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AED's 2019 Triennial Conference - we're nearing capacity!
Registration for the conference will remain open until the last few spaces are sold out.  
  • June 6-9, 2019, Rhode Island
  • Workshop schedule is here.
  • Registration and Agenda are here.

NEW DAY PASSES are also available for $75 per day, for Friday or Saturday. Register. 
  • Friday's Day Pass includes admission to the Bp. Curry keynote, your lunch, workshops and the shuttle to and tour of the Center for Reconciliation. The Friday Day Pass can be combined with a Banquet Guest Ticket, for separate purchase.  
  • Saturday's Day Pass includes workshops, your lunch and bus transportation to Newport for the Closing Eucharist and free time excursion.​
Diocesan Donations to Triennial are still being accepted. Please use this link; select Donation or Pledge. Under Additional Information, choose For 2019 Triennial.  Thank you!​
  • NEW - Clergy Pension Plans - for Deacons too. CPG changes include new eligibility criteria that could benefit deacons who are compensated for their service. 
  • ​"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
Engaging public health challenges
Deacon and researcher Katie Derose’s dual vocations aim for health, social justice. Bringing the world’s concerns to the church has meant linking parishes and parks, to boost physical activity. Read.
Photo: Diane Baldwin/ RAND Corporation
Good Friday under a bridge
On Good Friday, Deacon Linda Taupier (center) led a group to the places under the bridges where people experiencing homelessness live. They prayed the Stations at 14 places and we gave away socks . People came to them for individual prayers and blessings, too. 
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