Sonja and Lexy
10 November 2025
27m 26s
Episode #45 Studying to be a Deaconess in 1970's Australia with Carolyn Berry
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27:26

Sonja and Lexy
10 November 2025
27m 26s
00:00
27:26
Carolyn Berry is a retired seamstress living in South Australia. As a young woman in the 1970’s, Carolyn enrolled in the Australian deaconess training program with the hopes of becoming a deaconess in the Lutheran church.
In this episode, Carolyn shares her experience training to be a deaconess and talks about her hopes for the future of deaconesses in Australia. She also shares her love of ecclesiastical sewing and sends an encouraging message to young women who want to serve more intentionally in their home congregations.
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