Emily is a third year Discipleship and HR intern. If you want to talk about self care, Parks and Rec or Taylor Swift fan theories she is your girl. She is always down for a TJMAXX run or to help a friend out when in need. Her idol is Tina Fey and she loves asking questions to find out what makes people uniquely them. She is fiercely loyal, always able to make you laugh and the kind of friend everyone needs. 

Chris is a third year Worship, Missions, and HR intern. He graduated from UGA in fall 2016 with a degree in Business Management and certificate in Music Business. He loves pour-overs, Barbs spicy chicken bowls, and Spikeball. He also loves worshiping God and equipping others to worship and glorify the Lord. His heart is for every student at Wesley to know how great God is and how they can best live for Him. 

Lindsey is a third year intern who graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of Georgia. She believes deeply in Wesley's phrase “every student matters” and hopes you {the person reading} specifically know you matter. When she's not crazily baking cookies for the Wednesday night service, you can find her watching her latest Netflix binge, going for a run or listening to podcasts while cleaning. 

Tanner is a third year discipleship and HR intern who graduated with a Microbiology degree from UGA. He thrives when he is playing games and gets to enjoy time with other people. He is always trying to encourage people to try something new and push them into being uncomfortable because he believes that's how people grow. He also loves to hear about how God is moving in discipleships!

Adam is a UGA graduate from Augusta (yes he plays golf) who's called Athens home for the past 7 years. He enjoys reading multiple books at once, making friends at the grocery store and is constantly searching for the best chocolate chip cookie the world has to offer. He's very happily married (@kennedysalway) and would love nothing more than to have YOU over for dinner. 

Sarah is a third year Worship, HR, and Prayer intern. She is a graduate of the University of Georgia, and has an undergraduate degree in English Literature. If you get the chance, ask her about what she’s reading!

Ryan is a 3rd year Encounter intern who loves college students.

Kourtney Axelberg is a second year Media Intern. She’s fun and free. Things she loves include sunrises at the beach, dancing, and taking naps in the sun in her jeans :)

Reagan is a second year Freshley and Admin intern who loves people and fights for them to be free. If you want to know the key to her heart, just grab a good cup of coffee and go on a road trip with her or turn on music and start boogieing. She loves depth but really values the time it takes people to get there. This year she is ready to disciple her girlies and know more of God's heart for Athens!

Katherine is a second year Freshley intern and around here she goes by many nicknames:

kb (kay-bee) or keba (kay-buh) or kabes (kaybz) or kubba (kuh-buh)

Amelia (aka Meals) is a second year Discipleship and Admin intern. Some of her favorite things include iced coffee, old country music, sports, traveling, TJ Maxx, and dogs (& dawgs). She’s passionate about people knowing God and stepping into who they were created to be.

Sam is a 2nd year media intern, and if you're interested in supporting him, his venmo is @Sam-Carroll-8

Hannah is a second year Freshley intern. She believes that God has awakening for Athens, and she is excited to see what that looks like for the city, for UGA, and for Wesley. In her free time, Hannah loves hanging with her friends, eating good food, having deep talks, road tripping and traveling, and most of all keeping it funnnnnn. If she could say one thing to you, it would be “ILY!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Madeline is a second year media intern who graduated from UGA with a degree in EMST and Religion. She loves anything spicy, eats at least one poke bowl a week, constantly references memes, spends way too much time on YouTube, and is full of hot takes. 

Benjamin is a second year Discipleship intern. His favorite person on staff is the 26 year old blonde. He feels like you can tell all you need to know about a person from their top five movie list. His top 5:
1. 10 Things I Hate About You
2. About Time
3. Crazy Stupid Love
4. Baby Driver
5. Interstellar

Brooke is a second year CrossTrainers intern who graduated from UGA with a degree in Human Development. She's passionate about people knowing that they are deeply loved by the Father, and watching them be transformed by His presence. In the future, she hopes to work with adoptive families through counseling... but she's taking a gap year at Wesley, because 17 straight years of school is enough (yee yee to all my Colorado people...it counts)

Sam is a second year media intern. She graduated from UGA in 2018 with a degree in marketing. She is a fan of coffee, the ocean, guacamole, sunsets, the sky in general, photography, summer, being outside, looking out airplane windows, traveling, and cats. You can find her on wednesday nights holding a camera, so smile when you see her :) 

Emily is a second year media and advancement intern. She is passionate about creativity and exploring more of God in other cultures around the world. A few things that make her pretty dang happy: being surrounded by her people, Mexican food, Australian shepherds and traveling. More than anything, her heart is for people to know freedom and that they have a beautiful story to tell. 

