Audio / Video Recording Log
1. Interviewee’s first and last name:
Ellen Martin
2. Interviewer’s first and last name:
Callee Bertram
3. Recording format:
Audio
Recorder #:
File #(s):
Video
Camera #:
File #(s):
4. Date of recording:
April 3, 2015
5. Location (city) of recording:
First Congregational Church Lebanon, Missouri
6. Please summarize the topics discussed in the interview, and indicate the time on the tape that
each topic began. Continue on next page as needed.
Minute Mark
Topic
0:00
Biographical Data Sheet (Not transcribed)
4:10
Lead Statement
4:37
Parents religious experience
5:53
How her parents influenced her religious thinking
7:10
Talks about the church she attended in her 20’s
8:00
Significant events that affected her religious journey
9:24
How we can learn from bad things
10:29
What makes her religious/her purpose
12:08
Who/what has been her biggest influence in spirituality
14:10
Talks about spiritual directors and how they have helped
15:02
Mother Superior (Catholic Church)
15:46
Addition to biggest influences
16:35
Time of questioning (Attending Fundamental Church)
18:14
How previous church viewed women
20:25
Is this consistent what I know to be true about God?
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Audio / Video Recording Log (cont.)
Minute Mark
Topic
20:40
When she decided to become a Pastor
22:25
Why she wanted to go to Seminary
23:56
When she decided she no longer wanted to teach science, but the
word of God.
26:07
How science has effect her view of the bible
27:46
How her faith/town community accept her as a Pastor
31:20
How she sees the community changing their views
32:05
Biggest struggles of being a woman in the Christian religion
33:04
Most rewarding since becoming a pastor
35:22
How she identifies with other minority groups due to being a
woman in Christian religion.
37:22
How her open views help her congregation
38:10
Where the idea that the community hates LGBTQ+ comes from.
39:33
How her spirituality effects her everyday life
40:40
We are not the center of the universe
42:26
Age helps us grow spiritual
42:50
What advice she would give to a younger person
44:50
What she would like to add/share
Track Two
0:01
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