Minutes, Reports, Program Files 1962-1963

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Minutes, Reports, Program Files 1962-1963

Records in this series comprise material pertaining to the constituting convention sisters' conference held to officially organize the new Lutheran Deaconess House and School, the product of the merger of the two United Lutheran Church in America (ULCA) motherhouses. This series dates from 1962-1963 and includes the program for the conference, conference minutes, reports, and orders of service for worship and the installation of the directing sister. Also included in this series are some of the planning files for the conference. These planning files include information sheets for deaconess attending the meeting; circular letters, registration materials, housing lists, travel expense lists, and business correspondence. There are also copies of news releases issued by the church pertaining to actions taken at the conference and there are copies of the deaconess newsletter The Deaconess Tidings and Messenger that include articles pertaining to the merger and the training school.

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Lutheran Church in America Deaconess Community of the Lutheran Church in America

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See LCA 108 Administrative History. From the description of Minutes, Reports, Program Files 1962-1963 (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 70641563 See also LCA 108 Administrative History The retention of a sisters' council in the newly created Lutheran Deaconess House and School (LDHS) was a result of discussions at merger seminars. The consensus at these seminars was that it was advisable to retain the kind of advis...

Lutheran Church in America

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Organized June 28, 1962, by consolidation of the American Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran, and the United Lutheran Church in America; began to function formally on Jan. 1, 1963. From the description of Minutes, 1962-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70924950 ...

Lutheran Church in America Lutheran Deaconess House and School

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Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses

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See ULCA 60 Administrative History. From the description of Building and Property Slides 1957-1962 (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 58797103 From the description of Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses Deaconesses, Students, Community Life, Anniversary Photographs 1886-1961. (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 57312502 From the description of Buildings and Property Subj...

United Lutheran Church in America

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Formed in 1918 by the General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America, General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States, and United Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the South, including 45 synods in 26 states and Canada, in 3,747 congregations. From the description of Minutes, 1918-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70924945 ...