Trey is a 2nd year worship and media intern who fully believes all you really need is God

Emily is a second year Encounter Intern. Prayer, inner-healing, health, and adventure are a few of her deepest passions. Through her journey with God, she has discovered that her everyday inspiration comes from consuming truth and standing in awe of the Spirit. Her greatest desire is to lead and create from a place of continual surrender to God's voice. She believes that she is best equipped to deeply know people that travel along her path and help lead them into God's never-ending garden of fragrance and beauty. On a normal day, you'll find her a Jit Joe's in five points writing, reading, or meeting with someone. You may also catch her trail running at her favorite spots in Athens! On the atypical day, you may find her hiking somewhere in the mountains or visiting nearby cities just to try their staple coffee shops. 

Hi this is Kate! So sorry to have missed you. I may be at silent disco, buying a meal deal at EarthFare or shootin’ my shot at your local basketball court. If you’d like to leave your name & a prophetic word, I’ll get back to you as soon as possible. Thanks so much, have a great day!! 

Alex is a second year Discipleship and Crosstrainers intern. He recently graduated from UGA with a degree in International Affairs, and is finishing his Master's in Public Administration. Alex loves people and sees everyone he meets as a new friend. He is an ENFP, a 9w8, and his top strength is Includer. He is convinced God is going to move in huge ways this year, and is excited to be a part of that movement.

Olivia is a 2nd year crosstrainers and encounter intern. The way to her heart is an 8 count nugget meal with a Coke

Ryan is a second year discipleship intern, but let’s be real, no one is really sure he existed during his first year (12 hours of classes both semesters- oof). He enjoys anything involving sports and being with people. He is a 2 on the Enneagram, so you should say nice things about him to make him feel good. He loves people, and desires for every single person to know that they are loved and appreciated for being exactly who they are created to be. He is excited for another year in Athens and at Wesley, without any classes this time!

Enjoys a good belly laugh, dancing like no one is watching (because honestly you probably would be scared at how uncoordinated she is), and a nice drive down the back roads of Athens! The top of her love language list is polar pops and the bottom is physical touch (but she is learning that hugs are a hot commodity around Wesley, and aren't too bad)
Wise words: WONT HE DO IT?!

Not much has changed since Mary Cate's first year as an intern. She still loves her disco cup, hasn't grown out of her horse girl phase, and is passionate about people knowing the joy, love, and faithfulness of Jesus. *heart emoji* *horse emoji* *crying emoji* *dancing emoji* *star eyes emoji* *praise hands emoji* *praying hands emoji* *lion emoji* *fire emoji* 

Avery is a second year intern who is passionate about leadership development, and eating pineapple on pizza. After a brief acting career (it was one time when he was 8 years old) on a TLC reality TV show, he decided to attend UGA where he studied Advertising and Religion. His hopes while interning are to gain experience in vocational ministry and he is excited to see what God continues to do in Athens, GA. 

Does anyone start these things with a question? Alexis does. If she’s not baking Connect cookies, you may catch her cracking jokes on the Wesley couches or adding too many things to her Google calendar. She loves podcasts, roasted vegetables, creating the perfect Spotify playlist, any body of water, and her people. This year she hopes to see students discover their true identities in God and say no to fear. Also to pet more dogs. 

Who's that girl, it's Jess!

If you’re in search of a good time, or a pizza, Daniel’s your guy. Even though he’s involved with Encounter, Youth, First Year Time, and Advancement, he always makes time for a game of fooz or b-ball with the boiz

Katie is a second year discipleship intern. Katie is known for being tall and drinking a lot of Diet Dr. Pepper. She loves being called KP and at this very moment is probably somewhere wondering what she will eat for dinner. If you want to get to know her, ask her to cook a meal for you because that is her favorite way to get to know people! 

Tara is a second year Connect and Advancement intern. She graduated in May 2018 with a degree in Science Education with a biology emphasis. Tara loves the Braves, running, hiking, going on adventures and dogs (especially her golden retriever mix puppy named Murphy). Some things on her bucket list are dive the Great Barrier Reef and watch a baseball game in every major league stadium.

Cristina is a second year connect intern, serving with iServe, diversity outreach, and leading a freshley prayer small group. She is passionate about students walking into their identity as children of God. She loves coffee almost as much as she loves her people. An outspoken enneagram 3, she would love to talk about all things enneagram, strengthsfinder, or Chick-fil-a. 

Kennedy is a second year Media Intern. She graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in Entertainment and Media Studies. She loves when people are fully themselves and she doesn’t leave the house without chapstick and a good book.

Sarah is a second year intern who loves serving on the discipleship staff. Some of her favorite things are target runs, parks and rec, the enneagram (she’s a 4), and the cowboy emoji. If she’s not at Wesley, she’s probably in leconte hustlin’ to finish her history degree (only a little late). She is driven by God’s love (and dr. pepper) to let every person she interacts with know that they are seen, valued, and deeply loved by God.

Look her up @savannahshawphoto !

Steph is a second year CrossTrainers + Discipleship intern who graduated from UGA with a degree in psychology. She is passionate about simplicity, warm flannels, loving people well, and Jesus. If you need her, you can usually find her at one of her favorite places: the Wesley prayer chapel, a good coffee shop, or the Athens public library.