Pastors & Church Staff

Pastor Martin Schultheis 

Please join us in welcoming Rev. Martin Schultheis and family as they join Trinity Lutheran Church and School this June. Pastor comes to us from Richmond, Virginia where he has been serving the Southeastern District as their Chief Ministry Officer. Prior to that role, he served for 19 years at Emmanuel Lutheran Church and School in Baltimore and for 6 years at St. John Lutheran Church in Williston Park, New York.

Pastor Schultheis’ first Sunday leading worship will be Sunday, June 21, and his official installation service will be held on Sunday, August 2.

Assistant Pastor Ruberto Ek Yah, Ministry to Latinos

Assistant Pastor and long time member, Pastor Ruberto leads the Latino Bible study, the Spanish language worship services on Sundays, and translates for the bilingual Sunday morning services. Ordination and Installation was on Sunday, March 27, 2022.  Pastor Ruberto is married and has 2 young children who attend Trinity Lutheran School.

Mrs. Ruth Gray, Business/Office Manager

Since 2009, Mrs. Gray has been Trinity’s Administrative Assistant and in 2013, became the Business Manager for all church and school matters. She is a graduate of Concordia University holding a degree in Business Administration. After an early career in the business world, Ruth became the music teacher and director of student choirs and bands at Trinity Lutheran Christian School. She, her husband Cedric and their children Rachel, Marcus and Jacob are active participants and leaders in many areas of Trinity’s church and school life.

Dr. Walter Krueger, Organist, Choir Director

Walter E. Krueger is a Lutheran musician and educator residing in Portland, Oregon. In addition to being Trinity’s organist and choir director, he currently serves as adjunct professor of music at Concordia University, Portland and teaches piano and organ students privately.  An organ recitalist, lecturer, and hymn festival leader, Krueger has also composed and arranged a number of works for keyboard, choir, handbells, and other instruments.  Over the years, he has served churches, high schools and colleges in California, Illinois, Michigan, and Oregon.

Dr. Krueger’s musical doctorate is from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.  He also studied at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and Concordia University Chicago.

Krueger is a recognized Fellow and Choir Master of the American Guild of Organists (FAGO, ChM).  He served on the National Council of the AGO. Krueger is also a Dean Emeritus of the Portland Oregon Chapter, recently serving as Director of a “Pipe Organ Encounter” for teens.