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  • 2020 Lancaster Theological Seminary DMin Symposium

    Monday, March 30, 2020

    Symposium presentations will be conducted online using Zoom.

    Schedule of Events
    Time Presenter Topic
    9:00‑9:55 a.m.   Ronnette Comfort‑Butler  "How to Develop a Practice of Radical Hospitality for People with Cognitive Processing Disorders"
    10:00‑10:55 a.m.   Colie Bettivia  "Hello, We're Here!: Active Participation in Traditional Church Congregations By Those in the Millennial Generation"
    11:00‑11:55 a.m.   Faith Dickens Fitzgerald  "Renewing the Spirit of Hospice: A Spiritual Response to Compassion Fatigue in Hospice Workers"
    12:00‑12:55 p.m.  Will Hagenbuch  "'Won’t You Be My Neighbor?': Creating an Interconnected Onsite and Online Christian Community"
    1:00‑1:55 p.m.   Karin Pejack  "'Where Two or Three Are Gathered…': A Study of Multiple Christian Congregations under One Steeple"
    2:00‑2:55 p.m.   Kim Stryjak  "The Holy Week of Our Lives:  How to Help Faith Leaders have Conversations around Death and Dying in our Faith Communities"
    3:00‑3:55 p.m.  Marjory Roth  "'Is it a Savior?': Finding Salvation in Aquaman, Wonder Woman and Batman"
    All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC -4:00)

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  • 11:00 a.m. - Faith Dickens Fitzgerald

    Renewing the Spirit of Hospice: A Spiritual Response to Compassion Fatigue in Hospice Workers

    Time: 11:00-11:55 a.m.

    Abstract

    This project explores the impact of spiritual practices on the experience of compassion fatigue in hospice nurses, social workers and chaplains.  Quantitative data was gathered by comparing scores on the Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL) survey before and after participation in six weeks of spiritual practices.  Spiritual practice guides were accessed through a website, Spirit of Hospice, which was designed by the researcher.  Qualitative data was gathered through semi-structured interviews with participants, resulting in the identification of four key themes. Implications of this research suggest methods for addressing the spiritual effects of compassion fatigue in hospice workers and the utilization of hospice chaplains for spiritual support to hospice workers.

10:00 a.m. - Colie Bettivia12:00 p.m. - Will Hagenbuch