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2022 A3D Conference (Mar. 10-12 virtual)
  1. Deacon Competencies
  2. Bilingual Formation
  3. Online Discernment
  4. Collaborative Deacon Formation
  5. CPG Information
  6. Developing (Redeveloping) a Diaconal Program
2021 A3D Conference (Mar. 4-6 virtual)
  1. Theology
  2. Digital Ministry
  3. ​Raising the Diaconal Profile
  4. Parish Leadership
  5. Deacon Retirement
  6. AED Membership 
  7. Highlights from CPG's Webinar for Deacons, Dec. 2020
2020 A3D Conference (Mar. 5-7)
  1. Communicating across difference
  2. ​Theological materials for formation in spanish
  3. Competencies, assessments & guidelines
  4. Church plant
  5. ​Immigration
  6. Buye, Burundi diaconate​
  7. Rural Area Deployment
  8. Supportive housing and Tiny Homes
  9. Charity vs Justice
  10. Competencies
  11. Regional Deacons
Clergy Compensation regarding deacons, Diocese of Vermont
2019 A3D Conference (Feb. 21-23)
  1. Clergy Formation & Continuing Education
  2. Deacons & Understanding the Diaconate
  3. What's an Archdeacon?
  4. Deacon Mentoring with a CALL course
2018 Archdeacon & Deacon Directors' Conference (A3D)
  1. Deaconess Anna Alexander
  2. Bishop search: A deacon's input
  3. Deacon Retirement - Maryland's process
  4. Deacons from the margins; young deacons; attracting recruits
  5. Mobilizing Deacons
  6. Online formation & alternative methods
2017 Archdeacon & Deacon Directors' Conference
  1. Continuing Education after Ordination
  2. Scripture Competencies
  3. Sabbaticals for Deacons
  4. ​From Retirement to Coffin
  5. What can 815 do for you?
  6. Assessing Competencies
  7. Mentoring Deacons
  8. Working with Seminaries
  9. Transition in Leadership of Bishop/Archdeacon
  10. Sanctuary Movement

Sanctuary Movement additional resources
2016 Archdeacon/Deacon Directors' Conference
  1. Alternative CPE
  2. Deacons in parishes without priests    
  3. Deacon formation in small congregations
  4. Racial Reconciliation
  5. Retiring Deacons
  6. Young Deacons
2015 Archdeacon/Deacon Directors' Conference
  1. Alternatives to CPE
  2. Reaching the Marginalized    
  3. Cross-Order Formation
  4. Pastoral Care for Retired and Non-Parochial Deacons
  5. Recruiting for Younger Deacons

Church Pension Group Workshop as presented during conference
2014 Archdeacon/Deacon Directors' Conference
  1. The Role of the Deacon in the 21st Century
  2. Alternatives to CPE in Diaconal Formation
  3. The Deacon’s Voice in a Bishop Search 
  4. What might a healthy relationship look like between a Seminary and Diaconal Formation? 
  5. Difficult Placement of Deacons
  6. Assessing the Human Awareness and Understanding Competency
  7. Ministry Development & Lifelong Formation 
  8. Non-Parochial Diaconal Ministry 
  9. Spiritual Practices and Disciplines     ​
2013 Archdeacon/Deacon Directors' Conference
  1. Care and Feeding of Declined Candidates
  2. Diaconal Continuing Education
  3. Handling Deacon Expenses
  4. Deacons Councils
  5. Discernment with Mentors
  6. Ecclesia-Style Street Ministries
  7. Gun Violence
  8. Next Steps for The Seven Young Adult Mentoring Program
  9. Envisioning an “Associate to the Order of Deacon”
  10. Depth vs. Breadth in Deacon Formation
  11. “We are willing to take the altar with us.”
  12. What to Tell Priests About Deacons    
2009 Archdeacon/Deacon Directors' Conference
2008 Archdeacon/Deacon Directors' Conference