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Victor Chimfwembe was born on November 15, 1986 in Zaire – now the Congo DR. Victor was abandoned at birth and received no care for the first four days of his life. He was found in the streets by a nurse who took him in and cared for him for the next four years. During that time, the nurse and her family immigrated to Zambia, and Victor's name was changed from Kanyinda Wanzolu Nsendula Lwakuma to Victor Chimfwembe. Victor's adoptive family experienced a great deal of domestic

My name is Joanna Seibert and I am beginning my 18th year as a deacon licensed in the dioceses of Arkansas and the Central Gulf Coast. When I overheard a friend talking about the deacon formation program that started in Arkansas in the late 1990s, I immediately knew, “this is who I am.” Deacons at their ordination take a vow “in the name of Jesus Christ to serve all people, particularly the poor, the weak, the sick, and the lonely. “ (Book of Common Prayer, 543) My first s

From left to right: Joshua Woods, Alice Sawyer, Ryan Currie, Bishop Russell, Sara Phillips, and Forbes Sirmon. Photo credit: Cindy McCrory, BlueRoom Photography "What does God have in store for me?" was the question the Rev. Deacon Clelia Garrity urged five seminarians to ask themselves, on the day of their ordination into the Sacred Order of Deacons on April 28, 2018 at Christ Church Cathedral in Mobile, Alabama. Clelia preached a stirring sermon describing the life of a dea

Deacons are an ancient, scripturally founded order in the church. Deacons are not secondary, dependent, or incomplete. Working directly under the bishop’s authority, the deacon informs and empowers the ministry of the people, intentionally and beyond the “walls” of the gathered church. The sacred order of deacons is a ministry that inspires the church to engage in the diakonia of all believers – to be a servant church. Deacons are living reminders of the diaconal, or servant