History of the Alleghany Evangelical Lutheran synod of Pennsylvania, together with a topical handbook of the Evangelical Lutheran church, its ancestry, origin and development . boring Lutheran pastors came to thecommunity at intervals, and ministered to the few families ofthe Lutheran faith, Rev. J. F. Kuhlman, among others, supplyingfrom 1858-1860. But the St. Lukes Lutheran congregation of Lilly, Pa., wasorganized June 22, 1873, by the Rev. S. Croft, and became apart of the Wilmore pastorate, and this relation was sustaineduntil the year 1889, when St. Lukes was made a separatepastorate. 683
History of the Alleghany Evangelical Lutheran synod of Pennsylvania, together with a topical handbook of the Evangelical Lutheran church, its ancestry, origin and development . boring Lutheran pastors came to thecommunity at intervals, and ministered to the few families ofthe Lutheran faith, Rev. J. F. Kuhlman, among others, supplyingfrom 1858-1860. But the St. Lukes Lutheran congregation of Lilly, Pa., wasorganized June 22, 1873, by the Rev. S. Croft, and became apart of the Wilmore pastorate, and this relation was sustaineduntil the year 1889, when St. Lukes was made a separatepastorate. 683 SOMERSET CONFERENCE The organization was effected by the adoption of a constitu-tion signed by eighteen members, viz.: Philip Pritsch, CharlesStudt, Fredrick Veigle, Miss Anna B. Pritsch, Mrs. Dorothy , Mrs. Mary Smith, Henry Ehrenfeldt, Michael Ehren-feldt, Mrs. Louisa Ehrenfeldt, Mrs. E. McCreary, John Warner,Mrs. Margaret Warner, John C. Warner, Mrs. Barbara Studt,Jacob Leap, Miss Dortha Pritsch, Adam Miller, Mrs. CatharineHelsel. The following constituted the first council: Charles Studt, twoyears, and Adam Miller, three years, as elders; Frederick Veigle,. ST. LUKE S CHURCH AND PARSONAGE, LILLY, PA. two years, and Philip Pritsch, three years, as deacons. In the latter part of the year 1881, work was begun on thefirst Lutheran church edifice which was not completed, however,until the following year. It was located on Main Street, and thebuilding was a frame structure, 32 by 50 feet, and in height, 16feet to the square. The cost was $1,200, one-third of which wassecured on the day of dedication. The service of dedication was held November 5, 1882, andthe pastor, Rev. G. D. Gross, was assisted by the Rev. M. ST. LUKES, LILLY Boyer, president of Synod. The congregation at this time consisted of about forty com-municant members, and the following comprised the churchcouncil: George Schwaderer, Charles Studt, Philip Pritsch andThomas McCreary. In the year 1889, t
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