn't give me all the answers, but it gave me a church community in which I could ask hard questions, actively learn about my faith and myself, and apply it all in a work setting. The best part about the Fellows Program wasn't the answers I found, but the chance to ask more questions.

  • Jon Thompson, Fellows Program Alumnus & University of Virginia Alumnus

    The Fellows Program taught me in a very practical way what it means to live for and walk with Christ in every realm of my life. I learned that each moment of my day is soaked with purpose if it is viewed from a Christian worldview and biblical perspective.

  • Sam Voelkel, Fellows Program Alumnus & Auburn University Alumnus

    Though I became a Christian in college, I was still unsure how to apply my faith in practical ways, especially in the business world. The Trinity Fellows Program allowed me to see Christianity lived out in the home, community and marketplace. As an integral part of the local church, I could wrestle with tough questions without pretending to have all the answers. That process changed my understanding of Jesus' work on the cross from an abstract theory to a concrete reality.

  • Albert Lee, Fellows Program Alumnus & Princeton University Alumnus

    The Trinity Fellows Program is a challenging experience in learning how the good news of what God has done, is doing, and will do for this world in Jesus Christ shapes my life now in its entirety. Through the intellectual rigors of the seminary-accredited coursework, lectures, and discussion, my imagination was opened up to the awesome possibilities of God's loving activity in and through his people to bring a renewing truth, goodness, and beauty to this world. We investigated exegetical and theological foundations for the life of the corpus Christi in (and yet not of!) the fallen world through courses in the Old and New Testament, and in courses examining our cultural life, we explored ramifications of what we've learned for living faithfully in all aspects of our lives in this cultural epoch known as late modernity. Combining these classes with actual experience in local businesses and the wider marketplace, an engaging life with host families, and the supportive environment of a local church committed to build into its Fellows, the Trinity Fellows Program yielded for me a richly rewarding experience.