Our Initiatives

The Micah Project

Founded in 1999, the Micah Project is a ten-month residential fellowship of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, and a partner project of the Episcopal Service Corps. Micah fellows make three primary commitments during their fellowship year.  They serve 32 hours per week in mission-driven non-profit organizations or Episcopal Churches; they participate in spiritual formation and leadership training for 8 hours per week; and they live in intentional Christian community with other fellows.  This fellowship is a year for emerging young leaders to explore questions of social change, spirituality, and vocation.  This remains the primary initiative of Life Together. Follow the links under “program components” for more information regarding the structure of the Micah Project or how to apply. To meet some of the current fellows, visit here.

Esperanza Academy Teaching Fellowship

In the fall of 2012, Life Together launched a new teaching fellowship in partnership with Esperanza Academy–a tuition-free, independent day school for low income girls grades 5-8 in Lawrence, MA.  Each year, Life Together hosts four AmeriCorps teaching fellows who work as full-time teachers at Esperanza Academy for two years. The Esperanza fellows teach classes, work and or coach in the extended day program and perform other responsibilities related to teaching. Esperanza fellows also live in intentional community with one another in Lawrence, and come down to Boston once a month to join the Micah fellows for leadership trainings and spiritual reflection.

Life Together, South Coast

This is Life Together's third year of partnership with the South Coast Mission Hub. LT South Coast is located in the gateway communities of Fall River and New Bedford (about an hour south of Boston and twenty minutes from Providence, Rhode Island.) These economically depressed urban areas pose many challenges and attract immigrants from all over the world to work in the fishing industry. South Coast Fellows will get an opportunity to work as pioneer leaders in these urban neighborhoods.

Working closely with local area non-profit organizations and faith communities, South Coast Fellows will focus on building grassroots leadership and organizing local resources to empower communities and work toward long-term change on a neighborhood level. The social impact focus areas are immigrant advocacy, youth leadership development, and economic justice.

Life Together—South Coast is a program of the South Coast Mission Hub, a strategic initiative of The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. The Mission Hub is a collaboration of churches throughout the South Coast region that are engaged in building community and developing mission initiatives which span across church walls and city boundaries. Fellows of the South Coast program will have the unique opportunity to work closely with local clergy and lay leaders, becoming active members of the Mission Hub.

This is an incredibly exciting opportunity to engage in grassroots social change and ministry! Similar to Esperanza Teaching fellows, participate in Orientation in Boston at the beginning of the year and then gather one Friday per month for a day of spiritual reflection, community building, and skill-based leadership training with all the other Life Together fellows. 

The Emmaus Fellowship

Emmaus Fellows are second-year fellows based in the greater Boston area. This cohort is focused on capacity building. Fellows either continue work in their first year site placements, building on the initiatives started and relationships built in year one, or they pursue a new site placement, which enables them to broaden their skill-set. Emmaus Fellows work at non-profit organizations and churches, focused on social and structural change. In addition to site work, Emmaus Fellows live in intentional community and serve in a programmatic leadership role for 10 hours per week with Life Together. This role involves mentorship with first year fellows and administrative and training support with program staff. 

***A hunger for spiritual growth, a passion for social justice, and prior leadership experience are required for each of these fellowships. Spanish language skills are helpful but not required