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  • 2019 Lancaster Theological Seminary DMin Symposium

    Monday, April 1, 2019

    Symposium presentations will be offered concurrently across four sessions. Attendees will have the option of attending one of three presentations during each session.

    Schedule of Events
    Time Event Location
     8:30 a.m.  Gathering and Snacks  Hafer Center
     9:00 a.m.  Morning Prayer  Hafer Center
     9:30-10:30 a.m.   Presentations - Session 1  
       Kathy Harvey Nelson  L206
       "Connectional Spirituality: Small Church Pastors and the Future of the Church"
       Garrett Bugg  L204
       "What Cannot Be Forgotten: Moral Injury and Pastoral Practice"
       Tracy Brown  Library Learning Commons
       "How Christian Practices are Used by Laypeople to Attract Others to the Christian Faith"
     10:45-11:45 a.m.  Presentations - Session 2
       Jonette Gay  L206
       "Faith Decisions: Order or Novelty"
       Holly Wildhack  L204
       "Dignity Therapy as a Pastoral Care Intervention: Exploring the Family Jewels"
       Dan Lundquist  Library Learning Commons
       "Bi-vocational Ministry: What Works from the Perspective of Bi-vocational Ministers and Their Congregants"
     12:00-12:45 p.m.  Lunch  Hafer Center
     1:00-2:00 p.m.  Presentations - Session 3
       Gene Gordon  L206
       "Addressing the Wounds of Racism Through the Lens of Moral Injury:
    A Qualitative Study Drawing on Black Liberation and Womanist Theology"
       David Popham  L204
       "Clergy Incarnate: Embodied Metaphors as Gateways to the Ideological Commitments of Ministers"
       Nick Bufano  Library Learning Commons
       "'Come Away By Yourself and Rest Awhile': Retreat as a Model of Self-Care for United Methodist Clergy"
     2:15-3:15 p.m.  Presentations - Session 4  
       Kate Morse  L206
       "From Anguish to Enrichment Redefining Three 18th and 19th Century Utopian Communities’ Response to Suffering: An Application for the 21st Century"
       Linwood Smith  L204
       "The Role of Clergy in Promoting Health and Wellness in the West-Mainline and Philadelphia Districts of the Philadelphia Annual Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church"
       Gary Filson  Library Learning Commons
       "Gone Fishing: Marketing Faith to Millennials in the Postmodern Era"

    Sessions will also be available to attendees via Zoom.

    Presentation Details for Current DMin Students and Guests

    • Presenters are listed alphabetically below
    • Expand the presenter's section to find:
      • Link to join Zoom session and recording (when available)
      • Supporting documents provided by presenter (if applicable)
      • Online evaluation form (made available at the time of presentation)

    ◄Gene GordonKate Morse►

    Dan Lundquist

    • Dan Lundquist

      Bi-vocational Ministry: What Works from the Perspective of Bi-vocational Ministers and Their Congregants

      Time: 10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. on April 1, 2019

      Location: Library Building, Learning Commons

      Abstract

      This project seeks to answer the question, what is working in bi-vocational settings from the perspective of both the bi-vocational ministers and their congregants? This is being done to better understand how the members of churches, in conjunction with their pastors, can better use their God-given gifts in bi-vocational settings. This is significant for two reasons. The first is that more and more churches and denominations, including the more mainline white United Church of Christ (UCC) churches, are either seeking or need bi-vocational ministers. The second is that, as churches move toward, and hopefully embrace, bi-vocational church living, they can, and oftentimes do, discover their own ministerial callings. These callings are grounded not only in the biblical tradition but in the Reformed Tradition as well. This project is qualitative in nature. It conducted a survey in which those ministers and congregations who are working and serving in bi-vocational settings were asked several questions on what, how, and why certain things are a success in their church settings. This was done mostly in the Central Atlantic Conference- UCC. This is what I tested in my surveys and interviews- the views about bi-vocational living held by both the bi-vocational minister and their congregants and how these views contributed to the success of “bi-vocationalism.” The results appear to be able to give pastors, congregations, congregants, denominations, and seminarians- especially those in the UCC- Central Atlantic Conference- a better understanding of what makes for a successful bi-vocational ministry

    ◄Gene GordonKate Morse►