23 May 2019
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DeacPost – “The Hope of Baptism” Deaconess Jean Wildgrube
“...baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” Matt. 28:19 One of sister Deaconess Maralyn Marske Walker’s most endearing stories comes from her night chaplaincy volunteer service in the ER at...
20 May 2019
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100 Years of Service – The LDA in the 1960s
Much of the following history is excerpted from a paper written by Deaconess Wilma Kucharek in 1976 for a course at Valparaiso University, taught by Professor James Albers. In 1958, student enrollment was seventy-four students; already...
16 May 2019
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DeacPost – “Count Your Blessings” Deaconess Deb Robinson
Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights above. Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his heavenly hosts. Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you shining stars. Praise him, you highest heavens and you waters...
13 May 2019
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100 Years of Service – Deaconess Jean Hoover Schneider
Deaconess Jean Hoover was born in October 1927 in Ontario, Canada. She attended various schools in Ontario and then enrolled in the deaconess training program at Valparaiso University in 1951. She was the first LDA deaconess from...
6 May 2019
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100 Years of Service – Deaconess Addie Wilkins
Addie Wilkins was born in 1933 in Gleason, TN, one of 10 children. She attended the Weakley County Training School, then Harris Stowe College. She took theology courses at Eden Seminary, St. Louis University, and was consecrated as a...
2 May 2019
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DeacPost “South Heaven”
“Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” --John 23:43 It’s called South Heaven. It was aptly named forty-some years ago by the original owner. There in Florida, we had spent a week of wholeness, grace, and...
29 Apr 2019
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100 Years of Service – The Lutheran Deaconess Conference
The Deaconess Conference (as it was originally called) was organized in 1934 at a meeting held at the Bethesda Home, Watertown, Wisconsin. A preliminary meeting had been held at the Ft. Wayne Deaconess Home in 1933. At that meeting were...
25 Apr 2019
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DeacPost “The Cross IS a Big Deal” Deaconess Dotty Parfrey
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 1 Corinthians 1:8 "So what’s the big deal with the cross?" he retorted. I had just explained the place...
22 Apr 2019
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100 Years of Service – Rev. O.P. Kretzmann
Otto Paul Kretzmann was born in Stamford, Connecticut in 1901 and grew up in New York City in a Lutheran family. His father, grandfather, and five brothers were all Lutheran pastors. He was called 'John' by family and close friends, but...
18 Apr 2019
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DeacPost “Made Clean – Yes. Exactly.” Deaconess Diane Marten
"He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him…” John 13:5 A whole lot of washing is going on at Laundry and More, a free laundry for poorer neighbors....