{"id":3940,"date":"2010-01-23T11:01:54","date_gmt":"2010-01-23T11:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/01\/the-way-we-were.html"},"modified":"2010-01-23T11:01:54","modified_gmt":"2010-01-23T11:01:54","slug":"the-way-we-were","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/01\/the-way-we-were.html","title":{"rendered":"The way we were"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/20100121__deacons_012310%7E5_GALLERY.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"20100121__deacons_012310~5_GALLERY.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/212\/import\/assets_c\/2010\/01\/20100121__deacons_012310%7E5_GALLERY-thumb-400x270-10980.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px;text-align: center\" height=\"270\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n&#8220;It was a new thing for everybody.  No one would call you &#8216;Deacon.&#8217; Now it&#8217;s like it&#8217;s your first name.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div align=\"right\">\n&#8212; Deacon Silvio Mayo, recalling his ordination in 1976, <br \/>as Salt Lake City prepares to ordain 21 new deacons today. <br \/> <em>Ad multos annos! <\/em><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"right\">\nYou can read more about them <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/faith\/ci_14240180\">here.<\/a>  Keep them in your prayers!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It was a new thing for everybody. No one would call you &#8216;Deacon.&#8217; Now it&#8217;s like it&#8217;s your first name.&#8221; &#8212; Deacon Silvio Mayo, recalling his ordination in 1976, as Salt Lake City prepares to ordain 21 new deacons today. Ad multos annos! You can read more about them here. 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