Diaconate

How will we know when we have enough deacons? When all the needs of the marginalized and vulnerable are met. When to gather the gifts of the churchand take them to the world - and to gather needs of the world and bring them to church -has become a habit. When Deacons, going back and forth, have worn down the boundary lines that we use to keep church and world separated. When Deacons, leading the baptized in and out,have beaten a path between the altar and the gutter so that everyone will see the link between the Blood in our chalices and the blood in our streets. When all people respond to the challenge to live,not in the love of power but in the power of love... Rev. Irma Wyman, Archdeacon, 1928-2015 Episcopal Church in Minnesota

 

Read the purpose statement for the Diaconate.

Commission for the Diaconate - Appointed by the Bishop for 2016-2017