1 Timothy 3 How will you be remembered?

Qualifications for Deacons
(Acts 6:1-7)
8Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money. 9They must hold to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. 10Additionally, they must first be tested. Then, if they are above reproach, let them serve as deacons.
11In the same way, the womena must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.
12A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household. 13For those who have served well as deacons acquire for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

As we can see a deacon has the same requirements as a pastor. But what is a deacon?

Deacon is a ministry in Christian Churches that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions. In many traditions the "diaconate", the term for a deacon's office, is a clerical office; in others it is for laity.

In our old church (Calvary Chapel) a deacon was a servant, serving in the background without any public exposure to his office. They assisted in the prayer room, they built homes for the poor, they assisted the poor at the church, they assisted in the "moving" ministry, they made regular visits to the sick, they visited the homeless shelters, they held biblical studies, they........ You get the point.
One in particular was a friend for years and later I discovered he was a deacon. He was a humble man never wearing his title. He performed all the above services I mentioned above. I called him Nehemiah, because he would call you out if you were out of line in your faith.
Nehemiah 5:9 Then I pressed further, "What you are doing is not right! Should you not walk in the fear of our God in order to avoid being mocked by enemy nations?
Like Nehemiah of the Old Testament he would build the wall, take an account of the people and set the pastors and elders on the right path.
You see, he had a business working with stone and cement, he built walls! He was and will be forevermore my Nehemiah!
A Godly man, a man of prayer always there for you giving you advice if you sought it and sometimes giving it if he saw something that wasn't right with God.

This is how I will always remember him.
How will you be remembered?
Blessings, David