“MY call was always to be a Deacon. I never saw myself as being the person upfront, leading the way – it wasn’t a role I was comfortable with. I saw myself very much as walking with the people of God rather than leading them.”
Mark Evans DCS is the newly elected President of the Diaconate Council and works as Head of Spiritual Care with NHS Fife. Born in north Edinburgh into a large extended family, Mark always felt drawn to the church.
“North Edinburgh in the 1970s and the early 80s was notorious as a centre for drugs and gangs. However, my childhood was really happy. I grew up in a large extended family, which was based around my gran and granddad who were a huge influence in my life.