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Along the hallway to the sanctuary at Luther Memorial Lutheran Church, several framed photographs adorn the walls—black-and-white pictures of men in clerical collars and black suits, dark hair swept to the side, stern expressions. Next to the end of the line of photos, a woman's framed face breaks the trend: short, slightly graying hair, a wry smile playing at her lips and the corners of her eyes.Pastor Carol Stumme, '82, didn't expect her photo to join those men's on this hallowed hall when she joined Luther Memorial's staff as an interim pastor in 1999.