by Deaconess Community | Jan 3, 2020 | What We Do
My name is Sister Dottie Almoney, a Deacon in the ELCA and a member of the ELCA Deaconess community as well as a faith leader in the PPC, I want to thank you for not penalizing those who rent by shutting off the water due to the failure of their landlords to comply...
by Deaconess Community | Dec 30, 2019 | What We Do
The theme for day 1 of DOTAC in Vancouver was “Indigeneity”. The two speakers were The Rev. Dr. Carmen Lansdowne and Melanie Delva. Dr. Lansdowne is a member of the Heiltsuk First Nation; Melanie has worked with the Canadian Indian Residential Schools Truth and...
by Deaconess Community | Jul 31, 2019 | Advocacy Resources, What We Do
The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival just had its first Poor People’s Moral Action Congress in June where over 1,000 people who are poor along with activists and faith leaders from each state throughout this nation gathered together to take a...
by Deaconess Community | Jun 20, 2019 | What We Do
I have started wearing a clerical collar in my ministry. I had a discussion with Bishop Eaton as well as my Bishop, Jim Dunlop who both see no reason why Deacons can’t wear the clerical collars. Why am I wearing this? Partly because I am using it as a...
by Deaconess Community | Sep 11, 2018 | What We Do
At the Deaconess Community’s 2016 assembly, we voted to become a Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community. Included in that vote was the decision to open our doors to female-identifying people. The spelling of “women” and “woman” originate from Old English, where...
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