The permanent deaconate is not now and was never really worthwhile.  This is a completely unnecessary ministry brought back to let married, rich, white, western, men feel more important than their wives and daughters and all the women of the church.  Every ministry done by perm deacons in our churches in the West have been done by both lay women and men in other countries who could not afford a fancy deaconate program and they did these ministries equally well.  

This ministry pushes laity out of the way when they wish to do more in liturgy and proof it is unnecessary is shown in our church history by the fact we did not have any perm deacons for hundreds of years before we brought it back 50 years ago.   

Down with hate and sexism in our churches.  It is one of the main reasons we are losing our young and our women.  Women and men should be granted immediately equal access to all sacraments as a matter of Gospel Commandment to treat all the same and with love.  Ordain women priests!