Getting Started with PMM

PMM internships integrate your classroom learning with practical experience in a teaching setting for ministry. Placement in an approved teaching setting (e.g., church, agency, campus ministry, hospital, retirement community, social justice ministry, etc.) should provide experience in a broad range of ministerial learning activities.

In all instances, learning partners from the PMM site will help seminarians develop learning goals, engage together in regular theological reflection, and participate in an evaluation of the seminarian’s learning.

M.Div. seminarians are required to complete 4 credit hours of PMM. The pre-requisite to begin the PMM requirement is 24 credit hours that include Spiritual Formation - MM101 and MM102.

Seminarians may use any combination of a full-time summer internship and a part-time year-long internship to satisfy this requirement. Here are your options (Please note that seminarians will not be placed at their home church unless they are employed there.):

Part-time Year-long Internships (1 credit hour per semester)

*Full-time Summer Internships (2 credit hours per summer)

*Additional Notes for Summer PMM 2022

All summer placements must be finalized/solidified by April 1^st.
Solidification for a placement includes having brought the PMM office the following:
◊ an approved site application (with the information for both a clergy or mentoring learning partner and a lay or site learning partner) - Profile Applications will be reviewed upon receipt; approval is not guaranteed,
◊ written confirmation of interest from the seminarian, AND
◊ written confirmation of interest from the site.
Interns are required to attend both the spring and fall colloquy meetings in order to participate in their summer internship. The spring meeting is 4 pm-6:00 on Wednesday, April 27, 2022; the fall meeting is 9 am-Noon on Monday, August 29.
Learning teams (intern, clergy or mentoring partner, and lay or site partner) are required to attend the June PMM-SPP Orientation Session. Register on the page: Applying for PM&M under the last accordion (+).
Colloquy work during the 9 weeks of the summer internship is in an online format through Blackboard.
The Learning Partnership (clergy/mentoring learning partner, lay/site learning partner, & intern) are expected to meet weekly for theological reflection throughout the 9 week summer internship.
Seminarians are not allowed to enroll in any other course or participate in an Intercultural Immersion during the 9 weeks of the summer internship.
Learning Teams are invite to attend together the PMM-SPP Orientation session in June. Please register online under the PMM menu Applying for PM&M.
Resources for the Summer Learning Partners are available online under the PMM menus Congregations & Non-profits and Current Learning Partnerships (instructions for obtaining these resources are shared at the spring colloquy meeting in April).
Seminarians may use the summer option to satisfy PMM 1 and/or PMM 2.

upcoming events and deadlines for students

Are you an M.Div. student looking to begin your PMM, then begin Applying for PM&M though the application process today!

Have questions? Please contact the PMM Office (PMMAssistant@WesleySeminary.edu).