Called to serve in community: transforming a parish vitality through intentionality and practice

Margaret S Shepard

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Called to serve in community: transforming a parish vitality through intentionality and practice

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Margaret S Shepard. Called to Serve In Community: Transforming a Parish Vitality Through Intentionality and Practice. Wesley Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/169e8db2-ea6b-4cad-9ece-a3294c7c3c61.

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M. S. Shepard. Called to serve in community: transforming a parish vitality through intentionality and practice. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/169e8db2-ea6b-4cad-9ece-a3294c7c3c61

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Margaret S Shepard

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Abstract

This thesis paper has been developed to answer the question, 'How can I use the 'intentional practices' named in the work of Diane Butler Bass and the theological vision of Howard Thurman to lead St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church from a maintenance mode to a mission mode?' The author followed this parish from a time of low self-esteem to a position of vitality and less dependence on the diocese. The tool used to observe this change in this parish was ethnographic research and a focus on intentionality of worship, tradition, spirituality and story. The author finds that often change and chaos can be a positive element in the process of the growth and self-esteem that is necessary to move from maintenance to mission.

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