Meet Deacon Reverend Rachel Iversen
Rev. Deacon Rachel Iversen
We at St. Monica’s Episcopal Church are excited to welcome Rev. Deacon Rachel Iversen to our congregation! In the Episcopal Church, there are Vocational Deacons and Transitional Deacons. Rachel comes as a Vocational Deacon. Bishop Russell has assigned Deacon Rachel to guide us through the foreseeable future or until we call our next rector.
My name is Rachel Iversen and I’ve recently been assigned to St. Monica’s as a vocational deacon. I graduated from the Central Gulf Coast School for Ministry in June 2020 and was ordained on Sunday, June 28, 2020.
For me specifically, I believe I am called to make Christ and his love known by praying with people wherever they happen to be in their daily life and work.
The goal of my ministry is reconciliation of people to God and people to each other. I want them to know how much God loves them and how much he wants to be in relationship with them.
I am called to preach the needs of the world to the church specifically showing God’s people that serving others actually serves the Christ we see in each other.
I know this ministry is correct for me because of the joy the Lord has given me in these efforts. Knowing how he works through me by creating the opportunities and supplying the words makes me humbly grateful and gives me great joy.
I would love for you to stop me when you have a question or comment so that we can talk!
The Rev. Deacon Rachel S. Iversen
Contact Deacon Rachel for any pastoral needs at revdeaconrachel@gmail.com
(850) 293-0478.