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 students develop learning goals, engage together in regular theological reflection, and participate in an evaluation of the student’s learning.

M.Div. students are required to complete 4 credit hours of PMM. The pre-requisite to begin the PMM requirement is 24 credit hours (including Spiritual Formation - MM101 and MM102).

Students 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 students 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 2020

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 student, AND
◊ written confirmation of interest from the site.
Students are required to attend both the spring and fall in-person colloquy meetings in order to participate in their summer internship. The spring meeting is 4 pm-7:15 on April 3, 2020; the fall meeting is 9 am-Noon on August 31.
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, & student) are expected to meet weekly for theological reflection throughout the 9 week summer internship.
Students 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 will be made available online (instructions for obtaining these resources will be sent via email in April).
Students 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 in 2019, then begin Applying to PM&M though the application process today!

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