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 2021

All summer placements must be finalized/solidified by March 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 learning partner and a lay 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.
Seminarians 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-7:15 on Friday, April 2, 2021; the fall meeting is 9 am-Noon on Monday, August 30.
Colloquy work during the 9 weeks of the summer internship is in an online format through Blackboard.
The Learning Partnership (clergy learning partner, lay 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.
Resources for the Summer Learning Partners are available online under the PMM menus Churches & Agencies 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 to PM&M though the application process today!

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