Starting as a Deacon

September 9, 2008 by
Filed under: Religion 

My journey as an active deacon is beginning again.

Last night I attended my first Board of Deacons meeting at church.  This was the reorganization meeting for this year.  I had also been to New Officer Training last Saturday.

I was assigned to the Prayer Team, my first choice.  Last year’s deacon president preached a sermon in which she recounted her trepidation in being assigned to the Prayer Team, so I was surprised to see last night that the 3 slots were filled with people who had chosen it as their first choice, plus 2 others will join us as well.

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I wasn’t able to sign up for communion (our church uses elders and deacons to prepare, serve and clean up) – mainly because I am already assigned to coffee on communion Sunday in October and all of the preparation slots were taken by the time the sheet got to me.  Maybe I’ll be able to do it in November.  The last time I was a deacon the Book of Order specified that deacons could only serve communion if there was a shortage of elders, so I had only 2 opportunities to serve (one at camp, one at Triennium).  This is a meaningful experience for me, so I look forward to doing it again – even if I have to sit up front at church!

The entire Board meshed well, so I look forward to a good year or three.

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One Comment on Starting as a Deacon

  1. Jon on Mon, 15th Sep 2008 10:57 pm

    2. Congrats on the deaconing. It sounds like you have found a good place to do you work. I think it fits your interests in both membership and stewardship, and it’s one of the great, unsung forms of service in the church. They often use three greek words to describe the actions of the church: martyria (witness), koinonia (fellowship), and diakonia (service). I’m obviously a big fan of the deacons.

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