deacon
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Walters gave him a box filled with handmade items, including piles of mittens, hats, and other items he’d crocheted for children; Collins dropped the box off with a church deacon.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Mom had us in the choir, and Dad was a deacon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
The family sang gospel music and were active in the Church of God in Christ, where K.C. was a deacon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025
Now a Catholic deacon, Brendan Flaxman was a States of Jersey Police officer when the original series of Bergerac was filmed.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2025
His father was head deacon in this church—there were only two, the other a round, black man named Deacon Braithwaite—and he took up the collection, and sometimes he preached.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
The church’s money was handled by a finance team and overseen by its elders and deacons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Priests and deacons have marched at rallies and prayed for those detained and deported from Orange County to downtown L.A. and beyond.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2025
Currently the Catholic Church only allows men to become deacons - ordained ministers who can officiate baptisms, weddings and funerals but not mass, unlike priests.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2024
Francis was scheduled to meet with Rome deacons in the morning.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2024
We watched as my dad followed one of the deacons into a room that led around the stage, up to an elevated pool that looked out over the crowd.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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