He was our longest-serving pastor (43 years!). He started serving St. Lucas at the beginning of its second year and really got things rolling. Samuel A. Kruse (1858 - 1944) was born in Nashville, IL, to immigrants from areas now known as Germany. His father was a German Evangelical pastor who had studied at the educational institution in Marthasville that is now known as Eden Seminary in Webster Groves. After Samuel Kruse’s primary education at a school around Des Peres, MO, he attended Elmhurst College and then followed in his father’s footsteps and studied at Eden Seminary for four years. After his ordination in 1880, he was assigned to pastor a frontier community in southeastern Nebraska. During those two years, he made a trip home to marry Amalia Mueller, the daughter of Rev. Andreas Mueller, the pastor of Carondelet Church in South St. Louis. Rev. Kruse was happy to accept the call to St. Lucas in 1882, and the young couple returned to an area closer to their families.

Thursday, August 27 | 6:00 PM | Sanctuary

Sunday, August 30 | 10:45 and 11:15 am | 11735 Denny Rd., St. Louis, MO 63126

Thursday, September 10 | 5:30 to 8:00 pm | 11735 Denny Rd., St. Louis, MO 63126

Sunday, September 13 | 11:00 AM | 11735 Denny Rd., St. Louis, MO 63126

Monday, August 17 | 3:00 to 6:00 pm | 11735 Denny Rd., St. Louis, MO 63126

Sunday, July 19 | 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM | Social Hall

Sunday, August 9 9:30 AM - Contemporary Worship 10:30 AM - Service Projects 1:00 PM - Lunch

Tuesdays, June 16 & 30 | 1:30 PM | Linden Room at Friendship Village