We are happy to announce our 11th annual Days of Defense, which will be held Thursday May 2, and Friday, May 3, 2019. These are the days when students in the MA Professional Degree programs (CML, CLIM, CM, CCC and CYF) present their final projects.
You are invited to join us for either or both days of learning. Our onsite location is OCC 10, and we will also be live streaming at: https://luthersem.zoom.us/j /6516413232/
Days of Defense schedule:
May 2nd
12:00 pm Deomie Lynn Rivamonte “Finding God in bibliodrama: A constructive use of personal narratives in Christian education”
12:30 pm Norolala Randriamampianina “A father for the lonely adolescent boys in Madagascar”
1:00 pm Gloria Osemenam “How Music Rooted in African Traditions Can Minister to Middle School Kids Who Have Experienced Trauma”
1:30 pm Kaanasia Msangi “THE ROLE OF A PASTOR IN SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL FORMATION TO TEENAGE PREGNANCY: A CASE STUDY OF KINONDONI WARD IN TANZANIA”
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2:30 pm Susan Modrow “Loving Responsibly: Changing the perspective of Short-term missions”
3:00 pm Martha Ambarangu “Adapting and Developing Safe Child/Youth Policies and Training for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, Lake Zone Dioceses.
3:30 pm Jennifer Bacher “Living Apart, Together: The Case for Christian camps as models for sustainable living”
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4:30 pm Kelsey Hlavac “Young adults: disconnected, different and ready for real relationships”
5:00 pm Janie Hague “Faith at home: Giving families tools for faith formation to happen outside of church walls”
5:30 pm Kayla Bones “Money Talks, But We Don’t: The Church’s Call to Action to Break a Societal Taboo “
May 3rd
8:00 am Akila Adamu “SUCCESS AND SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP IN EVANGELICAL CHURCH WINNING ALL (ECWA): STAYING TRUE TO ONE’S CALLING IN GOD’S MISSION A CASE STUDY OF JOS DISTRICT CHURCH COUNCIL (JDCC)”
8:30 am G. Laveley Dennis “MONEY IN THE SERVICE OF GOD’S MISSIONL: A CASE STUDY OF EBENEZER COMMUNITY CHURCH”
9:00 am Katie Kline “Flourishing Leaders in the ELCA: It is well with my soul”
9:30 am Kishe Mhando “THE CONTEMPORARY CHURCH OF TANZANIA IN THE SOCIAL-POLITICAL ETHICS AND ITS IMPLICATION TO CHURCH GROWTH IN THE ELCT-ECD”
10:00 am Catherine Wlue “How Does the Pentecostal Church in Liberia Understand God’s Mission and Play a Role in It? A Case Study of the Harvest Christian Center”
[lunch break]
11:30 am Vicky Daub “In what ways can communities of faith who are primarily Lutheran in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) contribute to preventing suicide within the military context? A proposal”
12:00 pm Amy Eberman “Cultivating a congregational culture of care:
A Missional Perspective”
12:30 pm Sarah Tufvesson Doure “Adult Faith Formation at University Lutheran Church of Hope for Members Age 50-80. What is its Place, Purpose, Direction, and Future.”
1:00 pm Emily Edmonds “Remembering Those Who Forget”
1:30 pm Deborah Jorgens “Unleashing the Power of Elders’ Stories for the Sake of the Church”
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2:30 pm Joan Machoka “Sda church verses culture with mental illness in Gesima community’’
3:00 pm Kaye Mills “FEAR OF FAT IN FAITH: SHINING LIGHT ON THE FEAR OF FAT IN CHRISTIANITY”
3:30 pm Ken Winter “How best can an ELCA congregation in a rural context create “pathways” for those with mental health issues and potential caregivers from those congregations enter into caring friendships?”