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Trinity Lutheran History


     Today Trinity has 1190 Communicant members,  with 1432 baptized.  Three worship services are held each weekend, with Holy Communion celebrated at each service.  Many other active ministries continue throughout the week, and the church  offers an accredited K-8 Day School and Pre-school program.


     Trinity was established in 1892, a little over 50 years after the creation of the Missouri Synod.  The original church building was constructed that same year at the corner of Seventh and Hickory.
     A new $10,000 brick church was built in 1907, and  the present church and school was dedicated in 1958. 
 


Rev. E.A.  Knorr,  pastor 1897-1906
and Trinity's first church building.


   
Rev. W.G. Hussman,
pastor 1906-1926
with baptismal carved by
Adolph Rebstock's father   

     For the first few years of its existence, Trinity was a missionary church, served by visiting pastors from nearby congregations.
     Rev. E.A. Knorr was called to be the first fulltime pastor in 1897.


     Trinity Day School was established in 1897, with 21 students studying in an 18 x 24 room added to the church. The school was moved to
South Hickory and in 1908 Ed Struefert became the 1st fulltime teacher.  In 1926 Trinity Day School was accredited as an eighth grade institution.

 
Rev. F.A.C. Meyer,
pastor 1926 - 1944
and Trinity's 2nd church building.


 

Rev. Perry Schefelker
Current Associate Pastor
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See Pastor Perry's biography


Rev. Mark Girardin
Current Senior Pastor
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See Pastor Mark's biography 

 

 

Trinity church building today


 

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Trinity Lutheran Church, 201 S Pleasant Avenue, Centralia, IL 62801 (618)532-2614, is a member congregation of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod with offices in St. Louis, Missouri and seminaries in St. Louis and Ft. Wayne, Indiana.The Synod also operates 10 colleges and universities in the United States.


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