Head: Rhonette Clarke
Asst: Debbie Stewart
Members:
Deloris Harris-Ferguson
Derlene Harrison
Wendy Clark
Rose Moriah
Judith Rodney
Deloris Miller
Odette Hutchinson
Alseen Bell
Venice Burrell
Kenisha Clarke
Joyce Abrahams
Aileen James
Hyacinth Williams
Lucy (Pinky) James
Jean Channer
Linda Bennett
Jean Sinclair
Belzetta Clarke
Marlene Samuels
Ingrid Dunbar
Honorary: Beryl Fisher
Honorary: Jean Davis
Honorary: Eunice Myton
Along with the deacons, deaconesses fulfill multiple roles at our church. They lead out in preparations for baptism and communion services. Ordained deacons and deaconesses officiate at the quarterly communion service. Deacons and deaconesses also participate in offering collection for various services. They also embark on a program of visiting sick and aged members.
Deaconesses were included in the official staff of the early Christian churches. “I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church [deaconess] in Cenchrea, that you may receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her in whatever business she has need of you; for indeed she has been a helper of many and of myself also” (Rom. 16:1, 2). Deaconesses should be chosen for their consecration and other qualifications that fit them for the duties of the office. The Ministerial Association, in connection with the departments, promotes the training and equipping of deaconesses. However, the pastor, in conjunction with the elder(s), has the primary responsibility for training the deaconesses. (See Notes, #3, p. 179.)