The Ministry of Deacons
"Serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received."
(1 Peter 4:10)
List of Current Deacons
Board of Deacons Organizational Chart
- Visits to Home-Bound Persons
- Caring, faith-filled friends who aid our homebound brothers and sisters in remaining connected to the St. Andrew's by visiting regularly, listening, and offering loving support and care.
- Communion Ministers to Home-Bound Persons
- Caring, faith-filled friends who celebrate communion with those unable to attend the church's regularly scheduled celebration of the Lord's Supper.
- Friendship Telephone Ministers
- Caring, faith-filled friends connecting by telephone with all persons in the church to help people interconnect, to facilitate communication, and to identify the needs of each individual and every familly within St. Andrew's. This ministry is inspired by the apostle Paul's words of exhortation to the church in Corinth: "You are the body of Christ...if one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honored, all rejoice together with it."
- Caring Friends Ministry to the Sick
- Caring, faith-filled friends who work with the pastors in providing a support system to families who are facing surgery or other medical concerns. Their care includes prayer, visits and/or calls during the person's recovery. It may also include help with transportation, errands, and/or food. This ministry is inspired by the servant life of Jesus and by his words: "I was sick and you took care of me...just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me."
- Health Ministry
- Work with our Parish Nurse in administering a health ministry which will include health education programs and providing support to people with special health needs.
- Memorial Service Receptions
- Following memorial services, the deacons provide receptions for family members and friends of the deceased person.
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Physical Needs
"(God says) I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me…just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me."
Matthew 25:35-36,40 NRSV
Physical Needs
"You can be sure that whoever gives even a drink of cold water to one of the least of these my followers, will certainly receive a reward."
Matthew 10:42 GN
Emotional Needs
"…Admonish the idle, encourage the faint hearted, help the weak, be patient with all of them."
I Thessalonians 5:14 NRSV
Spiritual Needs
"All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation."
2 Corinthians 5:18 NRSV
Spiritual Needs
"It is Christ whom we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone in all Wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ."
Colossians 1:10 NRSV
Called into Ministry
"God, in his grace, chose me even before I was born, and called me to serve him."
Galatians 1:15 GN
Called into Ministry
"I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received."
Ephesians 4:1 NIV
Gifted for Ministry
"Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received."
I Peter 4:10 NRSV
Gifted for Ministry
"There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit gives them. There are different ways of serving, but the same Lord is served. There are different abilities to perform service, but the same God gives ability to all for their particular service. The Spirit's presence is shown in some way in each person for the good of all."
I Corinthians 12:4-7 NRSV
Prepared for Ministry
"God gave…pastors and teachers to prepare God's people for works of ministry, so that the Body of Christ may be built up…"
Ephesians 4:11-13
Body of Christ Needs Our Ministry
"All of you together are the one body of Christ and each of you is a separate and necessary part of it."
I Corinthians 12:27 LB
Accountable for Our Ministry
"So then, each of us will be accountable to God."
Romans 14:12 NRSV
Servant Leadership
"So Jesus called them and said to them, 'You know that among the Gentiles those whom they recognize as their rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all."
Mark 10:42-44 NRSV
This page last updated 12/20/06.
