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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DEACON NEWS

JOIN THESE EVENTS -
 • AED's Archdeacon & Deacon Directors' Conference (A3D)
   Feb. 21 - 24, 2019
​   Registration opens Dec. 1st.   Details

​• AED's Triennial
   June 6-9, 2019. Details
CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of AED's Board election: 
  • Vice Pres/Pres-elect: Tracie Middleton
  • Lay: Brad Peterson
  • Priest: Kate Harrigan
  • Bishop: Greg Rickel
  • Deacons: Elaine Bellis, Genevieve Grewell, Carter Hawley
Their 4-year term runs March 2019 - March 2023
  • ​​Gene Bourquin appointed Pastoral Missioner to the deaf in the Diocese of NY.
  • "You are an evangelist too" - Deacon Clelia Garrity explores this "way of being" through story and self-reflection. Read.
  • Continuing Education - Asset Based Community Development Facilitator trainings; Festival of Homiletics. More >
  • 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
CALL Online Classes
  •  Church History with Dr. Bradley Peterson. January 21 - March 11, 2019 
  • The Diaconal Hermeneutic with Dr. Rod Dugliss. March 25 - May 20, 2019. This class is designed to meet AED's competencies. AED members receive a discounted rate. 
Details and additional classes here.​ ​​​
Wild Goose Festival
In July, deacons Genevieve Nelson (left) and Leeann Culbreath (right) attended and took part in a deacon panel discussion with Methodist & Lutheran deacons. Leeann's reflection is in November's Diakoneo.
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 DATES 
2019 A3D Conference, February 21-24, 2019
For Archdeacons, Deacon Directors and Formation Leaders. Details.

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.

Surveys

Sharing your thoughts in these brief surveys: 
  • Deacon's Pressing Needs?  Survey
  • Deacons ordained 40's and younger Survey.
  • Communications Survey
"We used the AED site extensively during our process of developing a diocesan Handbook for Deacons. It gave us access to a wealth of resources ...  and “best practices.”    Martha Seaman & Veronica Ritson, Diocese of Arizona