Lutheran Diaconal Association

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• Explore - The LDA

  Explore Our Mission & Vision As the LDA: We form, send, and nurture communities of deaconesses and deacons in a Lutheran context to serve in all walks of life. We value ecumenism in our Christian call...

• Become - The LDA

  Become Discernment Discernment involves figuring out where God may be calling you. It involves noticing your own movement toward and away from God. It involves learning about the ministry to which you...

• Resources - The LDA

  Resources Devotions for Groups and Committees These monthly devotions, written by members of the Lutheran Deaconess Conference and the Community of Lutheran Deacons, help us see how God’s servants liv...

• Diaconal Service - The LDA

  Diaconal Service What is Diaconal Service? Diaconal service, or “service ministry,” is not something that we ‘do.’ It is what happens when someone’s deep desire to serve Christ comes to life. The LDA ...

• 100 Years of Service - LDA Leadership - The LDA

  The following article was written and compiled by Deaconess Diane Greve The social norms of our society often inform our own worldview.  The LDA has known the impact of social changes over these 100 y...

• 100 Years of Service - The Community of Lutheran Deacons - The LDA

  Within the context of expanding the diversity of ministry, and seeking to be flexible and responsive to the needs of church and world, the Lutheran Deaconess Association found itself confronted with a...