Pastoral assistant application

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Name*

Phone number*

Class year next fall

Sophomore

Junior

Senior

Fifth-year senior

Marbeck box number*

Why are you interested in being a pastoral assistant?*

What are your top five strengths (from StrengthsFinder) and how could you see them helping you in your role as a pastoral assistant?*

Write a few sentences about your spiritual journey. Since coming to Bluffton University, how have you grown in your relationship with God or your life as a disciple of Jesus? How would serving as a Pastoral Assistant contribute to your spiritual journey? *

A large portion of your work as a Pastoral Assistant would be to nurture and guide the work of the Ministry Assistants. If you become a PA next year, what is one change that you would like to see take place in the Bluffton University Ministry Team? *

What is one thing that you might find challenging about being a pastoral assistant, and how would you handle it?*

What is one spiritual need you see on our campus and what ideas do you have for meeting that need? Where do you see spiritual vitality on Bluffton's campus right now?*

Have you served as an MA in the past? What were the most rewarding parts of being a Ministry Assistant? Share a memory from your work on the Ministry Team that will stick with you.

If you are not chosen to serve as a Pastoral Assistant, would you like to be considered for the role of a Ministry Assistant? (No need to fill out a separate application.)

Bluffton University

Commencement 2021

Commencement 2021

Commencement 2021

Commencement 2021

Pastoral assistant application