March 13, 2010
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We came together to talk about serving community needs in Hernando County.


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"I'm really proud to be a part of a church family that cares so deeply for those right here in our own backyard."

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The ELCA has provided more than $1 million in support for HIV/AIDS programs in Africa.


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"Our pastor encouraged the congregation to tithe ten percent of the money raised to help others. "

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We are raising up leaders through faith development and training.


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Deacons
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DeaconAre you being called to serve in the church in ways that are somehow different from the calling of a pastor? The Florida-Bahamas Synod has a Diaconal Ministry in which deacons are consecrated for a ministry of Word and Service that flows from the pastoral office of Word and Sacrament and is accountable to it.

According to the constituting documents for the program (1998): "A Synodical Deacon is one who is inwardly compelled and outwardly affirmed for service in both the congregation and the world.... We understand a deacon as a particular minister with gifts and a calling for providing vision and practical leadership for the congregation's ministries. Through their common calling and theological training, deacons, exercising their teaching responsibility, would assist the pastoral ministry in underpinning the particular ministries of their calling to the ministry of Word and Sacrament."

Deacons in the Florida-Bahamas Synod serve only within the geographic confines of this synod and are not rostered as lay ministers in ELCA.

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1 2009 Deacons Retreat