15 Apr 2019
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100 Years of Service – A New Home
Speakers at the groundbreaking service. Dr. O.P. Kretzmann is second from the left. Spectators at the groundbreaking for Deaconess Hall On May 13, 1956, groundbreaking was held for a new Deaconess chapter house on the grounds of...
11 Apr 2019
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DeacPost “Strength in Community” Deaconess Phyllis Pleuss
They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the king of Israel!” John 12:13 It was a cold, damp Palm Sunday as the congregation...
8 Apr 2019
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100 Years of Service – Deaconess Hertha Fischer
Hertha Fischer was born in 1930 in New York City. At age seven, she tagged along as an older sibling attended confirmation class at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Tremont in the Bronx. Her family attended church only for the occasions of...
4 Apr 2019
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DeacPost – Knit Together in the Womb
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Psalm 139:13-14 My husband and I spent a little time...
2 Apr 2019
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100 Years of Service – Change is in the Air
Pastor Arnold Krentz In 1941, Superintendent Kohlmeier retired due to health reasons, and Pr. Arnold Krentz became Superintendent. He had served as a pastor in Alberta, Canada and at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Mt. Clemens,...
28 Mar 2019
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DeacPost – If Only We Would Learn
When Jotham was told about this, he climbed up on the top of Mount Gerizim and shouted to them, “Listen to me, citizens of Shechem, so that God may listen to you. -- Judges 9:7 They did it again. The people of Israel didn't...
25 Mar 2019
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100 Years of Service – Deaconess Florence Storck Merz
Florence Storck was born in 1914 in St. Louis, MO. She entered deaconess training at the training school in Ft. Wayne and was consecrated in June 1937. In her first call, she served at an orphan's home in Des Peres, MO for 2 years, then...
21 Mar 2019
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DeacPost – Breaking Down Barriers
Jesus said to her, “Let the children be fed first, for it is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs.” -- Mark 7:27 She seems noble, while Jesus’ behavior seems incomprehensible. How could he be so cruel...
18 Mar 2019
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100 Years of Service – Deaconess Training Schools
In 1921, Pastor Kirst of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin approached the LDA about opening a hospital there. The Deaconess Hospital Foundation and representatives of the LDA agreed that for the sum of $50,000, a large property on Beaver Lake was to...
14 Mar 2019
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DeacPost – We Are in This Together
Brothers and sisters, do not be weary in doing what is right. -- 2 Thessalonians 3:13 Some days I just want to let someone else deal with the problem. Feed one hungry person, and three more appear. Give one person a pair of gloves and...