Deacons

The office of a church deacon is to be a ministry of caring, a ministry of love, a ministry of compassion, a ministry of prayer, and a ministry of community service.  Our hearts go out
1) to those in distress,
2 )to members who have suffered loss,
3) to neighbors in the hospital,
4) to prisoners,
5) to friends who have lost their jobs,
6) to new parents who are confused by a wonderful, sudden, and challenging change in the responsibilities of life,
7) to new members who need a word of welcome,
8) to members who are shut-in and lonely and cannot leave their homes,
9) to people in the community who have lost their way and can no longer find God,
10) to those who are economically oppressed and do not have adequate places to live or enough to eat, and
11) to any people who need to experience the love of Christ in concrete ways.