12 Mar 2019
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100 Years of Service – Deaconess Gertrude Simon
Gertrude Simon was born in 1900, in Zachow, Wisconsin. She graduated from the Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1926. After graduation, she accepted a position to serve in China. She arrived in Hankow in 1927...
7 Mar 2019
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DeacPost – Unexpected Paths of Grace
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness! -- Lamentations 3:22-23 Six inches of snow on the driveway was looming over me as I headed home and...
4 Mar 2019
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100 Years of Service – History of the LDA Continued
Once the Association was established, the next challenge for Pastor Herzberger was to find a "centrally located Motherhouse where our women workers can be trained and where they can find their home when sickness or old age incapacitates...
28 Feb 2019
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DeacPost – “He’s Not Crazy, He’s My Brother”
"Jesus, friend of sinners, companion of the outcast, advocate for the needy, enlighten our eyes to see you in our needy neighbor." The Diaconal Litany, 1959 A text message read, “Be careful when you leave the church. There is a...
25 Feb 2019
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100 Years of Service – Deaconess Martha Boss
As a young girl in Germany, Martha would gather neighborhood children together for Sunday School. That was the beginning of her lifetime career of caring for and loving people, especially those that were often forgotten by...
21 Feb 2019
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DeacPost – “You are My Beloved”
My soul is bereft of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.... But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, God’s mercies never come to an end. Lamentations 3: 17,...
18 Feb 2019
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100 Years of Service – Deaconess Clara Strehlow
Clara Strehlow (born 1895) was among the first students at a new deaconess school which opened Watertown, Wisconsin in the 1920s. This new training program did not require deaconess trainees to become nurses. Clara was consecrated on May...
14 Feb 2019
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DeacPost “Love One Another”
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples if you love one another.” John 13:34-35 I can still picture the plaque that said...
11 Feb 2019
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100 Years of Service – Deaconess Geraldine Plato
Geraldine Eubanks Plato's first encounter with a deaconess was as a child in St. Louis. She was playing in the park with her 12 siblings on a Sunday morning. Deaconess Ann Koch followed the children home and asked their mother what she...
7 Feb 2019
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DeacPost “Claim Your Ministry”
"We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; if it is to encourage, then give...