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    Deacons and the sacraments

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    [...]This is the third Occasional Paper produced by Diakonia U.C.A., the
    national organisation for deac[...]
    [...]ctice.
    Diakonia U.C.A.[...]
    [...]associated wit., elitism; insufficient place for diakonia; at worst
    narcissistic self-contemplation.[...]
    [...]e
    who are trampled on; stretching the meaning diakonia beyond biblical use.


    L[...]
    Acknowledgements
    The Bible
    The RSV Handy Concordance
    *‘Diakonia in the Classical Reformed Tradition’, Elsie Anne
    McKee.
    Diakonia Mutual Helping with Justice and Compassion, Jaap[...]ology, edited by Alan
    Richardson and John Bowden.
    Diakonia Reinterpreting the Ancient Sources, Dr Joh[...]
    [...]the extent that they share some training.

    * Diakonia U.C.A. is a member association of World Diakonia and
    as a result is in ecumenical relations[...]
    [...]is the sacramental emfc od imenr.
    of the call to diakonia that all of us share." 9

    The true test the[...]diaconate a
    demonstrated talent and charisma for diakonia. It recognises m him
    one whose diakonia is the very ministry the Church is called an<_
    se[...]ts officially sanctioned representative symbol of
    diakonia." 11



    8 Service Ministry of the Deacon.,[...]
    [...]nd Sacramental Practice
    from Diakonia U.C.A. conference, January 1995

    Wc rejoic[...]

    MD

    Diakonia