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Alice Margaret (Creighton) Read
In Memorium March 1, 2011 our local paper The Daily News ran an obituary that tugged at the hearts of many in our city. Alice Margaret (Creighton) Read had died at the age of 80 years. She was a spiritual mentor, a respected and beloved Diaconal Minister (1) ,...
Lynda Gow
Profiles Commissioned 1978, Maritime Conference held in Sackville, NB Program of Formation I attended the Centre for Christian Studies in Toronto as a fulltime student in a two-year program. During those two years my field placements were at the North Toronto...
Carolynne Bouey Shank
Profiles Commissioned in 2000 with ANW Conference at McDougall United Church, Edmonton Program of Formation CCS – 5 year Regional program which combined with the residential program after 2 years. – – – – – What called you to Diaconal Ministry? My mother had...
Heather Sandilands
Profiles Commissioned 2004, Conference of Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario Program of Formation Diploma in Diaconal Ministries: Studies in Transformation and Action through the Centre for Christian Studies. 4 year program. What called you to Diaconal Ministry?...
Mary Burns Field
In Memorium Mary Irene Field was a thoughtful and gracious woman, who quietly served some of the needest people in her community. She was proud of her education at the United Church Training School, and spoke with energy about the gift the school gave her to...
Aileen Urquhart
Profiles Commissioned 1994, Conference of Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario (Morden, MB) Program of Formation Western Field-Based Diaconal Ministry and Lay Professional Training Program (WFBDM) out of St. Stephen’s College, Edmonton Describe some of your...
Joyce Margaret Blenkarn Lockhart
In Memorium Joyce Margaret Blenkarn Lockhart’s first career was as a legal secretary. Later in her life she fulfilled the long-held dream of preparing for ordered ministry. She was commissioned in 1979. The main aspect of Joyce’s ministry was hospital...
Jean B. Kellerman
In Memorium Jean Kellerman was born in 1919 and died October 6, 2010, at Freeport Health Centre of Grand River Hospital, after a brief illness, at the age of 91. She worked as overseas personnel for 30 years, for a short time in China and then in Japan, first...
Charles Boorman
In Memorium Charles Frederick Boorman was born in 1923. He was commissioned in 1978. During fifty years of social ministry in Hamilton, Charles began his work with the Salvation Army and then became part of the United Church of Canada. He came to diaconal...
2010 Brochure on Diaconal Ministry
2010 Diaconal Ministry, one page brochure, United Church of Canada and DUCC
Problems with the word service and image of servant for diaconal ministry
By Jung Hee Park.
One Rite
A presentation by Ted Dodd about one rite to ministry in the United Church.
Cathie Clement
Profiles Cathie Clement Formation My growth into diaconal ministry has been facilitated by learning through doing and participating in the community of others practicing diaconal ministries Describe some of your experiences of ministry. I work in a diaconal style...
Mary Lou (Carter) Shorthill
In Memorium After many years as a public school teacher, Mary Lou began studies at the Centre for Christian Studies and was commissioned in 1995. Her ministry was first in Stanstead Quebec, and later in congregations in Seaway Valley Presbytery. She faithfully...
In Parable: The Narrative Selves of Adolescent Girls
By Huntly, Alyson, December 2009 A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Education in conformity with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Queen’s University Kingston, Ontario, Canada