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

OPEN CALL FOR TRIENNIAL WORKSHOPS - Share your ministry
  • AED is looking for workshops for our next Triennial Conference, June 6-9, 2019. Do you work with immigrants, the homeless, racial reconciliation, economic justice?  If the goal of your ministry can be viewed as the reconciling of people with each other, people with God, or people with creation, you're who we seek!  Full details here.
AED's Board Election
GENERAL CONVENTION
  • Join us at the Deacons & Friends Reception, July 10. Details & Underwriting options
  • Immigration Webinar Recording - Speakers, including deacons Leeann Culbreath and Rodger Babnew, discussed protections for Dreamers, policies impacting the border, immigration detention and more. Watch the recording.
  • ​​Continuing Education - Latino Ministry Competency course; 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.
  • House of Deputies President Gay Jennings' keynote address at AED's Archdeacon & Deacon Directors' Conference in February. Watch via the facebook post.​
Social Justice for asylum seekers
Revisit The Lighthouse, seen in Diakoneo, August 2016.  That work, by Deacon Jill Singleton, is part of an NPR article The Asylum Paradox. L-R: Ilbouto Micheline, Sally Pillay, Amira Khalil and Jill Singleton.
Sacred Resistance
The Diocese of Los Angeles has a website dedicated to Sacred Resistance, with resources, videos and trainings.
Host AED's Triennial! 
We'd love to come to your diocese for this event in 2022. Full details here.

Share Your Opinion

Please consider sharing your thoughts in these brief surveys. 
  • Deacon's Pressing Needs? What needs do deacons experience in their ministry? You can help AED address these areas and/or provide resources. Needs Survey
  • Deacons ordained 40's and younger - Were you ordained in your 20s, 30s, or 40s? Help younger deacons today by completing this survey.
  • AED Communications: How are we doing?  Your responses to this survey will help us determine what materials you value and how best to share news and resources.
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