Gap Year

The Salvation Army in Italy & Greece offers young adults ages 18 to 26 the opportunity to participate in a 3 months and 9 months Sabbatical/Gap Year.

Vision: Give young people time and a place to intentionally focus on their faith within an Acts 2:42-47 - inspired Community.

In a nutshell: For Salvationists and believers interested in living in community, in Deepening their knowledge of the Bible and God, grow closer to Jesus, and establish new rhythms of praise, rest, and faith in action for their lives.

Location: Torre Pellice (TO)
Contact: Captains Chris & Jessica Welch, Corps Officers & Youth Coordinators Italy & Greece:
jessica.welch [at] esercitodellasalvezza.org

• 3 months
• 9 months in Europe, including 3 months in Italy
• 9 months in Italy

"Being part of this community, even just for a few months, has given me a new love and desire to follow Jesus that I didn’t realized was even possible.”

"That’s what this program has given me, time to just be in closeness with Jesus and rebuild the foundations of faith I didn’t realise I’d been lacking"

"It has encouraged me to have faith and that no prayer goes unheard."

"I can definitely say that God has shifted my thinking of what it really means to have faith and the importance of prayer. I’m ok with God making my agenda if it means I get to walk with Him."

"... it’s been about diving into our faith and learning more about how to be a disciple of God."

"Over the past few months, I have felt stronger and more comfortable in my faith and full of new questions keeping me engaged and eager to learn more about Jesus."

"I have made a community here in this church that I never knew I needed."

"Throughout this whole experience, one of the big things I’ve learned, is to trust in God’s plans and then if he chooses to reveal parts of his plans to me, not to try to force it to happen the way I want it to go…"