Campaign Funding Goal: $5,000
Our Postulants and Candidates needs your support! The Archdeacons Fund for Education provides financial support for Postulants and Candidates in our diocese who are studying to become Deacons in the Episcopal Church, as Deacons are not typically compensated.
Deacons support themselves and their families through other means such as: secular employment, retirement savings, or pensions. During the process of discernment and formation for ordained ministry, Postulants and Candidates often struggle to pay for their education and the associated costs of the ordination process.
How does the work of this program/ministry reflect our mission of "Making disciples, raising saints, and transforming communities for Christ"?
Deacons play a key role in connecting the church with the needs, hopes, and concerns of the communities in which they serve and the wider world. Leading by example, they inspire, empower, and enable the people of the church to live the promises we make at baptism: to seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving our neighbors as ourselves and respecting the dignity of every human being. As such, Deacons help us to build the Beloved Community, transforming Communities for Christ.
How will appeal funds impact the program/ministry's goal?
Appeal funds will help to make it possible for Postulants and Candidates for the Diaconate to pursue their call regardless of their financial situation. Funds will help to offer partial scholarships to Postulants and Candidates in the ordination process who are studying to become Deacons in the Episcopal Church. This will help fund the cost of things like tuition, books, training, and other associated formation costs.
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