The Life of a Nashville Fellow
A Day in the Life of a Nashville Fellow
The best way to learn about being a Nashville Fellow is from the fellows. Watch Class 11 take you through an average week.
A Fellow’s Typical Schedule
The program begins mid to late August and concludes in mid-May.
Monday: Class & Roundtable
8 am to 11:45 am, Bible and Practical Theology classes.
12 - 1:15 pm, a leadership lunch featuring a speaker from the Nashville area.
6 p.m. Roundtable in a home includes a meal, worship, and a testimony or conversation led by a fellow.
Tuesday - Friday: Work
Wednesday Evening & Sunday Morning: Serve at your assigned church.
Study: Fellows average three to four hours of weekly study and reading time.
Retreats & Events: Fellow participates in monthly weekend retreats and occasional special events as part of the program.
Nashville Fellows Church Partners
Since our inception in 2012, the Nashville Fellows has been a uniquely ecumenical ministry. Our partner churches are West End Community Church, St. George’s Episcopal Church, and Covenant Presbyterian Church, which share a commitment to the Gospel of Jesus Christ through diverse worship expressions.
Each church has a coordinator who liaises with the Nashville Fellows.
Each fellow is assigned to a church for the duration of the program.
Fellows serve alongside staff and volunteers on Wednesday evenings, Sunday mornings, and at other scheduled events at their church.
A fellow’s mentor and host family are from their assigned church.
Learn more about our churches below.
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West End Community Church is one of the founding partner churches of the Nashville Fellows. Their purpose as a community is to help people know, love, and follow Jesus. WECC was planted in the Nations neighborhood of Nashville in 1997 by a group from Christ Community Church in Franklin. They offer two services every Sunday and are part of the Presbyterian Church in America.
Within the partnership of West End Community is Parks Church. Parks started six years ago in the Nations neighborhood—first in a school, then in breweries during the pandemic, and now in a church building in the heart of the neighborhood, holding services every Sunday at 10 AM. Originally a plant of West End Community Church, this growing church family longs to see these West Nashville neighborhoods saturated with the love of Jesus. Their focus on seeing real gospel change come through an incarnational, local approach makes them an exciting addition to our partnership of Nashville churches.
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St. George’s Episcopal is one of the founding partner churches of the Nashville Fellows. Since 1949, they have sought in all things to receive, live, and share the abundant life of Jesus Christ individually and collectively. They have five services every Sunday, including a contemporary one. St. George’s just finished the renovation of the expansive building, which included an art gallery.
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Centrally located in the southern hills of Nashville, Covenant Presbyterian Church joined the Nashville Fellows in 2023. They are a multi-generational church family rooted in tradition, seeking to grow in grace, and love others in the name of Christ. Everything they do is centered around the great traditional pillars of the Christian life: worship, formation, and mission. You can worship with Covenant on Sunday mornings at 8:30 and 11:00 in their sanctuary.
