01 Jul Meet the Interns | Kairos 2015 | Take Three
This summer we have 21 Kairos interns working in various ministries at Grace Church. If you want to learn a little bit more about these guys and how they got here—keep reading! Visit our Kairos website for more information about our internships.
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Lauren Dailey
School & Year
– Senior at Clemson University
What’s your major?
– Modern Languages – Spanish emphasis
How did you find out about Kairos?
– I heard about it while at Grace.
What are you going to be doing at Grace this summer?
– Serving with all of the ministries of Grace en Español.
What’s the best book you’ve read in the last two years?
– Finish the Mission by John Piper
What’s one interesting or weird fact about you?
– I’m scared of squirrels.
If you had to describe yourself in hashtags, what would they say?
#overlyexcited #adventureseeker #coffeeadict
What’s one thing you hope to learn, experience, or gain this summer?
– I hope to gain wisdom from those involved at Grace as I continue to seek what God has for me after I graduate college.
Banks Hamilton
School & year
– North Greenville University, Rising Junior
What’s your major?
– Sports Ministry
How did you find out about Kairos?
– I went to a service at Powdersville and heard about it there.
What are you going to be doing at Grace this summer?
– Student Ministry at the Harrison Bridge Campus
What’s the best book you’ve read in the last two years?
– I had to read To Kill a Mockingbird for a class and I enjoyed it.
What’s one interesting or weird fact about you?
-I play college football at NGU
If you had to describe yourself in hashtags, what would they say?
#BanksOfAmerica
What’s one thing you hope to learn, experience, or gain this summer?
– I hope to learn anything and everything from the staff here at Grace. I know that I’m surrounded by great leaders here and I will seek wisdom from them. I also hope to see if ministry is what I want to do.
Thomas Hastings
School & Year
– I’m a junior at Greenville Tech.
What’s your major?
– An associates in Art
How did you find out about Kairos?
– I found out through friends that had done it in the past
What are you going to be doing at Grace this summer?
– I am the downtown worship intern, and I’ll be helping out with other various worship projects
What’s the best book you’ve read in the last two years?
– Doxology and Theology
What’s one interesting or weird fact about you?
-I’ve been to the hospital 9 times
If you had to describe yourself in hashtags, what would they say?
#woo #noregrets
What’s one thing you hope to learn, experience, or gain this summer?
– I hope to learn how to better manage myself and continue to grow in the craft that the Lord has called me to.
Rebecca Meeder
School & Year
– Clemson Junior
What’s your major?
– Marketing
How did you find out about Kairos?
– Friends for have done it previous years and I’ve been going to Grace for the past two years and I’ve heard it mentioned in services.
What are you going to be doing at Grace this summer?
– Central Children’s Ministry
What’s the best book you’ve read in the last two years?
-Love Does, Circle Maker
What’s one interesting or weird fact about you?
– I’m terrified of dolphins.
If you had to describe yourself in hashtags, what would they say?
#coffeeaddict #blessed
What’s one thing you hope to learn, experience, or gain this summer?
-This summer I hope to learn more about myself and how I can bring my gifts and talents into the working world and also into the church environment. I want to gain more understanding about who Christ wants me to be and how he wants me to use the strengths he has given to me in my everyday life.
Ellen Hudson Brown
School & Year
– Clemson, Junior
What’s your major?
– Secondary Education and English
How did you find out about Kairos?
– An announcement during a Powdersville service in the Fall of 2014
What are you going to be doing at Grace this summer?
– Student Ministry at Powdersville
What’s the best book you’ve read in the last two years?
-Beloved by Toni Morrison
What’s one interesting or weird fact about you?
-I can’t wink with my right eye and first semester freshman year I was a Chinese major.
If you had to describe yourself in hashtags, what would they say?
#ginge #swag #forge
What’s one thing you hope to learn, experience, or gain this summer?
-I hope to learn more about the Lord and I hope to grow closer to Him.
Olivia Wagner
School & Year
– Rising Senior at Clemson University
What’s your major?
– Graphic Communications
How did you find out about Kairos?
-I found out about Kairos through a friend, Townsend Huguley, who did it last summer, and could not say enough good things about it.
What are you going to be doing at Grace this summer?
– I will be working with the Communications Department helping out with any graphics related projects.
What’s the best book you’ve read in the last two years?
-The Bible.
What’s one interesting or weird fact about you?
-Netflix is my weakness.
If you had to describe yourself in hashtags, what would they say?
#adventureseeker #wanderlust
What’s one thing you hope to learn, experience, or gain this summer?
-I’m excited to learn more about myself this summer as well as really see all the behind the scene moving parts that allow the church to operate.
Luke White
School & Year
– Tri-County Tech Sophomore
What’s your major?
– Political Science
How did you find out about Kairos?
-I’ve attended Grace for the past 13 years.
What are you going to be doing at Grace this summer?
– Helping with Student Ministry in Powdersville.
What’s the best book you’ve read in the last two years?
-Joker One
What’s one interesting or weird fact about you?
-I once threw up fifteen times after my mom fed me three month old hot dogs.
If you had to describe yourself in hashtags, what would they say?
#blessed #smarterthandad
What’s one thing you hope to learn, experience, or gain this summer?
-I look forward to further developing my gifts and being challenged to grow and mature spiritually.