{"id":6981,"date":"2013-02-26T07:06:09","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T06:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hj.ekmsandbox.se\/?p=6981"},"modified":"2013-02-26T07:06:09","modified_gmt":"2013-02-26T06:06:09","slug":"vad-gor-en-diakon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloggar.hemmetsjournal.se\/anna\/2013\/vad-gor-en-diakon\/","title":{"rendered":"Vad g\u00f6r en diakon?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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S\u00e5h\u00e4r ser v\u00e5r nya kyrkog\u00e5ngsbok ut. Mattias K\u00e4ll och Judit Viktorsson har gjort omslaget.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Det kanske har m\u00e4rkts att jag tycker v\u00e4ldigt mycket om att fr\u00e5ga?<\/p>\n

Nu arbetar vi med en ny kyrkog\u00e5ngsbok f\u00f6r konfirmander, och eftersom en diakon h\u00f6rde av sig om den f\u00f6rra och sa att hon inte tyckte att v\u00e5r beskrivning av en diakons uppgifter var fullst\u00e4ndig fr\u00e5gade jag rakt ut i luften vad som \u00e4r en diakons uppgift. Jag bad alla att f\u00f6rklara den kort och p\u00e5 ett s\u00e4tt som konfirmander kan t\u00e4nkas f\u00f6rst\u00e5, allts\u00e5 utan ”fackuttryck”. Och det var s\u00e5 m\u00e5nga som svarade, och det blev s\u00e5 intressant, s\u00e5 nu delar jag med mig!<\/p>\n

(Komplettera g\u00e4rna i kommentarf\u00e4ltet, ni som vill!)<\/p>\n

Att ge st\u00f6d till m\u00e4nniskor som hamnat i utsatta situationer genom att prata om det som h\u00e4nt f\u00f6r att se m\u00f6jligheter att komma ur situationen. Lite livscoach. Sedan kan det handla om att ge ytterligare kontakter, och ibland ge praktisk eller ekonomisk hj\u00e4lp, hj\u00e4lp att f\u00f6rst brev fr\u00e5n myndigheter. Ibland kan det handla om att peppa f\u00f6r att g\u00e5 med i en aktivitet f\u00f6r att personen ska m\u00e5 b\u00e4ttre.<\/em> — Eva-Mari<\/p>\n

”Att f\u00f6lja i Kristi fotsp\u00e5r och visa omsorg om dem som p\u00e5 olika s\u00e4tt i olika tider i livet har det sv\u00e5rt.” Jag t\u00e4nker att diakoni handlar om att skapa ett v\u00e4xthus f\u00f6r m\u00e4nniskoplantor. Ibland \u00e4r en del starka och kan ge till andra, andra kan en tid i livet ha blivit vildvuxna och beh\u00f6ver klippas, somliga l\u00e4ngtar efter vatten, andra massor av n\u00e4ring. Alla beh\u00f6ver v\u00e4rme och vara omslutna av v\u00e4xthuset Jesus. Rent praktiskt ser det ju ut ungef\u00e4r som Eva- Mari skriver.<\/em> — \u00c5sa<\/p>\n

Aktiv\/passiv handling med k\u00e4rleken — Jesus — som f\u00f6rebild. Den passiva handlingen st\u00e5r f\u00f6r att inbringa hopp , beh\u00f6ver inte vara n\u00e5got konkret. Den \u00e4r hela grunden f\u00f6r praktiska saker och d\u00e4rmed p\u00e5 s\u00e4tt och vis aktiv \u00e4ven den. Att se, h\u00f6ra och k\u00e4nna med hoppet\u00a0 och k\u00e4rleken — Jesus — som f\u00f6rebild.<\/em>
Det \u00e4r detta som ocks\u00e5, f\u00f6r mig, betyder ”att vara i Kristus”. L\u00e4gg till ge ocks\u00e5 s\u00e5 blir det att se, h\u00f6ra, k\u00e4nna och ge med hoppet och k\u00e4rleken som f\u00f6rebild.<\/em>
I flera diakonb\u00f6cker har jag sett att det \u00e4r OK att f\u00f6rklara f\u00f6r n\u00e5gon att ”diakonen \u00e4r kyrkans socialarbetare”. En del gillar inte att man s\u00e4ger s\u00e5 f\u00f6r att det \u00e4r f\u00f6renklat, men i b\u00f6cker som f\u00f6rklarar diakoni tas den definitionen upp, och en ton\u00e5ring f\u00f6rst\u00e5r nog b\u00e4st s\u00e5, om han\/hon inte \u00e4r lite extra intresserad!<\/em> — Kristine<\/p>\n

