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2005 Mark Bernard Cyr A Plan for the Support of Congregations in the Diocese of New York Every diocese has congregations that cannot fully support themselves financially. The Diocese of New York has made a unique commitment to assist many of these congregations...
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2005 Wilfredo deVenza Crespo Meet, Greet and Follow: A Multi-Dimensional Unconventional Model for Faith Development And Congregational Growth in Jail This thesis examines how simple engagements, everyday crisis and chance meetings with inmates in Prison can become...
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2005 John R. Cope Fifteen Years in a Missional Journey of Welcome And Reconciliation Foundry United Methodist Church 1990-2005 This congregational thesis covers an important and historic fifteen-year period in the ministry and missional journey of an influential...
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2005 Lydia Grace Burton-Edwards The Screen of Common Prayer: Using Visual Media Projection in Episcopal Liturgy The use of visual media projection in Episcopal liturgy is a rare but growing practice. This paper studies three congregations at different stages in their...
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2005 Patricia Diane Boyce Confirmation: Rite Now! The Rite of Confirmation is a rite with a checkered history—in and out of favor and usage. Though it waxed in importance in the early centuries and waned in later ones, almost to extinction, it is a rite that deserves...
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2005 Barbara Lynn Bond Seeking God in God’s Country: A Case Study of Attempted Shared Ministry of Episcopal and Lutheran Congregations in Rural Pennsylvania This case study presents data from interviews with members of two small congregations of Lutherans and...