Just before her graduation from The Lutheran Seminary at Philadelphia — at age 80, Louisa Groce talked with The Lutheran (May 1999, page 18). "I'm a little afraid about whether I'll be good enough to handle a call," she said. Members of Redeemer Lutheran Church, Jersey City, N.J., trusted she would. Groce was ordained there Sept. 12 and became, according to known Lutheran records, the oldest new ordinand in the history of the ELCA or its predecessor bodies. Groce counts that as the first "little miracle" among several: How does the new pastor feel now about handling a call? "I get tired," she admits, "but I'm feeling real excitement. My work in the congregation is a brand-new adventure."
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