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Stories parish nurses tell about their role in wholistic healing through their work with parishioners

Tutton, Michael (Atlantic School of Theology, 2018)

The author conducted extensive interviews with three Canadian parish nurses in diverse settings about their experiences in this ministry over the past decade, with the goal of hearing narratives about how they influenced ...
Teaming with possibilities : what team ministry reveals

Carras, Shirley Lorraine (Atlantic School of Theology, 2017)

This qualitative research study explores the experience of ordained clergy living out their vocational calling in a team ministry setting. Using a two-point case study methodology, and an ethnographic approach, the data ...
Transforming stories : what is the role of storytelling in congregational visioning within United Church communities of faith?

Fricker, Gail (Atlantic School of Theology, 2019)

This qualitative research study uses a narrative framework to explore the role of storytelling in congregational visioning. Using a multi-case study approach, the project explores the vision journey of three United Churches ...
"Unvaxxed and uninvited: Christians whose communities worshipped without them during a pandemic”

Rousseau, Laura (2023-04-05)

“Unvaxxed and Uninvited” is a social constructivist phenomenological study that describes the experiences of six unvaccinated Christians who could not attend worship during the Coronavirus pandemic due to their vaccination ...
Volunteer burnout : the cost of caring

Gunn, Rick (Atlantic School of Theology, 2020)

Using the Grounded Theory approach to qualitative research, the experience of emotional, physical, psychological, and spiritual fatigue or burnout in four Christian volunteers was studied. The participants were interviewed ...
What is the impact of church membership decline on clergy in Newfoundland and Labrador Conference of the United Church of Canada?

Mazhara, Simbarashe (Atlantic School of Theology, 2017)

This Project is in the area of Pastoral Theology. The project focuses on the impact of church membership decline on the clergy in Newfoundland and Labrador Conference of the United Church of Canada. The paper shall define ...
What’s love got to do with it? : how a non-monogamous individual’s sexual expression impacts their experiences of and/or perceptions of the Christian faith and Christian faith communities in a North American perspective

Woodbeck, Patrick (Atlantic School of Theology, 2017)

“What’s Love Got To Do With It? How a non-monogamous individual’s sexual expression impacts their experience of and/or perceptions of the Christian faith and Christian faith communities in a North America perspective” is ...
When the going gets tough, the people get going : how the lack of twenty to forty year-old people is experienced in rural communities of faith

Spires, Tami Jill (Atlantic School of Theology, 2016)

“When The Going gets Tough, The People get Going: How The Lack of Twenty to Forty year- old people is experienced in Rural Communities of Faith” is a research project by Tami Jill Spires, submitted December 9, 2016, in ...
Where’$ the money? : what do United Church members/leaders experience when they become victims of financial irregularities?

Anderson, Krista (Atlantic School of Theology, 2013)

The research study question is what do United Church members/leaders experience when they become victims of financial irregularities? This study is especially interested in the theological significance of financial ...
Whippersnappers in the pulpit : what influences adults under 30 years old to enter ordained ministry as a first-time vocation?

Sellsted, Donald (Atlantic School of Theology, 2017)

This qualitative research study explores the faith journey and life experiences of young adults who chose a vocation of ordained ministry before the age of 30. Through the interviewing of participants who entered a United ...
Who affirms the dissenters : understanding the experience of those who say no to becoming an Affirming Presbytery in the United Church of Canada

Curtis, Brian (Atlantic School of Theology, 2017)
Who am I? : bi-vocational ministers and pastoral identity

Jones, Kate (Atlantic School of Theology, 2017)

“Who Am I? Bi-Vocational Ministers and Pastoral Identity” is a Hermeneutic Phenomenological study that examines the experience of bi-vocational ministers in the United Church of Canada as they navigate their vocational ...
Who is my neighbour : the church through the eyes of former inmates

Cole, Shirley J. (Atlantic School of Theology, 2020)

This Qualitative Research study examines the data collected from former inmates of provincial and federal jails and prisons. Using a phenomenological research method, having completed one on one direct interviews with ...
Who ya gonna call? : the experience of licensed lay worship leaders in rural congregations in the United Church of Canada

Schau, Donald F. (Atlantic School of Theology, 2018)

This qualitative research study examines the experience of Licensed Lay Worship Leaders (LLWLs) serving in rural pastoral charges in the United Church of Canada. Taking the form of a phenomenological study, the experiences ...