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By Dodd Ted, Diaconal Ministry in the United Church of Canada: Function, Style and Perspective.

By Sherri McConnell, 2003 Canadian Deaconess and Missionary Education for Women – Training to Live the Social Gospel:  The Methodist National Training School and the Presbyterian Deaconess and Missionary Training Home, 1893-1926  MA, U of Winnipeg 2003  This thesis...

By Anne Duncan and Irene Rainey, 2002 Reclaiming Lament A Model for Engaging the Human Spirit in Journeying Toward Transformation, Healing and Justice Making  MTS Diac Min, St. Stephen’s College 2002 Lament is an ancient literary form through which our Hebrew...

By Eric Tusz-King, 2001 Promoting Diaconal Ministry with Presbytery Education and Students and Pastoral Relations Committees MTS Diaconal Ministry, St. Stephen’s College 2001  Based upon an action-reflection model of adult education, the project developed several...

By Debra Schweyer, 1998 The Art of Diakonia MTS Diaconal Ministry St. Stephen’s College 1998 The paper explores how the arts have changed/shaped/reflected the realities of the world and compares that to Diakonia in 3 particular time periods; the early church (first...

By Kathleen (Kay) Heuer, 1999 Calling or Co-optation? Revisioning Ministry in the United Church of Canada  DMin St. Stephen’s College 1999  This project/dissertation explores the choice of diaconal ministers in the United Church to become ordained, from the...

By Barbara Lloyd, 1998 Mountain Moving Women: A Study of Structural and Systemic Change for Justice in the Church MTS Diaconal Ministry, St. Stephen’s College 1999 This research examines how structural and systemic change for justice comes about in the church by...

By Sherri McConnell, 1998 Training Deaconesses the Manitoba Way: Manitoba College’s Women’s Program  1998. The history of the Women’s Program at Manitoba College, preparation for deaconesses 1920-1939.  More on this program.

By Alyson Huntly, 1998 Daring to be United: Including Lesbians and Gays in the United Church of Canada, United Church Publishing House, Toronto 1998. This book is available at the Centre for Christian Studies Library.

By Nancy Post, 1997 A New Way of Seeing: Innovative Ministry through Friendship with Adults who have a Developmental Disability MTS Diaconal Ministry, St. Stephen’s College 1997 The story of how we have come to see ourselves, each other, the church and the world...

By CARROLL, MARILYN and JOAN JARVIS, MTS Diaconal Ministry  St. Stephen’s College 1996.

By Kay Heuer and Teresa Jones, 1994 “Diaconal Ministry as a Feminist Model of Ministry” in Gathered by the River: Reflections and Essays of Women Doing Ministry, Artemis Enterprises, 1994