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Benjamin Boulet

  • Benjamin is in training to be a Decon at Immanuel, and is on the church board as treasurer.

  • He enjoyes teaching the Sunday school class each Sunday at 8:30 am

  • He says, "My hobby or pastime is studying semitic languages, like biblical Hebrew, New Testament syriac,
    and Assyrian and I just started learning biblical Greek as well My other hobbies are also reading
    the Church Fathers as well as life of the Saints which is the great cloud of witness in heaven."

Deacon
Dianne Larson

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Deacon Dianne Larson was a cradle Lutheran raised in Minnesota. After moving to Jacksonville, Florida,
she joined St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral. She trained as an acolyte, verger, small group leader, and held
positions in the Alpha program at St. John’s including director. Dianne heard the call to become a
Deacon while serving at the altar as an acolyte. While discerning the call she volunteered at Church
Without Walls and found her place in ministering to and being with the folks who find their home on the
street. To further her experience in the ministry of presence, Dianne enrolled in the Chaplaincy program,
clinical pastoral education (CPE), at Baptist Hospital in Jacksonville, FL. It was during CPE that her call to
the Diaconate was again confirmed.
In 2018 she entered the Diaconate training program with the Anglican Free Communion International
and completed the program in October 2019. She was ordained into the Diaconate on November 1,
2019. Connection and service are the words that she believes best define her role as a Deacon. Both
through liturgy and her work in the community she strives to connect the church to the community and
the community back to the church. Luke 22:27 describes her call to service, “But I am among you as one
who serves.”
Since her ordination to the Diaconate she has been very active in the communities of Keystone Heights
and Jacksonville, FL. She and a diverse group of people from the street and the Springfield neighborhood
started Communion on the porch. A Deacon’s Mass was held weekly for this group which grew into a
tight community of love, care, and support for each other.
Deacon Dianne has practiced Centering Prayer for many years and through that experience was
prompted to start a Lectio Divina group, which started in person, and because of the pandemic, moved
to Zoom. Today that group continues each Thursday at 11:30am. In addition, she has helped to start a
monthly in person Lectio group at St. Philip Neri in Jacksonville.
She has served the Keystone Community through volunteering at Mission of the Dirt Road. Lake Area
Ministries and represents Immanuel Anglican Church on the Keystone Safety Net Alliance and 100+
Women For Clay County. One of her great loves is visiting and sharing the Eucharist with parishioners
who are unable to attend church because of physical limitations.
Dianne is married to Allen Poucher. They have one daughter, Dorothy, who lives in NYC. Deacon Dianne
is an avid Gator Basketball and Football fan. She never misses a Vikings football game. Her favorite
pastime is sitting on the dock on Lake Goodrich, Minnesota meditating and communing with the Loons.

Victoria Rothwell
 

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Victoria has a background in the banking world having worked at Barnet Bank and Bank of America for over 19 years. She was a Vice President in the Consumer Mortgage Division and also a Trainer for most of her career. She currently works for Fidelity Information Services as a Project Manager for over nine years. She is married to her husband Randolph Rothwell and has 4 grandchildren that live close by. When Victoria is not working, she is spending time with her grandchildren or casting a line and fishing on their lake in Keystone Heights. Victoria (Vickie) is in training to be a Deacon at Immanuel Angelica Church in Keystone Heights, Florida. She is on the church board as the Vice-President. She also manages the Parish Life Ministry which includes hospitality and kitchen organization and supplies. She completed acolyte training and is currently shadowing a peer to become familiar with Deacon responsibilities during communion. She believes God has a purpose for each and every human being and God uses certain individuals, especially the least expected, to achieve His plans for other human beings. All difficulties can be overcome by these chosen individuals, although before humans it may appear impossible to realize certain things, but to God nothing is impossible.

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