Dear Cornerstone Family,
One of the many joys of being a minister at Cornerstone Presbyterian Church is having the chance to work with young men and women who have interest in pursuing ministry vocationally. Though everyone’s story in being called to ministry is different, it is often true that interest in vocational ministry grows over time as one begins to exercise spiritual gifts and serves in the church.
In order to help assess a call to and aptitude for ministry, Cornerstone developed an internship program early on. The Cornerstone internship program is designed as a training ground for the work of ministry. Internship training includes but is not limited to theological, ecclesiological, and practical on-the-job ministry training. Over the course of a year or more, the intern will read, write, discuss, and be involved in practical ministry in order to test their head (intellectual), heart (spiritual), and hands (practical) in the work of ministry.
Over the nearly 13 years of Cornerstone’s existence, the Lord has blessed Cornerstone with ten interns. Currently, we have former interns serving as either pastors, counselors, or lay church workers in Oregon, California, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
Two of our interns, Mr. Ethan Vroom and Mr. Tucker Alexander, recently drew their ministry at Cornerstone to a close. Both men are headed to seminary in order to pursue full time vocational training for the pastorate.
Mr. Ethan Vroom is a New College Franklin graduate originally from Vancouver, BC. He became a member at Cornerstone in 2020. He came on staff as a youth intern in 2021. He continued to serve in youth ministry but increased his role at the church as a pastoral assistant following graduation from NCF in 2023. Ethan has been accepted to Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, NC. He will be departing later this month to begin work on summer Greek.
Mr. Tucker Alexander is a graduate from Reformation Bible College and a native of Franklin. Tucker became a member of Cornerstone in 2022 and served as a general pastoral intern this past year. He has been accepted to Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, MS. He departed last week to begin settling into life in Jackson, find gainful employment, and prepare for summer Greek.
We are very grateful for the growth we’ve seen in the lives of these two young men while serving as interns. Please join us in praying for Ethan and Tucker as they continue to have their call to ministry assessed in the next season of ministry preparation.
Your servant,
