Your worth isn’t in this process, my discernment, someone else’s validation, a yes for a particular thing. Your worth is found in God alone.
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We need to renew our faith and change our ideas about God, in order that God, so often depicted as a white, blue-eyed, European man stops being familiar.
As we find ourselves in wilderness, therefore, the deacon must encourage us to find the sacred in the secular as she sets the table for the Church in new ways. Envisioning what the Church would be, moreover, would not be possible without the ability to dream.
Deacon Gerrie has given permission for extracts from her correspondence with her bishop to be posted here. The paper she refers to is one circulated by Bishop Pete Wilcox (Sheffield). Gerrie responds: Some suggestions made in the paper are obviously beyond our control, particularly the issue of Stipends for Distinctive Deacons. Whilst I appreciate that … Continue reading RENEWING OUR DIACONATE: FROM A LETTER TO MY BISHOP by Deacon Gerrie Sturgeon
A Message from Anglican Network of Distinctive Deacons: STOP PRESS: **DEACONS ON THE MOVE 2020 BECOMES DEACONS ON THE MOVE 2021 ** We are delighted to announce that we have a new date for our conference: … Continue reading STOP PRESS: NEW DATE FOR NATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR DDs
This little one-minute video is from the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network. I love what he says about deacons. He really gets it. https://youtu.be/O5xeWTxfK6w
Since September 2019 I have been working with Louise McFerran, senior statistical researcher at Church House, to find a way of ensuring that #distinctivedeacons are held separately as a distinct body in the CofE stats of ordained clergy. This is something we've been asking for, for at least 25 years. It seems that now new … Continue reading IMPORTANT: INCLUDING ‘DISTINCTIVE DEACON’ IN YOUR DIOCESAN DATABASES
An Eastertide sermon from Deacon Jess Foster. Readings: Acts 2.14a,22-32 and John 20.19-31 At this very strange and bewildering time we may be able to identify with the disciples in a new way. We too are locked away in fear, many of us are grieving the loss of a loved one or we may be … Continue reading OFFERING STORIES OF RESURRECTION HOPE: Deacon Jess Foster
Many deacons are already doing some or most of these things, but Canadian deacons have helpfully put them together. Some ideas are well worth adopting, if you're not doing them already: I like the idea of a 'deacon's corner' for updated information on your church's website and/or newsletter: and also a 'buddy system' for those … Continue reading Top 10 Ways Deacons Can Help During Covid-19
CofE Network of Distinctive Deacons 