Barista Fellows Program
The Background
The CSC was founded with the intention of bringing together students, faculty, and community members to explore the intellectual and cultural resources of the Christian tradition. The Study Center provides classes, reading groups, workshops, lectures, and the Barista Fellows program as ways of realizing these aims. ​
Barista Fellows
The Barista Fellows is a program of moral and spiritual formation with an integral work and craft element.
Barista Fellows learn to see life, work, and faith as intricately intertwined and deeply rooted in the Christian tradition, while intentionally growing in the core values of community, craft, and hospitality.
Fellows work 8-15 hours per week on the bar, learning the craft of coffee under the guidance of the coffeehouse manager and senior baristas. They are also welcomed into a reading group that meets throughout the semester called Barista Society in which they will have an opportunity to think, read, and converse with a community whose lives are already bound together through their work.
Community
This community is nourished and sustained by our gatherings in Barista Society, retreats, work behind the bar, and coffee education meetings. There are also many spontaneous and organic outings, game nights, and dinners that the fellows end up planning on their own.
Craft
The Barista Fellows program contains a work and craft component that we take seriously. Fellows will be trained to be coffee professionals, crafting excellent coffee and engaging in genuine hospitality.
Hospitality
​We will explore values around hospitality such as attention, presence, and care. We will also ask questions about what is unique in Christian hospitality, the history of hospitality in the Christian tradition, and what it means to love our neighbor and the stranger.
Requirements
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An undergraduate student at the University of Florida or Sante Fe College.
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A commitment to attending all Barista Society meetings, Coffee Education meetings, our semesterly Spiritual Formation/Coffee Education trip, and working 8-15 hours per week on the bar.
Deadline for Submission: Next round of applications TBA.
Please contact manager@christianstudycenter.org with any further questions!