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50th Anniversary of Lutheran Deaconesses

The ELCA has also been served by deaconesses who were trained by the Lutheran Deaconess Association, Valparaiso, Indiana. In September 1984 several women who were at the time affiliated with the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches, gathered for the 50th anniversary of the Lutheran Deaconess Conference. Left to right are, (first row) Karen Bakewicz and Deborah Nebel; (second row) Brenda Brege and Paula Hepola; (third row) Jan Janzow, Kathy Pirwitz and Dianna Schumacher; and (last row) Ruth Hanusa, Pam Siemers and Jeanette Rebeck.

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