A sacrament of joy: the discovery of the Lord's Table as a weekly celebration at the Stanwood Free Methodist Church

Ronald W White

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A sacrament of joy: the discovery of the Lord's Table as a weekly celebration at the Stanwood Free Methodist Church

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Ronald W White. A Sacrament of Joy: the Discovery of the Lord's Table As a Weekly Celebration At the Stanwood Free Methodist Church. Northern Baptist Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/f671a5a7-970e-42f8-b11a-3fedeeae2f88.

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R. W. White. A sacrament of joy: the discovery of the Lord's Table as a weekly celebration at the Stanwood Free Methodist Church. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/f671a5a7-970e-42f8-b11a-3fedeeae2f88

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Ronald W White. A Sacrament of Joy: the Discovery of the Lord's Table As a Weekly Celebration At the Stanwood Free Methodist Church. Northern Baptist Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/f671a5a7-970e-42f8-b11a-3fedeeae2f88.

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Ronald W White

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Abstract

The purpose of this thesis was to recover the historical practice of the Lord's Table as a weekly sacrament of joy. The context for the thesis project was the Stanwood Free Methodist Church which is located forty-give minutes north of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Stanwood is a small village of aobut 200 people. Most of the people of the church live in the country. The design of the project was a case study using an action research model. This model was used to effect a change in the given congregation's understanding, experience, and practice of the communal meal. The thesis was evaluated along accepted lines of social research using a triangulation of methods including questionnaires, a focus group, and field notes. This evaluation demonstrated that four out of five goals were achieved, and that a substantial change in attitude may have been achieved with the remaining goal.

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