Diakoni \u00e4r tro i handling. Hela f\u00f6rsamlingen \u00e4r kallad att utf\u00f6ra diakoni, men diakonen \u00e4r den som ska leda arbetet, inspirera och v\u00e4gleda frivilliga och vara ett tecken i f\u00f6rsamlingen f\u00f6r diakoni. Tro i handling betyder att m\u00f6ta m\u00e4nniskor som \u00e4r i n\u00f6d eller kris p\u00e5 n\u00e5got s\u00e4tt, att oms\u00e4tta Jesu ord om att \u00e4lska sin n\u00e4sta som sig sj\u00e4lv i handling.<\/em> — Helena<\/p>\n

En kuratorsfunktion i kyrkan brukar funka som kortversion. En som lyssnar, st\u00f6ttar, peppar och \u00e4r beredd att finnas d\u00e4r och tro och hoppas f\u00f6r m\u00e4nniskor i sorg, gl\u00e4dje, vrede och f\u00f6rtvivlan!<\/em> — IngMarie<\/p>\n

Diakonen tar med sig ropet och kampen fr\u00e5n samh\u00e4llet fram till altaret, d\u00e4r vi tillsammans som f\u00f6rsamling l\u00e4gger det vid Jesu f\u00f6tter. Diakonen \u00e4r ocks\u00e5 ett tecken i gudstj\u00e4nsten f\u00f6r barmh\u00e4rtigheten. Detta har jag skrattat \u00e5t m\u00e5nga g\u00e5nger: att jag ska sitta och vara ett tecken. Men n\u00e5nstans \u00e4r det fint ocks\u00e5 att vi p\u00e5 n\u00e5got s\u00e4tt \u00e4r symboler f\u00f6r allt det sv\u00e5ra som p\u00e5g\u00e5r och att det finns N\u00e5gon som lyfter av det. Vi f\u00e5r vara v\u00e4gvisaren som praktiskt pekar p\u00e5 Jesus.<\/em> — \u00c5sa<\/p>\n

Och s\u00e5 n\u00e5gra rader fr\u00e5n Riet i Holland. I hennes f\u00f6rsamling \u00e4r diakonerna f\u00f6rtroendevalda volont\u00e4rer fr\u00e5n f\u00f6rsamlingen:<\/p>\n

I will try to explain what it means to be a deacon.<\/em>
\n In the early Christain church there were deacons. They took care of the poor and they collected the food at the agape-meals to distribute it among the people.<\/em>
\n In later years (Middle Ages and later) they took care of the poor. They founded hospitals, orphanges, and homes for elderly people, who had no home left.<\/em>
\n Nowadays, in the Protestant tradition, a deacon is a member of the church-council together with the elders and the vicar.<\/em>
\n They take still care of the poor, as well in our own neighbourhood as world-wide. With projects that inspire the members of the community they try to collect as much money as possible.<\/em>
\n I give you an example: When my daughter Eva was in South Africa to finish her studies, the people of our community collected money to enable Eva and her friends to build a playground for the children of the school they were working at there. They are responsible for the money, that is collected in the Sunday service. An other example: at the end of every year we collect money for the people in our own city who live under very poor circumstances so that they can buy something extra for Christmas.<\/em>
\n The deacons are also responsible for the Holy supper. They are responsible for the bread and wine, and together with the vicar they give the bread and wine to the community.<\/em>
\n We are ”a helper when there is no one else to help”.<\/em> — Riet<\/p>\n

Historiens f\u00f6rste diakon hette Stefanus<\/strong>, Stefanos<\/strong>, Staffan\u00a0<\/strong>eller Stefan<\/strong> (olika kristna traditioner har egna varianter av hans namn) och var med i den f\u00f6rsta kristna f\u00f6rsamlingen i Jerusalem (fast d\u00e5 hade de kristna inte b\u00f6rjat kallas kristna \u00e4n). Om honom kan man l\u00e4sa i Apostlag\u00e4rningarnas sjunde kapitel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Det kanske har m\u00e4rkts att jag tycker v\u00e4ldigt mycket om att fr\u00e5ga? Nu arbetar vi med en ny kyrkog\u00e5ngsbok f\u00f6r konfirmander, och eftersom en diakon h\u00f6rde av sig om den f\u00f6rra och sa att hon inte tyckte att v\u00e5r beskrivning av en diakons uppgifter var fullst\u00e4ndig fr\u00e5gade jag rakt ut i luften vad som \u00e4r…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[344],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kyrkkaffeprat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggar.hemmetsjournal.se\/anna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6981"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggar.hemmetsjournal.se\/anna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggar.hemmetsjournal.se\/anna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggar.hemmetsjournal.se\/anna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggar.hemmetsjournal.se\/anna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bloggar.hemmetsjournal.se\/anna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6981\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggar.hemmetsjournal.se\/anna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggar.hemmetsjournal.se\/anna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggar.hemmetsjournal.se\/anna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}