St. Luke to Celebrate 50th Anniversary

On Sunday, December 5, St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church, Glen Ellyn, will

celebrate its 50th anniversary. A Festival Eucharistic service is scheduled at 9:30

a.m. Interim pastor Rev. Paul Kopka will preside at the celebratory service. Rev. Wayne Miller, Bishop of the Metropolitan Chicago Synod of the Evangelical Church in America, will preach.

A 50th anniversary luncheon will be held at 1:00 p.m. on December 5 at Prairie Landing Golf Club in West Chicago. Anyone interested in purchasing tickets for this event can call the church office at 630-469-5552.

St. Luke's first pastor, Rev. David Danielson, plans on attending the service and luncheon. Former pastors Rev. Donald Marxhausen, Rev. Keith Killinger and Rev. John Seraphine will also attend.

In October 1959, St. Luke Lutheran Church had its first church service in a building on Park Boulevard that had housed the Bonaparte School. That building is now home to the Village Theatre. In the fall of 1960, St. Luke moved into a new church building at 23W080 Butterfield Road, just west of Glenbard South High School. Since that time, St. Luke has seen many changes, including two additions to the original building.