AED is a membership-funded association of persons and dioceses within The Episcopal Church whose mission is to increase participation and involvement of all baptized persons in Christ's diaconal ministry, especially by promoting and supporting the diaconate.
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> Don't wait!  Registration ends on January 28!
AED's Archdeacon & Deacon Directors' Conference (A3D)
Feb. 21 - 24, 2019
Details
CALL Online Classes - Winter January 21 - March 11, 2019 
  • Church History with Dr. Bradley Peterson 
  • Images of Diakonia with the Rev. Dr. Phina Borgeson
​Registration is open
AED members receive a discounted rate. 
Save the date!
AED's Triennial
June 6-9, 2019. Details
NOTE: For Diocesan Donations to Triennial, please use this link.  Select Donation or Pledge. Under Additional Information, choose For 2019 Triennial.  Thank you!​
  • Deacons in the Pension Fund - A monthly column by Lori Mills-Curran. Read.
  • ​"You are an evangelist too" - Deacon Clelia Garrity explores this "way of being" through story and self-reflection. Read.
  • Social Justice work - Revisit The Lighthouse, first featured in Diakoneo August 2016, now part of an NPR article The Asylum Paradox.
  • Called to Transformative Action: Ecumenical Diakonia - Report and Study Guide
Memorial Scholarship in memory of the Ven. Elaine Bellis, Archdeacon Emerita
Immigration Resources
Forward Movement's No Longer Strangers: Exploring Immigration Issues encourages discussion through the lens of scripture and Christian values. With opposing viewpoints, biblical references, scriptural migrations and questions for personal study and group discussion. English and Spanish.
Immigration & DACA
Archdeacon Juan Sandoval (left)  and Deacon Nora Cruz took part in a Palm Sunday march to immigration headquarters. Read.
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SAVE THE DATE
2019 Triennial Assembly: June 6-9, 2019
Clergy & Lay welcome!  The Most Rev. Michael Curry, keynote & preaching. Details.
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Host AED's Triennial! 
We'd love to come to your diocese for this event in 2022. Full details here.

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  • Deacon's Pressing Needs?  Survey
  • Deacons ordained 40's and younger Survey.
  • Communications Survey
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