Registration is Open - Space is Limited

Archdeacons & Deacon Directors Conference (A3D) 

The Courage to Go First

April 30 - May 3, 2026

Siena Center, Racine, WI

A Room Where You Don’t Have to Explain Yourself
Many deacons in leadership roles carry a quiet kind of loneliness. Not because they lack colleagues or don’t care deeply about the work. But because the role itself is often complex.

This conference is for archdeacons, deacon directors, and deacons in leadership who are navigating responsibility within varied diocesan contexts.

This is not a content-heavy or solution-driven event. There is space to slow down. Space to listen. Space to discover shared language for work that is often carried quietly.  Learn

Deacons in financial need may qualify for assistance. See The Fund for the Diaconate, which helps assist deacons and those in formation who are in financial need.

Financial Assistance to attend AED's Archdeacons & Deacon Directors Conference

The Fund offers Hallenbeck Fellowship Awards that may help Episcopal deacons with demonstrated financial need to attend conferences, including AED's upcoming A3D. Apply by April 15.