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EVENT NEWS

A3D - Coming soon - save the date!​
Thur., March 5 - Sun., March 8, 2020
Registration opens Dec. 1st!  More info here. 
Request for Proposals: Triennial 2022 and 2025
We invite you, your community of Deacons and your diocese to submit a Proposal for hosting Triennial in your diocese.  Details here.

DEACON NEWS

Deep Calls to Deep Accepting Applications for 2020-2021 Cohort
Deep Calls to Deep is a year-long program for mid-career clergy hosted by Virginia Theological Seminary. Details.
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CALL online classes -  Registration is open! Classes include: Mobilizing the Congregation for Social Ministry; The Diaconal Hermeneutic; Community Theology​
Immigrant Stories: Reflections for Preachers and Teachers from The Episcopal Networks Collaborative. Additional reflections.​
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Communion Bread recipe - Deacon Teri Van Huss (San Joaquin) shares the recipe she and colleagues developed. Download the recipe.
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Deacon Natalie Conway, whose ancestors were enslaved by her church’s founding rector, helps parish face its past. The Baltimore Sun and ENS reported on this.
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Episcopal Café:  Diaconate series
Deacon candidate Dani Gabriel explores the ministry and call of deacons in this ongoing series. So far, she's interviewed several deacons and PB Michael Curry.  Pictured: Courtney Jones, Dani Gabriel, Barry Cramer.
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