history. Due to economic hardship and declining enrollment, the Assembly of Voters (congregational meeting) approved the Church Council's recommendation to close the school, officially ending it after the 2005-2006 school year. In September of 1994 a Preschool was added to the Christian Day School. St. James continues to offer a Preschool that has both a morning session and an afternoon session. Called workers Pastors In its history, St. James has had five pastors: Pastor Arthur Voss 1921 to 1954 Pastor Waldemar Pless 1954 to 1979 Pastor John Braun 1977 to 1984 Pastor Peter Kassulke 1984 to 2017 Pastor Christian Marquardt 2017-present Deacons In 2001, St. James extended a call to its first deacon (also called "Staff Minister"). The call encompassed the fields of Outreach and Administration. The position was terminated in 2009. See also Martin Luther Evangelical Lutheranism Book of Concord References External links Saint James website Lutheran churches in Wisconsin Churches in Milwaukee 20th-century Lutheran churches in the United States Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod churches 1921 establishments in Wisconsin Churches completed in 1924 West Side, Milwaukee